In The Beginning... A Catholic Understanding Of The Story O, De Ratzinger, Joseph Cardinal. Editorial Eerdmans, Tapa Blanda En Inglés, 1995

Descripción

In four homilies and a concluding essay, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, provides an exploration of the Genesis creation narratives. The stories of the world’s creation and the fall of humankind are discussed beyond the typical reductionism, presenting a balanced Catholic understanding of these early biblical writings and their enduring vitality.

Beginning with a text from the first three chapters of Genesis, Ratzinger discusses God the creator, the meaning of the biblical creation accounts, the creation of human beings, and sin and salvation. The appendix unpacks the consequences of faith in creation.

Expertly translated from German, these reflections offer a reasonable and biblical approach to creation and serve as a resource for priests and pastors.

The meditations aim to balance between extremes and emphasize a unity between the Old and New Testaments. Notes are from various sources.

Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Alois Ratzinger in 1927, served as the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from April 2005 through February 2013. He has been a Dean of the College of Cardinals, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and President of the International Theological Commission. An outstanding theologian and teacher, he co-founded the international Catholic journal Communio and has taught at universities such as Tübingen and Regensburg in Germany.