Outreach And Renewal: A First-Millennium Legacy for the Third-Millennium Church: 236 (Cistercian Studies Series, 236) - Softcover

McSherry, James

9780879072360: Outreach And Renewal: A First-Millennium Legacy for the Third-Millennium Church: 236 (Cistercian Studies Series, 236)

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ISBN 10: 0879072369 ISBN 13: 9780879072360

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2011

This work represents a novel treatment of the mission of the Church fathers, the early Christian ascetics, and their disciples during the turbulent centuries that followed the passing of the apostles. Approaching a normally arcane subject largely through the interplay of character and incident, Outreach and Renewal provides a stirring account of the various ways in which spiritual leaders of the time promoted the Gospel message. Readers experience these leaders as they illuminate, strengthen, restore, or defend the faith, through their words and actions, of fellow Christians. Facilitating fresh insights and thought-provoking conclusions, the theme proceeds through the interaction of a varied cast of vital individuals engaged in lively and sometimes acerbic discourse, which is always aimed at the glory of God. With the careful attention the author gives to the early Irish church and its singular representatives, this work is a unique and valuable contribution to the study of the patristic era.

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The book takes a very original approach. On the one hand, it... assumes a somewhat narrative style. The Fathers are introduced chronologically and in their historical context. Like a drama, the reader meets each Church Father as he walks on stage and into the spotlight, singly, certainly, but also in relationship to his contemporaries. Then gradually, as the narrative passes from one age to the next, they fade from view and other Church Fathers take their place, again, singly as well as in the web of relationships with their contemporaries and their predecessors. . . . The work is a remarkable tour de force.American Benedictine Review

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