Fathers of the Church: From Clement of Rome to Augustine of Hippo

by Pope Benedict XVI

Book Overview

At his Wednesday audiences during 2007 and 2008 Pope Benedict XVI gave a series of short talks on the Fathers of the Church. He devoted himself not only to such famous and influential Fathers as Augustine and John Chrysostom but also to figures not venerated as saints; one subject, Tertullian, even died outside the Catholic communion. This volume contains thirty-six of these inspirational teachings.

In these catecheses the Pope is not delivering...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802864597
• ISBN13: 9780802864598
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"