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Finding the Voice of the Church - Couverture rigide

O'Brien, George Dennis

 
9780268037277: Finding the Voice of the Church
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0268037272 ISBN 13 : 9780268037277
Editeur : University of Notre Dame Press, 2007

Synopsis

Finding the Voice of the Church is written for a broad audience interested in the challenges facing the contemporary Catholic Church. These challenges are ones that should concern all Christians, not only Catholics. Noted scholar and commentator George Dennis O'Brien poses (and answers) three provocative questions: What is the proper voice of the church? Is there a voice of Christian faith? Can what is said about Christianity be fundamentally distorted by how it is said? Through his clear and relevant discussion of the basic content of Christianity, O'Brien concludes that the primary voice of Catholic Christianity, the papal teaching voice, must be radically "re-understood" if the Church is to be the proper medium and voice of the gospel message.

O'Brien begins with the primary voice of the Church: baptism, gospel, and Eucharist. He contends that too much official teaching from the Roman magisterium to the local pulpit reverses the order of the ancient formula lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of faith) and therefore misses its message. In the second part of the book, he turns to specific consideration of the papal voice as the teaching voice of the Church. O'Brien concludes with a series of practical suggestions for how the practices and institutions of the Church can again become the authentic voice of faith. This is a book all concerned Christians will want to read and discuss.

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À propos de l'auteur

George Dennis O'Brien is President Emeritus of the University of Rochester. He is the author of a number of books, including The Idea of a Catholic University.

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Éditeur
University of Notre Dame Press
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0268037272
ISBN 13 
9780268037277
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
264
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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