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[2009]
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Galileo Galilei is a seminal figure in the history of science. His 1633 trial before the Holy Office of the Inquisition is the prime drama in the history of the conflict between science and religion. In Galileo's day, Rome was the capital of a sovereign theocratic power, which in 1600 had executed Giordano Bruno on similar charges and reserved the right to torture Galileo. Galileo was then sixty-nine years old and the most venerated scientist in Italy....
42) Will Catholics be "left behind"?: a Catholic critique of the rapture and today's prophecy preachers
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c2003
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"This book is a thorough, Catholic critique of the popular Fundamentalist belief in the "Rapture" - the belief that Christians will be removed from earth prior to a time of Tribulation and the Second Coming. It examines the theological, historical, and Biblical basis for the "Rapture" by carefully examining "premillennial dispensationalism", the belief system in the Left Behind books and propagated by such Biblical prophecy writers as Tim LaHaye and...
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2016.
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"En su primer libro oficial como el Papa, y en celebración de su Jubileo de la Misericordia, el Papa Francisco se dirige a cada hombre y mujer del planeta un diálogo Ãntimo y personal. En el centro, se halla el tema que más le interesa--la misericordia--desde siempre eje fundamental de su fe y ahora de su pontificado. En cada página vibra el deseo de llegar a todas aquellas almas que buscan darle un sentido a la vida, un camino de paz y de...
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[1997]
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Perhaps the most beloved saint in any faith, St. Francis of Assisi's humility and love of nature are excellent models for a spiritual life. Talbot, a Franciscan and musician living in a monastic-style community in the Ozarks, compares and contrasts his journey to Christianity with that of St. Francis. His approach to the religious life is, as was Francis', a refreshing answer to those who mistake faith for hate. Talbot's early Christian life in the...
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p2016
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Drawing on his own experience as a priest and shepherd for his book, Pope Francis discusses mercy, a subject of central importance in his teaching and testimony, and in addition sums up other ideas--reconciliation, the closeness of God--that comprise the heart of his papacy. Written in conversation with Vatican expert and La Stampa journalist Andrea Tornielli, it is directed at everyone, inside or outside of the Catholic Church, seeking meaning in...
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