The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism The Sources for the Life of Christ
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Jesus Christ
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Publication Year
1962
Publisher
Volume
67
Pages
128
Description
Christ, whose coming is the central event of human history, actually walked overt he rocky hills and valleys of the Holy Land. Secular historical sources, such as Josephus, Tacitus, and Pliny the Younger, inform us of this. But the primary documents are the Gospels and Epistles, which, despite serious gaps in the narrative, are nevertheless superior to many contemporary biographies.
Four renowned biblical scholars here present seven essays on the Gospels and Epistles, considered as valid sources of facts concerning Christ's Life and Death. For example, none of the evangelists presents the pivotal event of the Resurrection at Easter as a pagan myth. The details of time, place, and circumstance all reveal a scrupulous accuracy and inspired intelligence which preclude the possibility of psychological error or deception.
The author discuss the character of each evangelist and disciple; the audience for whom he wrote; his agreement with and his difference from other evangelists; the time between Christ's Resurrection and the recording of it by the evangelist; and the relative organization and style of his work.
The authors trace the fascinating layers of accretion in the writings themselves. The events of Christ's life were first entrusted to the apostles, who handed them on orally to the Churches; the Churches in turn constructed short homilies which were based on theological or liturgical points. The first syntheses followed; finally, the evangelists collected these works and organized them around a theological theme.
Fathers Brunot, Amiot, and Danielou have published, among them, over twenty-four volumes on the Bible, including Saint Paul and His Message and History of the Mass in this series. Henri Daniel-Rops is the Editor-and-Chief of the 150 volumes in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Author of the best-selling Jesus and His Times (1945) and countless other works, he has written Heroes of God, This is the Mass, Monsieur Vincent, The Book of Mary, and What Is the Bible?
PJ Hepburne-Scott translated this work from the French.
This is Volume 67 under section VI: The Word of God.
Taken from the inside flaps.
Four renowned biblical scholars here present seven essays on the Gospels and Epistles, considered as valid sources of facts concerning Christ's Life and Death. For example, none of the evangelists presents the pivotal event of the Resurrection at Easter as a pagan myth. The details of time, place, and circumstance all reveal a scrupulous accuracy and inspired intelligence which preclude the possibility of psychological error or deception.
The author discuss the character of each evangelist and disciple; the audience for whom he wrote; his agreement with and his difference from other evangelists; the time between Christ's Resurrection and the recording of it by the evangelist; and the relative organization and style of his work.
The authors trace the fascinating layers of accretion in the writings themselves. The events of Christ's life were first entrusted to the apostles, who handed them on orally to the Churches; the Churches in turn constructed short homilies which were based on theological or liturgical points. The first syntheses followed; finally, the evangelists collected these works and organized them around a theological theme.
Fathers Brunot, Amiot, and Danielou have published, among them, over twenty-four volumes on the Bible, including Saint Paul and His Message and History of the Mass in this series. Henri Daniel-Rops is the Editor-and-Chief of the 150 volumes in The Twentieth Century Encyclopedia of Catholicism. Author of the best-selling Jesus and His Times (1945) and countless other works, he has written Heroes of God, This is the Mass, Monsieur Vincent, The Book of Mary, and What Is the Bible?
PJ Hepburne-Scott translated this work from the French.
This is Volume 67 under section VI: The Word of God.
Taken from the inside flaps.
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