Author: Jean Croiset
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ISBN:
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Languages : fr
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Book Description
La Dévotion au Sacré-Coeur de N.-S. Jésus-Christ, par un P. de la Compagnie de Jésus (Jean Croiset). 3e édition augmentée (d'un abrégé de la vie de la soeur Marguerite-Marie Alacoque, religieuse de la Visitation de Ste Marie).
La Devotion au Sacré Coeur de N. S. Jesus-Christ. Par un P. de la Compagnie de Jesus [Jean Croiset]. Troisiéme édition augmentée... [Abrégé de la vie de la soeur Marguerite Marie Alacoque. Office du Sacré Coeur]
La Devotion au Sacré Coeur de N. S. Jesus-Christ. Par un P. de la Compagnie de Jesus [Jean Croiset]. Troisiéme édition augmentée... [Abrégé de la vie de la soeur Marguerite Marie Alacoque. Office du Sacré Coeur].
La Dévotion au Sacré Coeur de N. S. Jésus-Christ par un P. de la Compagnie de Jésus [J. Croiset]. Nouvelle édition augmentée [-Abbrégé de la vie d'une Religieuse de la Visitation de sainte Marie [Marguerite-Marie Alacoque]]...
La Dévotion au Sacré Coeur de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, par un P. de la Compagnie de Jésus
The Pope's Body
Author: Agostino Paravicini-Bagliani
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226034379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226034379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
In contrast to the role traditionally fulfilled by secular rulers, the pope has been perceived as an individual person existing in a body subject to decay and death, yet at the same time a corporeal representation of Christ and the Church, eternity and salvation. Using an array of evidence from the eleventh through the fifteenth centuries, Agostino Paravicini- Bagliani addresses this paradox. He studies the rituals, metaphors, and images of the pope's body as they developed over time and shows how they resulted in the expectation that the pope's body be simultaneously physical and metaphorical. Also included is a particular emphasis on the thirteenth century when, during the pontificate of Boniface VIII (1294-1303), the papal court became the focus of medicine and the natural sciences as physicians devised ways to protect the pope's health and prolong his life. Masterfully translated from the Italian, this engaging history of the pope's body provides a new perspective for readers to understand the papacy, both historically and in our own time.