{"product_id":"the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-volume-i","title":"The Gospel of Jesus Christ, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy M.-J. Lagrange, O.P.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen the Modernism crisis \u003c\/b\u003eat the end of the nineteenth century threatened to lay an axe to the root of Catholic scholarship, Pope Leo XIII responded unflinchingly. “The Church,” he wrote, “has nothing to fear from truth.” Encouraging the growth and expansion of Catholic intellectual life, Leo XIII called in particular for the re­vitalization of biblical exegesis to oppose rationalist misinterpretations of Scripture.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAs an answer to this call came the work of Marie-Joseph Lagrange, O.P., including his two-volume \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Jesus Christ\u003c\/i\u003e. A running commentary upon the life and teaching of Christ, it is neither pious biography nor abstruse textual analysis; instead, it allows the Gospel texts to speak for themselves as the revelation of the living God and then adds commentary on cultural, historical, and topographical details and the harmony and differences between the four evangelists’ accounts. Written with great care and clarity for the sake of the non-expert, \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Jesus Christ \u003c\/i\u003eis both a detailed study of and a loving meditation on that sacred text which, in the words of Lagrange himself, is “our light, our strength, and our life.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVolume I of \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel of Jesus Christ \u003c\/i\u003ecovers from the Annunciation to the moment of Christ’s public ministry at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem, when He reveals himself as the Good Shepherd.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis gospel of the kingdom must first be preached all over the world, so that all nations may hear the truth; only after that will the end come.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003eMatthew 24:14)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.-J. Lagrange, O.P. \u003c\/b\u003e(1855–1938) was a French Dominican priest and scholar. Founder of the École Biblique in Jerusalem, a school for biblical studies, Lagrange also established the journal \u003ci\u003eRevue Biblique \u003c\/i\u003eand the series \u003ci\u003eÉtudes biblical\u003c\/i\u003e—all of which were instrumental in elevating the use of the historical method in Catholic theology. His best-known work is \u003ci\u003eL’évangile de Jésus-Christ \u003c\/i\u003e(1928).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1685953911\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42861724074078,"sku":"978-1685953911","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0652\/2929\/1614\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--1247.jpg?v=1780986783","url":"https:\/\/nez-emporium.com\/products\/the-gospel-of-jesus-christ-volume-i","provider":"Nez Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}