In the Beginning. . .A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

ISBN 10: 0879734388 / ISBN 13: 9780879734381

Published by Our Sunday Visitor., 1990

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"In the Beginning.": A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall. By Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Translated by Boniface Ramsey, O.P. Published by Our Sunday Visitor, 1990. ISBN 10: 0879734388 / ISBN 13: 9780879734381. New 8 x 5 inches softcover. 167 Pages. --- TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) God the Creator. The Difference Between Form and Content in the Creation Narrative. The Unity of the Bible as a Criterion for Its Interpretation. Christology as a Criterion --- 2.) The Meaning of the Biblical Creation Accounts. The Reasonableness of Faith in Creation. The Enduring Significance of the Symbolic Elements in the Text --- 3.) The Creation of the Human Being. The Human Being --- 4.) Taken from the Earth. Image of God. Creation and Evolution --- 5.) Sin and Salvation. On the Subject of Sin. Limitations and Freedom of the Human Being. Original Sin. The Response of the New Testament --- APPENDIX: The Consequences of Faith in Creation. The Suppression of Faith in Creation in Modern Thought. The Consequences of Creation in Present-Day Thought: Three Forms of Concealment. Faith in Creation as a Basic. Decision about Human Beings. --- Notes are generally from German sources. --- Same day or next business-day mailing. Postal tracking. --- FREE SHIPPING within USA.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In the Beginning. . .A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall
• Publisher: Our Sunday Visitor.
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879734388
• ISBN 13: 9780879734381
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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1970 OUR SUNDAY VISITOR PUBLISHING SOFTCOVER

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While the stories of the vcreation of the world and of the fall of humankind have often given rise to conflict - fundamentalists twist the Bible into science and history while rationalists approach this issue by "divorcing God from creation" - Cardinal Ratzinger presents the Catholic middle ground between extremist positions in explaining the vitality of these early Old Testament writings.