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  • Benedict XVI

  • Defender of the Faith
  • By: Joseph Pearce
  • Narrated by: Kevin O'Brien
  • Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes. In this heartfelt defense of Pope Benedict’s words and works, a tribute to his life and legacy and an homage to his sanity and sanctity, Joseph Pearce’s biography provides an unforgettable encounter with this great historical figure.

As the defender of the Faith, Pope Benedict XVI fought tirelessly and largely successfully against the forces of secularism first as the indomitable Ratzinger, and then as the incomparable supreme pontiff. As an uncompromising defender of the dignity of the human person, he fought the wickedness of the world in his unremitting battle against the dictatorship of relativism and its culture of death. Within the Church, he fought against the spirit of the world in his war on modernism and its worship of the spirit of the age, restoring the splendor of truth in his defense of orthodoxy and the splendor of the liturgy in his defense of tradition.

Years from now, Catholics will still look back on Pope Benedict’s enduring legacy with enormous gratitude. For he successfully steered the Barque of Peter in charity and truth against the evil tides that sought to engulf the Church.
©2021 Joseph Pearce (P)2021 TAN Books
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A concise introduction to a great pope

Good on the milieu in which Benedict had to fight for truth. Insightful into some of the intellectual battles he fought. Useful summaries of his Encyclicals. One would not expect an English author to be so extravagant in his adulation, perhaps at the expense of balance. Well worth the read. A taster for more. A pleasant surprise to hear English pronunciation of place names in the chapter on the visit to Scotland and England.

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