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John XXIII Peter Hebblethwaite

John XXIII By Peter Hebblethwaite

John XXIII by Peter Hebblethwaite

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A biography of Pope John XXIII. Angelo Roncalli was elected Pope in 1958 and this work demonstrates how his personality, teaching and initiatives with world leaders gave the papacy a new image and set before the Catholic Church a new version of its mission to the world.

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John XXIII: Pope of the Century by Peter Hebblethwaite

A biography of Pope John XXIII. Angelo Roncalli was elected Pope in 1958 and in four-and-a-half years transformed the Roman Catholic Church. He summoned the Second Vatican Council and put in hand a major revision of the Code of Canon Law. By his personality, teaching and initiatives with world leaders, he gave the papacy a new image and set before the Catholic Church a new version of its mission to the world. This is an abridged version of the original biography.

Table of Contents

A village boyhood; a counter-reformation seminary; a Roman education; into the whirlwind of modernism; the Great War; towards propaganda and Fascism; ten hard years in Bulgaria; the innocent suspect; God's consul; difficult mission to France; the seasons of Venice; the wide-open conclave; the first ninety days; the inspiration of the Council; the struggle for the Council; at home and in Rome; the Italian connection; enter Augustin Bea; getting on for eighty; the dress rehearsal; on the slopes of the sacred mountain; sixty days to change the Church; last will and testament; eastertide; appendix - the Roman Curia.

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GOR013557944
9780826449955
0826449956
John XXIII: Pope of the Century by Peter Hebblethwaite
Peter Hebblethwaite
Used - Well Read
Paperback
Continuum Publishing Corporation
20000913
296
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