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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Ignatius Pr
Publication date May 30, 2008
Pages 175
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781586170363
ISBN-10 1586170368
Availability§ Publication Cancelled
Original list price $19.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Jesus Christ is as popular as ever. Films, books, and news articles ask,"Who was Jesus Christ?" Even outside of Christianity he continues to appeal to people. And yet for so many, the popular Jesus is not the Jesus of Christianity. The popular Jesus makes no demands and never challenges people. He accepts everyone and everything under all circumstances.

On the Way to Jesus Christ is a series of meditations that Pope Benedict XVI wrote while he was Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. The true Jesus, he writes, is the Jesus of the Gospels, who "is quite different, demanding, bold. The Jesus who makes everything OK for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure. The Jesus of the Gospels is certainly not convenient for us. But it is precisely in this way that he answers the deepest question of our existence, which--whether we want to or not--keeps us on the lookout for God, for a gratification that is limitless, for the infinite. We must again set out on the way to this real Jesus."

This book also examines whether Jesus Christ is the only savior, and the Church's responsibility to evangelize. It concludes with reflections on Jesus' Presence in the Holy Eucharist, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church's presentation of the Christian mystery as seen through the Catechism's dynamic view of Sacred Scripture.

On the Way to Jesus Christ is for anyone--believer or unbeliever-who wants better to understand the true Jesus, the Jesus of the Gospels, the Christ of Christianity.

"Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, has written a brief but compelling invitation to know Jesus Christ as He really is: bold, demanding, merciful, strong, and the answer to our deepest longings. This is a must-read book for anyone serious about deepening his or her faith."

—Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap.,
Archbishop of Denver



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Hardcover
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With Michael J. Miller (other contributor) | from Ignatius Pr (October 8, 2005)
9781586171247 | details & prices | 185 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Jesus Christ is as popular as ever.
Paperback
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from Ignatius Pr (May 30, 2008)
9781586170363 | details & prices | 175 pages | List price $19.95
About: Jesus Christ is as popular as ever.

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