Jesus of Nazareth, Vol. 2

National Catholic Register ^ | 7/30/10 | Edward Pentin

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Pope Benedict XVI’s New Book Will ‘Get People to Think More Deeply About Jesus’

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s second volume of his book Jesus of Nazareth is expected to challenge modern biblical scholarship and provoke readers into thinking more profoundly about Jesus.

That’s according to the president of Ignatius Press, the book’s appointed English-language publisher.

Mark Brumley told the Register July 30 that he expects the second volume, which will reflect on the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, to provoke “a great conversation about modern biblical scholarship” not only within the Church, but also between Catholics and Protestants and Christians and Jews. “The Pope’s objective is to get people to think more deeply about Jesus,” he said.

Benedict XVI completed the work, which will take up where the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth left off, earlier this year. The text is currently being translated from the original German into various languages. If everything goes according to plan, the English translation will be released simultaneously with other language versions at the beginning of Lent 2011.

Ignatius Press and the Vatican’s publishing house, Liberia Editrice Vaticana, reached an agreement that the San Francisco-based publisher would publish the English-language edition of the book. The first volume was published by Doubleday in 2007.

Father Joseph Fessio, the founder and editor of Ignatius Press, said the company is “eagerly awaiting” the latest volume “because it will contain the Holy Father’s reflections on the central mysteries of the faith.”

Controversial Questions

In a July 29 press release, Ignatius Press said the second volume is expected to address such controversial questions as: “who was responsible for Jesus’ death? Did Jesus establish the Church to carry on his work? How did he view his suffering and death? How should we? And, most importantly, did Jesus..............

[circlecity]

"the second volume is expected to address such controversial questions as: “who was responsible for Jesus’ death?"

Jesus answers this pretty directly at John 19:11

[Alex Murphy]

Jesus answers this pretty directly at John 19:11

True, but you're assuming that Catholics have read this in the Bible for themselves. And odds are, they haven't.

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According to a study released in September by Baylor University’s Institute for Studies of Religion, evangelical Protestants are a whopping eight times more likely than Catholics to read the Bible on a weekly basis. Of course, the survey only looked at private Bible reading; it did not take into account the Scripture passages Catholics take in at every Mass. Still, we tip our hats to our separated brothers and sisters in Christ for their zeal for the Word of God.

[OpusatFR]

Can’t wait. The first volume was beautiful.

Contrasted to JPII’s mystical style, I find Benedict’s straightforward style profound in a much different way.

[OpusatFR]

Here Alex, I’ll give you a start on the rest of the usual blather:

Catholics worship Mary
Catholics worship idols
Catholics are cannibals who eat Christ

Now we can actually comment on the article that we’ve read.