Prophets Guardians And Saints

"This book seeks to explore various aspects of nineteenth-century Catholic tradition, as embodied in its movements, such as Modernism, and in Vatican Council I, but especially through its people - its popes, theologians, and saints."--BOOK JACKET.

Scripture tells us of a day when angels--God's holy messengers--will ascend upon the earth like never before like a fire igniting everything they touch. From time immemorial, testimonies of these messengers and their amazing intervention have maintained global attention, and every world religion has its own way of identifying and confirming their continual influence. At this moment, the wind of a new Great Awakening is blowing throughout every culture of the US, as well as many countries abroad. People are sensing something they can't explain, but it's a movement of God they cannot disregard. Leaders of both genders and of every generation--whose appearance, character, and approach defy all the ecclesiastical norms of the otherwise exhausted Church--are rising up from the most unexpected of places to harness this spiritual power and preach the Gospel with a fresh passion the world hasn't witnessed since the martyrs of old. In such a crucially important time, it is necessary to understand the role angels will play in the days ahead.In Angels on Assignment Again, readers will discover: *The history of angelic beliefs from one culture/religion to another, and the specific identities they've been given throughout time*How, when, where, and why these celestial beings have visited our planet in recent days*How to discern a holy visitation from an unholy manifestation based on the authority of Scripture*Upcoming movements of the Holy Spirit, and the role of angels within them*How angels are a sign of the end times, and what that means for us here on earth*How to safely pray specific prayers of angelic intervention in our lives--from provision to revelation and beyond

Do you wish to understand something of the contemporary Catholic Church? If you do, then this book is for you. It offers a careful overview of the history of the church from the mid-nineteenth century, with Pope Pius IX, until the present day, with Pope Francis. It deals with two major councils of the church, Vatican I (1869-70) and Vatican II (1962-65). Furthermore, it provides a detailed and accurate summary of the major theological movements in the church during this period.

Abdulkarim Soroush is known primarily for his epistemological/hermeneutical theory, the “Contraction and Expansion of Religious Knowledge,” and its application to Islamic political theory and religious pluralism. While his Reason, Freedom and Democracy in Islam applies that theory to plurality and the historicity of understanding and interpretation of religion, this book captures some of his original theories about religion itself. The Expansion of Prophetic Experience treats the historicity of the Prophet Muhammad’s revelatory experience, including human and contextual influences on the genesis of the sacred Text. It presents substantial aspects of Soroush’s Neo-Rationalist hermeneutical project for an Islamic reformed theology and ethics, systematically leading Islamic reformation beyond conventional projects of piecemeal adjustments to the Shariʿah or selective re-interpretations of the Qurʾān.