On the Way to Jesus Christ

by Ratzinger, Joseph

• ISBN13: 9781586171247
• ISBN10: 1586171240
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-08
• Publisher: Ignatius Pr

Summary

"On the Way to Jesus Christ is a series of meditations that Pope Benedict XVI wrote while he was Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The true Jesus, he writes, is the Jesus of the Gospels, who "is quite different, demanding, bold. The Jesus who makes everything OK for everyone is a phantom, a dream, not a real figure. The Jesus of the Gospels is certainly not convenient for us. But it is precisely in this way that be answers the deepest question of our existence, which - whether we want to or not - keeps us on the look-out for God, for a gratification that is limitless, for the infinite. We must again set out on the way to this real Jesus."" "This book also examines whether Jesus Christ is the only savior and whether the Church has a responsibility to evangelize. It concludes with reflections on Jesus' Presence in the Holy Eucharist, and the Catechism of the Catholic Church's presentation of the Christian mystery as seen through the Catechism's dynamic view of Sacred Scripture." "On the Way to Jesus Christ is for anyone - believer or unbeliever - who wants better to understand the true Jesus, the Jesus of the Gospels, the Christ of Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Foreword	7	(6)
PART ONE ON THE WAY TO JESUS CHRIST
1 The Face of Christ in Sacred Scripture: "He Who Has Seen Me Has Seen the Father"	13	(19)
2 Wounded by the Arrow of Beauty: The Cross and the New "Aesthetics" of Faith	32	(10)
3 Communication and Culture: New Methods of Evangelization in the Third Millennium	42	(13)
PART TWO THE FIGURE OF THE REDEEMER
4 Christ, the Redeemer of Mankind: The Uniqueness and Universality of Christ and His Church	55	(24)
5 Looking at Christ: The Figure of Christ as Reflected in the Gospel Account of His Temptation	79	(23)
6 Daily Bread and Eucharistic Bread: A Meditation for the Feast of Corpus Christi	102	(5)
7 Eucharist—Communio—Solidarity: Christ Present and Active in the Blessed Sacrament	107	(24)
PART THREE EPILOGUE
8 Universality and Catholicity	131	(11)
9 Is the Catechism of the Catholic Church Up-to-Date? Reflections Ten Years after Its Publication	142	(25)
Bibliographical Note	167	(4)
Index	171	(12)
Scripture Index	183