[PDF.88qz] Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

Soldier of Christ: The Life of Pope Pius XII

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 | #1219621 in Books |  Belknap Press |  2013-01-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.27 x1.28 x6.45l,1.75 | File type: PDF | 432 pages

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||5 of 5 people found the following review helpful.| Nice public-career biography and a good step towards a fuller biography of the man|By Dalcassian|With all the debates about Eugenio Pacelli (Pius XII), one might think there would be a large number of basic biographical studies about him in English. But there isn't. This book, however, begins to fill that absence. "Begins to fill" is the operative phrase because Ventresca's| |This beautifully written biography will become the standard account of Pope Pius XII's life. In Ventresca's hands, this enigmatic Pope is neither lionized nor demonized. Instead, we see Pius XII as a soldier mired in the trenches, neither advancing nor wholly

Debates over the legacy of Pope Pius XII and his canonization are so heated they are known as the “Pius wars.” Soldier of Christ moves beyond competing caricatures and considers Pius XII as Eugenio Pacelli, a flawed and gifted man. While offering insight into the pope’s response to Nazism, Robert A. Ventresca argues that it was the Cold War and Pius XII’s manner of engaging with the modern world that defined his pontificate.

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