Saints : men and women of exceptional faith
Duquesne, Jacques2012
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RELIGIOUS SUBJECTS DEPICTED IN ART. What does it mean to be a saint and what does it take to become one? Who are the most important and inspirational figures to have become saints? And how do modern-day saints differ from those living centuries ago? Author Jacques Duquesne provides an answer to all of these questions, exploring the lives and significance of those individuals who had an impact on the Israeli people in the Old Testament, and who were instrumental in spreading the Christian message in the New Testament and beyond. In this volume, Duquesne demystifies and explains the notions of sainthood, martyrdom, beatification, and canonization, placing the role of saints into its wider historical and social context and examining the significance of and changing attitudes towards saints over the centuries. The work begins with a study of the first saints, such as the Apostles, Lazarus, or Gabriel the Archangel, and the first martyrs.
Main title:
Saints : men and women of exceptional faith / Jacques Duquesne.
Author:
Edition:
English language ed.
Imprint:
Paris : Flammarion, 2012.
Collation:
159 p. : col. ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9782080201348 (hbk)2080201344 (hbk)
Dewey class:
235.20922
Language:
English
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BRN:
219318