Fundamental Speeches from Five Decades

by Pope Benedict XVI

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2012

Overview

Over the course of five decades—while a professor of theology and throughout his rise in the Roman Catholic hierarchy—Joseph Ratzinger delivered many important speeches at the Catholic Academy of Bavaria. From 1963 to 2004 the broad spectrum of his topics ranged from the primacy of the papacy to the moral foundations of western society. The fundamental speeches in this volume are arranged thematically. And before each one is a brief introduction written by Dr. Florian Schuller, the director of the Catholic Academy of Bavaria in Munich, who also contributed the foreword. These speeches demonstrate not only Ratzinger’s breadth of knowledge, but also his prescience. The issues he addresses remain important to the Church and mankind today.

Product Details

• Title: Fundamental Speeches from Five Decades
• Author: Pope Benedict XVI
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2012
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Catholic Church › Doctrines
• ISBNs: 9781586173012, 1586173014
• Resource ID: LLS:FNDMNTLSPCHDCDS
• Resource Type: text.monograph.lecture
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:44:11Z

About Pope Benedict XVI

Pope Benedict XVI was the 265th pope, by virtue of his office of Bishop of Rome, the Sovereign of the Vatican City State and the head of the Roman Catholic Church. He was elected on 19 April 2005 in a papal conclave, celebrated his Papal Inauguration Mass on 24 April 2005, and took possession of his cathedral, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, on 7 May 2005. A native of Bavaria, Pope Benedict XVI has both German and Vatican citizenship.