Author:
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: books, wisdom, bible, john, saint
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2007-09-01
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0814690556
ISBN-13: 9780814690550

Wisdom Books, the fifth volume of The Saint John’s Bible to be released, includes some of the Old Testament’s literary masterpieces, including Song of Songs, Ecclesiastes, and Proverbs. Also in this volume is the much-loved book of Job and two Old Testament works originally written in Greek, Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon. Wisdom Books continues the work of earlier volumes, with a script created by calligrapher Donald Jackson specifically for this project. There are over fifteen large illuminations, among them the spectacular frontispiece for Ecclesiastes and anothe

Author: Vincent Genovesi
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: theology, life, vol, sexuality, human, love, catholic, morality, pursuit
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 1986-11-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0814655904
ISBN-13: 9780814655900

Authors:Jerome T. Walsh, David W. Cotter, Chris Franke,
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: series, olam, berit, kings
Number of Pages: 393
Published: 1996-02
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 0814650449
ISBN-13: 9780814650448

Thenarratives of Solomon and Jeroboam, of Elijah and Ahab, have fascinatedreaders for millennia. Even apart from questions of historicalauthenticity, they are gripping stories of richly drawn characterscaught up in the complex tale of God s dealings with Israel. This studyexplores the narrative world created by 1 Kings ancient Israeliteauthor: the people who inhabit it, the lives they live, the deeds theydo, and the face of God who is revealed in their stories. An introduction explains the significance of 1 Kings as a historicalnarrative. Originally intended as a literal history, after centuri

Author: Len Sperry
Publisher: The Liturgical Press
Keywords: community, ministry
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2000-01-01
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0814627234
ISBN-13: 9780814627235

Ministry impairment seems to be increasingly problematic for the Church today. While the minister’s personality or character is typically the focus of media attention, impairment is also influenced by organizational dynamics such as the recruitment and promotion policies of the religious organization (be it parish, religious order, or diocese) as well as its culture and structure. Ministry and Community highlights the interplay of personality dynamics and organizational dynamics for eight of the most common forms of ministry impairment and how they can be recognized, treated, and preve

Author: Marcel Metzger
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: stages, major, liturgy, history
Number of Pages: 154
Published: 1997-06
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0814624332
ISBN-13: 9780814624333

The essential forms of the liturgy were fixed very early according to the tradition received from the Apostles. But the place given to biblical readings, teaching, singing, and ritual has varied in the course of centuries. In History of the Liturgy, Metzger describes the most important phases of these changes.

Author: Donald Jackson
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: acts, gospels, bible, john, saint
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 2005-02-23
List price: $64.95
ISBN-10: 0814690513
ISBN-13: 9780814690512

The first in a seven-volume series of full-color, page-by-page reproductions from The Saint John’s Bible, Gospels and Acts has more than 25 illuminations, including full-page opening illuminations for each of the four gospels. Some of the prominent illuminations include the Genealogy of Jesus, the Birth of Christ, the Raising of Lazarus, the Crucfixion, Christ Our Light, the Last Supper, the Road to Emmaus, and Pentecost. The Word of God, hand-illuminated through ancient methods by a contemporary master, brings the reader to an epiphany of the sacred. Those who allow the

Authors:Anscar J. Chupungco, Anscar J. Chupungco,
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Keywords: eucharist, studies, liturgical, handbook
Number of Pages: 371
Published: 2000-04-07
List price: $79.95
ISBN-10: 0814661637
ISBN-13: 9780814661635