{"product_id":"the-encyclical-letters-of-pope-benedict-xvi","title":"The Encyclical Letters of Pope Benedict XVI","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Pope Benedict XVI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e“To reveal God to men”: \u003c\/b\u003ethis, Pope Benedict XVI declared in the inaugural homily of his papacy, is the purpose of the Christian life. The encounter with the living God in Christ marks life’s true beginning: it is the condition for knowing what life is, who man is, and why he is. In his three papal encyclicals—\u003ci\u003eDeus caritas est\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpe salvi\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaritas in veritate\u003c\/i\u003e—Benedict XVI strove to fulfill the apostolic mission: to proclaim the love which God mysteriously and gratuitously lavishes upon man, to testify to the hope that love bestows, and elucidate the responsibility to live the truth, in love, and thereby arrive at eternal life and communion with God, who “is himself Truth and Love.”\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eClear, concise, and accessible to a universal audience, the encyclical letters of Pope Benedict XVI exemplify the effort and inspiration with which the 265th Vicar of Christ labored to feed Christ’s sheep, to guard the precious treasure of tradition and revelation, and to steer the Church through a sea of darkness toward the unwavering light of God’s own truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eGod is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(1 John 4:16)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpeaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Ephesians 4:15)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn hope we have been saved.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Romans 8:24)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePope Benedict XVI \u003c\/b\u003e(1927–2022) served as Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church from 2005 to 2013. A brilliant, contemplative theologian, he wrote dozens of books, including the enormously influential \u003ci\u003eIntroduction to Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJesus of Nazareth \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy, as well as numerous other scholarly and spiritual works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" class=\"p1\" data-mce-style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e978-1685953546\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #cccccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100041568623,"sku":"978-1685953546","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1137.jpg?v=1781124945","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/the-encyclical-letters-of-pope-benedict-xvi","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}