101 Questions and Answers on Saints
Overview
In this volume, father George P. Evans provides a reader-friendly, step-by-step introduction to all things hagiological. Evans work is an accessible introduction to the saints and sainthood, providing helpful answers to common questions.
Top Highlights
“By virtue of God’s granting them the ‘beatific vision,’ the blessedness of intimate sharing with God, they gain their knowledge directly from God. God can, and we presume does, make saints aware of requests for their intercession.” (Page 25)
“The most accepted theological opinion in Catholic circles seems to say that, on their own, the saints in heaven do not have universal access to our ideas.” (Page 25)
“The baptized are already holy in this sense, not by their moral choices but by God’s choice to make them holy in baptism” (Page 13)
“The Church Triumphant can be of benefit to those on earth, who are called ‘the Church Militant,’” (Page 14)
“Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect’ (Matt 5:48); and with the message in 1 Peter 1:15: ‘As he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct.’” (Pages 9–10)
- Title: 101 Questions and Answers on Saints
- Author: George P. Evans
- Series: 101 Questions and Answers Series
- Publisher: Paulist Press
- Print Publication Date: 2007
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Christian saints
- ISBNs: 9780809144426, 0809144425
- Resource ID: LLS:QSTNSNSWRSSNTS
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:43:53Z