In Soft Garments: Classic Catholic Apologetics - Ronald Knox - Böcker - Ignatius Press - 9781586173005 - 2 september 2010
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In Soft Garments: Classic Catholic Apologetics

Ronald Knox

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In Soft Garments: Classic Catholic Apologetics

In Soft Garments - Classic Catholic Apologetics by Msgr. Ronald Knox When the Holy See gave general permission for Catholics to study again at Oxford and Cambridge, the stipulation was made that lectures be offered to provide support for their faith, as Catholics would be a minority in a rather hostile atmosphere. In the days when C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien trod the greens of Oxford, those lectures were provided by the wise and witty Msgr. Ronald Knox, himself a convert to the Catholic Church. Erudite and profound, Monsignor Knox not only helped keep the Catholic students aflame with faith, but also led many lapsed Catholics and non-Catholics into the Church. His writings continue to provide inspiration and instruction to all those confronting questions of life and faith. Some of the best talks by Knox are gathered in this volume. "If God Exists", "The Unholiness of the Church" and "Unselfishness in Marriage" are but a few of the topics he deftly discussed in a manner as entertaining and pertinent now as when they were first given at Oxford in the 1920s and 1930s. "In what Msgr. Knox calls the ?4 a.m.? mood, a sense of futility creeps in, a suspicion that the Christian system does not really hang together, that there are flaws in the logic . . . that there are too many unresolved contradictions. To this mood with its temptation to despair, Msgr. Knox talks with unfailing kindness . . . Those who have left their formal education far behind them will find huge solace in reading and re-reading this book. It should be at every bedside, ready to be opened at 4 a.m." ? Evelyn Waugh, Author, Brideshead Revisited ?Ronald Knox was the most original and eloquent writer of the century." ?Fr. George Rutler , Author, A Crisis of Saints ?Knox, the most learned, influential priest convert in the England of his time, brings his keen intellect and penetratin

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Releasedatum 2 september 2010
ISBN13 9781586173005
Utgivare Ignatius Press
Antal sidor 222
Mått 130 × 20 × 198 mm   ·   317 g
Språk Engelska  

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