Three publishers, one work:
The Fathers of the Church
in the catecheses of Benedict XVI
Translated from the 2/12/12 issue of
Pastor, man of God, witness and scholar: the surprising 'mix' which Benedict XVI has shown us constantly finds a significant manifestation in the catecheses dedicated by him to the Fathers of the Church.
Precious words that publishers have certainly not allowed to pass into oblivion. In 2008-2009, the Vatican publishing house LEV, put out three regular volumes based on those catecheses, later reissued in well-illustrated artistic editions.
Starting with St. Clement the Roman and ending with St. Maximus the Confessor, it is somewhat like looking through a family album, in which Benedict's words venerated names that have brought forward the Christian tradition tale shape and color.
In 2008, the Italian publishing house Citta Nuova published its own collection of the Patristic catecheses in the book entitled
Catechesi sui Padri della Chiesa. Da Clemente Romano a Gregorio Magno (Cathecheses on the Fathers of the Church: From Clement the Roman to Gregory the Great).
Now, Mondadori has come out with
Testimoni del messaggio cristiano (Witnesses to the Christian message), its own anthology of Benedict XVI's Patristic catecheses.
NB: In English, Ignatius Press came out with two volumes of the catecheses, while Our Sunday Visitor came out with The Fathers in 2008. Both publishing houses have been publishing Benedict XVI's catecheses as each cycle ends, i.e., the Apostles, the Great Teachers, Holy Women, the Doctors of the Church.
[Modificato da TERESA BENEDETTA 13/02/2012 06:41]