To Know Jesus as the Christ: Incentives for a Deeper Faith

by Christoph Schönborn

Publisher:

Ignatius

, 2014

Overview

This book contains a cycle of catechesis, or teachings on the Christian faith, which pose fundamental questions with respect to the confession of the faith. In simple but beautiful words and vibrant images, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn brings together the doctrine and practice of the Faith. He leads us to a deeper realization of who Christ is, what his saving mission was, and how we can know and love him in a personal and profound way. To Know Jesus as the Christ is an inspiring and practical work by a great churchman about the eternal importance of the Christian faith, the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, and its relevance to our everyday life.

Product Details

• Title: To Know Jesus as the Christ: Incentives for a Deeper Faith
• Author: Christoph Schönborn
• Publisher: Ignatius
• Print Publication Date: 2014
• Logos Release Date: 2018
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Jesus Christ › Person and offices; Providence and government of God
• ISBNs: 9781586177928, 1586177923
• Resource ID: LLS:KNWJSSSCHRST
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:10:16Z

About Christoph Schönborn

Christoph Schönborn is an Austrian theologian and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He currently serves as the archbishop of Vienna and the president of the Austrian Bishops Conference.

He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1970 and received his Licentiate of Sacred Theology only a year later. He later studied under professor Joseph Ratzinger in Regensburg, and shortly later received his doctorate in Sacred Theology in Paris. He was a professor of dogmatics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, in the 1970s, and in 1980 was appointed a member of the International Theological Commission of the Holy See. In 1987, he became the editorial secretary for the Catechism of the Catholic Church. In 1991, he was chosen to be an auxiliary bishop of Vienna, and in 1995 became its archbishop.