Books written by Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI (born Joseph Alois Ratzinger, on 16 April 1927), is the 256th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. During the early years following his ordination, he was a distinguished theological scholar and held numerous professorships.
A prolific writer, he is also the founder and patron of the Ratzinger Foundation, a charitable organisation which makes money from the sale of his books and essays in order to fund scholarships and bursaries for students across the world.
 Jesus Of Nazareth (Bestseller!)by Pope Benedict XVI
In this bold, momentous work, the pope— in his first book written as Benedict XVI— seeks to salvage the person of Jesus from recent “ popular” depictions and to restore Jesus’ true identity as discovered in the Gospels. Through his brilliance as a theologian and his personal conviction as a believer, the pope shares a rich, compelling, flesh-and-blood portrait of Jesus and incites us to encounter, face-to-face, the central figure of the Christian faith. From Jesus of Nazareth:
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 Heart of the Christian Life:Thoughts on Holy Mass by Pope Benedict XVI The celebration of the Eucharist in which Jesus Christ becomes present is the center of the Catholic faith. This volume brings together substantive texts of the Holy Father on the many aspects and dimensions of the Mass and the Mystery of the Eucharist – a rich source for every Christian and a spur to reflection and personal prayer. Delivered in addresses and homilies to a wide variety of audiences, these reflections reveal the depth and breadth of Pope Benedict XVI’s profound and life-long love for the Holy Eucharist. A major theme throughout the works of Joseph Ratzinger, the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist is the Church’s source of life unity and fruitfulness. This theme has been carried deeply into his pontificate as can be seen in this collection which challenges the faithful to believe that by receiving Christ in Holy Communion they are drawn not only into the very life of God, but into the community that is Christ’s Body the Church. Heart of the Christian Life: Thoughts on Holy Mass Available at Wellsprings for S$26.90 |
 Saint Paulby Pope Benedict XVI St. Paul is one of the most important figures in Christian history. As Saul of Tarsus he vigorously persecuted Christianity, even collaborating in the death of Christianity’s first martyr Stephen. His encounter with the resurrected Jesus on the road to Damascus changed Paul’s life, the Christian Church, and world history. More than anyone else in the early Church, Paul saw the universal nature of the Christian message. He became the Apostle to the Gentiles and the Teacher of the Nations . As the human author of half of the New Testament, Paul is a figure who cannot be overlooked by anyone who wants to understand Jesus Christ and Christianity. In this book, Pope Benedict XVI, a profound spiritual leader in his own right and a first rate theologian and Bible commentator explores the legacy of Paul. Pope Benedict follows the course of the Apostle’s life, including his missionary journeys and his relationship with the other apostles of Jesus such as St. Peter and St. James, and Paul’s martyrdom in Rome. Benedict also examines such questions as Did Paul know Jesus during his earthly life and how much of Jesus teaching and ministry did he know of? Did Paul distort the teachings of Jesus? What role did Jesus death and resurrection play in Paul’s teaching? What are we to make of Paul’s teaching about the end of the world? What does Paul’s teaching say about the differences between Catholic and Protestant Christians over salvation and the roles of faith and works in the Christian life? How have modern Catholic and Protestant scholars come together in their understanding of Paul? What does Paul have to teach us today about living a spiritual life? These and other important issues are addressed in this masterful, inspirational and highly readable presentation of St. Paul and his writings by one of today s great spiritual teachers, Pope Benedict XVI. The Apostle Paul – an outstanding and almost inimitable yet stimulating figure stands before us as an example of total dedication to the Lord and to his Church as well as of great openness to humanity and its cultures. Available at Wellsprings for S$26.90 |
 Church Fathers:From Clement of Rome to Augustine by Pope Benedict XVI Following his best selling book Jesus of Nazareth, and his talks published in Jesus the Apostles and the Early Church, Pope Benedict’s Church Fathers presents these important figures of early Christianity in all their evangelical vitality, spiritual profundity and uncompromising love of God. Benedict tells the true story of Christianity’s against all odds triumph in the face of fierce pagan Roman hostility and persecution. He does this by exploring the lives and the ideas of the early Christian writers, pastors, and martyrs, the men so important to the spread of Christianity that history knows them as “the Fathers of the Church”. This rich and engrossing survey of the early Church includes those churchmen who immediately succeeded the Apostles – the “Apostolic Fathers” – Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus of Lyon. Benedict also discusses such great Christian figures as Tertullian Origen and Cyprian of Carthage, the Cappadocian Fathers as well as the giants John Chrysostom, Jerome, Augustine, Leo the Great and Benedict of Nursia, the Pope’s namesake. Church Fathers: From Clement of Rome to Augustine Available at Wellsprings for S$26.90 |
 Church Fathers and Teachers:From Saint Leo the Great to Peter Lombard by Pope Benedict XVI
After meditating on the Apostles and then on the Fathers of the early Church, as seen in his earlier works Jesus, the Apostles and the Early Church and Church Fathers, Pope Benedict XVI devoted his attention to the most influential Christian men from the fifth through the twelfth centuries. In his first book, Church Fathers, Benedict began with Clement of Rome and ended with Saint Augustine. In this volume, the Holy Father reflects on some of the greatest theologians of the Middle Ages: Benedict, Anselm, Bernard, and Gregory the Great, to name just a few. By exploring both the lives and the ideas of the great popes, abbots, scholars and missionaries who lived during the fall of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christendom, Pope Benedict XVI highlights the key elements of Catholic dogma and practice that remain the foundation stones not only of the Roman Catholic Church but of Christian society itself. This book is a wonderful way to get to know these later Church Fathers and Teachers and the tremendous spiritually rich patrimony they have bequeathed to us. Church Fathers and Teachers: From Saint Leo the Great to Peter Lombard Available at Wellsprings for S$30.90 |
 Pilgrim Fellowship of Faith:The Church as Communion by Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, is perhaps the most visible member of the Catholic clergy in the world. In addition, his status as the head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has made him one of the most controversial churchmen in recent history. On the occasion of Ratzinger’s seventy-fifth birthay, his former students have selected essays, lectures, letters, and conferences that Ratzinger has written in recent years-writing that they feel best represents the position of the Cardinal on issues of theology, the modern world, secularism, non-Christian religions, and other key topics of the Catholic Church. This book, characterized by Ratzinger’s concisely reasoned style, is an invaluable resource to those who wish to understand the modern Church, as well as a treasured volume for those who are students of Ratzinger’s theology. Pilgrim Fellowship of Faith: The Church as Communion Available at Wellsprings for S$29.90 |
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