Truth And Tolerance: Christian Belief And World Religions
by Papa Benedetto XVI
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Cardinal Ratzinger engages the problem of truth, tolerance, religion and culture in the modern world. Describing the vast array of world religions, Ratzinger embraces the difficult challenge of meeting diverse understandings of spiritual truth while defending the Catholic teaching of salvation through Jesus Christ.Tags
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Interesting collection of talks and essays by Pope Benedict, mostly when he was Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Examines the questions of truth, freedom and tolerance as a philosopher and observer of history. While it is a valuable resource for topics of meditation, as a book, it is difficult to read and often redundant and repetitive. Very good food for thought, however, in light of world events in the decades since these pieces were written. Truth remains Truth.
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Joseph Ratzinger was born on April 16, 1927 in Marktl am Inn in the state of Bavaria, Germany. Ratzinger entered the minor seminary in Traunstein, in 1939 and in 1943 along with the rest of his seminary class he was drafted into the Flak [anti-aircraft corps]. In 1944 he was released from the Flak and returned home only to be drafted into labor show more detail under the infamous Austrian Legion. In the spring of 1945 Ratzinger deserted the army and headed home but when the Americans arrive at his village shortly thereafter, he was identified as a German soldier and incarcerated in a POW camp for a brief time. Following his release he re-entered the seminary. In 1951 Joseph was ordained into the priesthood and began lectures as a full professor of fundamental theology at the University of Bonn. From 1962-65 Ratzinger was present during all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council as a peritus, or chief theological advisor to Cardinal Joseph Frings of Cologne, Germany. . In 1977 Joseph Ratzinger was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and on June 27 elevated to Cardinal of Munich by Pope Paul VI. In 1981 Ratzinger accepted Pope John Paul II's invitation to take over as Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and in 1986 he was appointed head of a 12-member commission responsible for drafting the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Ratzinger was elected vice dean of the College of Cardinals in 1988. In 2002 Pope John Paul II, approved his election as dean of the College of Cardinals. On April 8, 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger presided over the funeral of Pope John Paul II. On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Ratzinger was elected Bishop of Rome on the fourth ballot of the conclave and took the name Benedict XVI. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Fede, verità , tolleranza: il cristianesimo e le religioni del mondo
- Original title
- Glaube, Wahrheit, Toleranz: Das Christentum und die Weltreligionen.
- Alternate titles
- Christian belief and world religions
- Original publication date
- 2003
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- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
- DDC/MDS
- 261.2 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Christianity and other systems of (non-)belief
- LCC
- BR127 .R3813 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christianity Christianity
- BISAC
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