Augustin Cardinal Bea: Spiritual Profile
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
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This reverent and scholarly biography presents an intimate portrait of Augustin Cardinal Bea, the influential German Jesuit who became one of the twentieth century's most pivotal figures in Catholic ecumenism and interfaith dialogue. Written by a fellow Jesuit with privileged access to Bea's life and thought, Augustin Cardinal Bea: Spiritual Profile chronicles the cardinal's profound interior life, tracing the deep faith and contemplative discipline that undergirded his groundbreaking work at the Second Vatican Council. Schmidt illuminates how Bea's spiritual convictions drove his historic efforts to foster reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people, culminating in the landmark declaration Nostra Aetate. The tone is both devotional and rigorously informative, drawing on personal correspondence, theological writings, and firsthand accounts to construct a nuanced portrait of a man whose humility and conviction reshaped modern religious relations. This is an essential work for readers interested in twentieth-century Church history, Vatican II, and the spiritual foundations of one of Catholicism's great reformers.
Author: Stjepan Schmidt Sj
Format: Hardback
Published: 1971, Geoffrey Chapman
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
This reverent and scholarly biography presents an intimate portrait of Augustin Cardinal Bea, the influential German Jesuit who became one of the twentieth century's most pivotal figures in Catholic ecumenism and interfaith dialogue. Written by a fellow Jesuit with privileged access to Bea's life and thought, Augustin Cardinal Bea: Spiritual Profile chronicles the cardinal's profound interior life, tracing the deep faith and contemplative discipline that undergirded his groundbreaking work at the Second Vatican Council. Schmidt illuminates how Bea's spiritual convictions drove his historic efforts to foster reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the Jewish people, culminating in the landmark declaration Nostra Aetate. The tone is both devotional and rigorously informative, drawing on personal correspondence, theological writings, and firsthand accounts to construct a nuanced portrait of a man whose humility and conviction reshaped modern religious relations. This is an essential work for readers interested in twentieth-century Church history, Vatican II, and the spiritual foundations of one of Catholicism's great reformers.