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Pope John XXIII : a spiritual biography / Christian Feldman ; translated by Peter Heinegg.
Van Pelt Library BX1378.2 .F37 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldmann, Christian.
- Series:
- Lives and legacies
- Lives & legacies
- Language:
- English
- German
- Subjects (All):
- John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963.
- John.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Other Title:
- Pope John the Twenty-third
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Crossroad Pub. Co., 2000.
- Summary:
- On October 28, 1958, Giuseppe Roncalli was introduced to the world as Pope John XXIII. He was Pope for only five years, yet he won the hearts and minds people the world over, including many non-Catholics, with his warm style and commitment to bring the Catholic church in-line with the modern world. This latest volume in the "Lives & Legacies" series commemorates the beatification of Pope John XXIII.
- Contents:
- Fields and vineyards
- Roman splendor, the "barbarous" military and the strikers
- Roman spies and modernism
- Banishment
- The Balkan years
- Proving himself
- The papacy
- A peasant's shoulders and the mystery of Roncalli
- A real Christian becomes pope
- The Second Vatican Council
- The legacy.
- Notes:
- "A Crossroad 8th Avenue book."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0824523563
- OCLC:
- 44669244
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