Caritas: The Illustrated History of Christian Charity - Hardcover

Juan Mar A Laboa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0809106108 ISBN 13: 9780809106103

Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S., 1985

Synopsis

Charity is not unique to Christianity, but the history of the followers of Jesus can be told in their practice of love for their neighbors. In this book, Juan Mar a Laboa presents a panorama of this history, told through representative works of art through the centuries.

About this title

About the Author:

Juan Maria Laboa was born in Pasajes de San Juan (Guip zcoa, Spain) in 1939. He holds a degree in philosophy and theology and earned his doctorate in church history at the Gregorian University in Rome and a degree in history from the University Complutense of Madrid. For fifteen years, he taught political science at the Facultad de Ciencias Pol ticas in Madrid. He is Professor Emeritus of Contemporary Church History at the Universidad Pontificia Comillas of Madrid, where he directed the Department of Church History. He is the editor of the review XX Siglos de Historia de la Iglesia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Paulist Press International,U.S.
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0809106108
• ISBN 13: 9780809106103
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 239