What is Opus Dei?
by Dominique Le Tourneau
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The best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code, has brought under scrutiny a powerful and influential movement within the Catholic Church - Opus Dei. This institution, often charged with excessive secrecy, has had many critics. What is Opus Dei? offers a comprehensive profile of Opus Dei, and of its founder, St Josemaria Escriva. In this rigorous and well-documented book, its inspiration, history, sprituality, organisation and activities are all clearly detailed. Here are the answers to so many show more questions, authoritatively presented. Opus Dei, founded in 1928 by St Josemaria Escriva, proclaims that lay people can and ought to seek holiness in the context of their ordinary life. Through daily work, at home and in the family, men and women can spread the Gospel in the world in which they live. Flourishing both before and since the Second Vatican Council, Opus Dei anticipated what were to be the great pastoral themes of the Church at the beginning of the third millennium. show lessTags
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Explicación breve y sencilla de la naturaleza jurídica de la Prelatura y del espíritu del Opus Dei.
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PUF, Que sais-je ? (2207)
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- L'Opus Dei
- Original title
- L'Opus Dei
- Original publication date
- 1984 (1e édition originale française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (1e édition originale française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France); 1985 (2e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (2e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France); 1991 (3e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (3e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France); 1994 (4e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (4e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France); 1998 (5e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (5e édition mise à jour française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France); 2004 (6e édition refondue française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France) (6e édition refondue française ∙ Que sais-je ? ∙ Presses Universitaires de France)
- People/Characters
- Opus Dei
- Original language*
- Français
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Classifications
- Genres
- Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 267.182 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Associations for religious work Religious societies of both men and women Other religious associations for men and women Catholic religious associations for both men and women
- LCC
- BX819.3 .O68 .L4713 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Christian Denominations Christian Denominations Catholic Church Periodicals. Societies, councils, congresses, etc.
Statistics
- Members
- 83
- Popularity
- 384,168
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.25)
- Languages
- English, French, Italian, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 15
- ASINs
- 1
