Great Christian Thinkers: From the Early Church Through the Middle Ages

by Pope Benedict XVI

Book Overview

In brief portraits, Pope Benedict XVI offers engaging, perceptive, and edifying sketches of some of the great thinkers and writers of Christianity. Pope Benedict discusses notable theologians from East and West but also many figures whose primary witness was as ascetics, poets, mystics, and missionaries. His pieces are not only illuminating historical sketches but also often surprisingly personal reflective meditations on the perennial changes of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800698517
• ISBN13: 9780800698515
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.5"