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The unity of the nations : a vision of the church fathers / Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) ; translated by Boniface Ramsey.
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Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-2022
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Uniform title
Einheit der Nationen.
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2015]
Description
xii, 122 pages ; 18 cm
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BR115.P7 R42613 2015
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Christianity and politics
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History
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Origen
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Augustine of Hippo, Saint 354-430
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Summary note
"What did ancient Christians and pagans believe makes the unity of the nations? Just as he began serving as a major adviser at the Second Vatican Council in 1962, Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) studied this question in lectures delivered at Austria's University of Salzburg. These lectures, originally published in German, are now made available in English in this volume. Ratzinger explores the writings of early Church fathers, including Origen and Augustine, as well as that of other authors from the ancient world such as Plato. He argues that Christian belief took up political ideas from pagan Rome but revolutionized them by insisting that it was not the empire, but the presence of God through the Church, that is the true "cosmopolis" that can unify divided humanity. This book showcases the development of Ratzingher's theology, including themes that have informed his life's work, such as how God's transcendence and the doctrine of creation inform a Christian worldview, and the central role of the Incarnation in understanding how the Church relates to the world."--Publisher's description.
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Translated from the German.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Language note
Translated from the German.
Contents
Foreword to the German edition / Mona Müry-Leitner
The intellectual and spiritual background of the question
The heritage of antiquity
The biblical background
The conflict with gnosticism
The fathers' vision of the unity of the peoples
The Christian gnosis of Origen
The meaning of national identity in Origen
The place of the church
Augustine's debate with Rome's political theology
The rejection of Rome's political theology
The starting point for the Augustinian theology of the political
The theological use of the Old Testament and of Roman history
The place of the church in history.
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ISBN
9780813227238 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
0813227232 ((pbk. ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2014043405
OCLC
900032793
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