6 似ている本： 我が生涯の弁明
思考
"Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia for the Christian religion upon which his reputation now rests. The Pensees is a collection of philosophical fragments, notes and essays in which he explores the contradictions of human nature in psychological, social, metaphysical and, above all,…
共通テーマ：Catholic Church - Apologetic works, Apologetic works, Catholic authors, Controversial literature
永遠の人
The Everlasting Man is inspired by H. G. Wells’ The Outline of History, which explains the history of mankind and religion as solely a product of natural selection and other material causes. In contrast, G. K. Chesterton presents the case for Christianity throughout history, by illustrating firstly, the uniqueness of man amongst the animals, and secondly, the uniqueness of Christ and the Church…
共通テーマ：Catholic Church - Apologetic works, Apologetic works, Catholic Church
権力と栄光
One of Greene’s most powerful novels, the book takes as its theme the era of religious suppression in Mexico during the early 1930’s. An unnamed Catholic priest, an alcoholic with a shameful past in search of either oblivion or redemption, travels through Mexico administering the rites of the church to the poor landless peasants, hunted by a remorseless police officer and always in fear of being…
共通テーマ：Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy, History
ブラウン神父の知恵
"And the young woman of the house," asked Dr. Hood, with huge and silent amusement, "what does she want?" "Why, she wants to marry him," cried Father Brown, sitting up eagerly. "That is just the awful complication." "It is indeed a hideous enigma," said Dr. Hood. "This young James Todhunter," continued the cleric, "is a very decent man so far as I know; but then nobody knows very much. He is a…
共通テーマ：Catholics, Catholic Church, Clergy
公同祈祷書
Book of rites and prayers for use during worship. Includes Holy Communion and Evening Prayer, weddings (Holy Matrimony), Holy Baptism, funerals, ordinations of deacons, priests and bishops, dedications for churches, prayers for special occasions, and the book of Psalms. Meant for use by the priests with the congregation. The Catechism may also be included.
共通テーマ：Church of England, History
大司教の死
In 1851 French Bishop Latour and his friend Father Valliant are dispatched to New Mexico to reawaken its slumbering Catholicism. Moving along the endless prairies, Latour spreads his faith the only way he knows-- gently, although he must contend with the unforgiving landscape, derelict and sometimes openly rebellious priests, and his own loneliness. Over nearly 40 years, they leave converts and…
共通テーマ：Catholic Church, Clergy, History