Images of Hope: Meditations on Major Feasts

by Pope Benedict XVI

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2006

Overview

In Images of Hope: Meditations on Major Feasts, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger masterfully weaves together Scripture, history, literature, and theology as he reflects on major feasts of the liturgical calendar. In each chapter, he examines works of sacred art that illustrate the hope we celebrate in our most important Christian holy days. This collection of meditations includes several beautiful colored images of the relevant paintings, mosaics, and sculptures that accompany the rich and detailed text.

Product Details

• Title: Images of Hope: Meditations on Major Feasts
• Author: Pope Benedict XVI
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2006
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Fasts and feasts › Catholic Church
• ISBNs: 9780898709643, 0898709644
• Resource ID: LLS:IMAGESOFHOPE
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:05:16Z

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.