Catherine of Siena

Author/creator Cavallini, Giuliana Author
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBurns & Oates [Imprint] London : Continuum International Publishing Group, Limited London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc [Distributor]
Description292 p. 08.000 x 05.000 in.
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SeriesOutstanding Christian Thinkers Ser.
Summary Annotation From her earliest years, Catherine of Siena (1347-80) was griped by the mystery of God incarnate. This was the beginning of a life-long love story, a life-long conversion in which Christ spoke to Catherine and she communicated the truth of his being to the world of her time. Creation itself, she says, is an act of love, and Christ is the bridge by which human beings come to realize their full humanity, their inmost nature, which is to love.Mystic, champion of the poor and Church reformer, Catherine was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1970. She was unable to write until she was thirty, but she corresponded with Popes, Cardinals, scholars and civic authorities. She was a true daughter of the fourteenth century, famous in her own life time, and yet her thinking and her work seem entirely relevant in the political and ecclesial context of our own time. When Pope Paul VI was asked whether she should be considered a politician, his answer was yes, but in a thoroughly spiritual way; this, he said, is why 'the teaching of this singular woman politician is still meaningful and valuable'.
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ISBN9780826476623
ISBN0826476627 (UK-Trade Paper) Active Record
Standard identifier# 9780826476623
Stock number00623519

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