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Title: The Angels: The Catholic Teaching on the Angels by Pascal P. Parente ISBN: 0-89555-515-8 Publisher: T A N Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
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Comment: THE ANGELS--The Catholic Teaching on the Angels. Fr. Parente. (Formerly: Beyond Space). From Scripture, Fathers & Doctors of the Church, St.Thomas, official pronouncements, holy writers. Their creation, test, fall, nature, powers, duties, Saints who conversed with, 9 choirs, famous Angels, etc.
Rating: 4
Summary: A worthwhile read
Comment: What first impressed me about this book was its clarity and brevity. What later impressed me was the depth of scholastic knowledge behind the positions that Fr. Parente advances.
He does not bring any new theories about angels to the table, nor does he swallow popular notions about angels whole. Simply, Fr. Parente restates the positions the Roman Catholic Church has taken on different aspects of angelic nature, while giving pertinent quotations from famous Christian thinkers.
Academically, the book provides documentation for all positions taken. Fr. Parente cites a number of theologians (including some that do not support the current theology of the Church) to show how and why the Catholic Church reached its current position on the matter at hand. He also gives relevant scriptural passages on which some teachings are based.
Structurally, the book is divided into sections, each of which addressing a particular question about angels. Especially of interest to me were the chapters on choirs (orders) of angels, and on the three 'famous' angels: Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.
Of note: this book is not an apologetic work. It is (in a sense) highly academic. Fr. Parente offers a concise summation of Catholic teachings on the angels, he does not actively defend them from naysayers. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn the Church's actual teachings on angels, or to any students who is interested in finding something other than popular conceptions on angels.
I enjoyed this book because of its brevity (around 150 pages) and the simplicity with which it treated the subject of the angels. Fr. Parente advances the concepts treated therein clearly, but it is also clear that he has a deep faith in God and the Roman Catholic Church. This attitude was a refreshing change for me from many of the books on religion that I have read, which treat religion in a purely academic sense. Fr. Parente believes in what he says, and it shows.
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Title: All About the Angels by Paul O'Sullivan ISBN: 0895553880 Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.00 |
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Title: St. Michael and the Angels: A Month With St. Michael and the Holy Angels by Compiled from Approved Sources ISBN: 0895551969 Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 List Price(USD): $9.00 |
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Title: Angels and Devils by Joan Carroll Cruz ISBN: 0895556383 Publisher: Tan Books & Publishers Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know About Them? by Peter J. Kreeft ISBN: 0898705509 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Amazing Secret of the Souls in Purgatory: An Interview with Maria Simma by Sister Emmanuel of Medjugorje ISBN: 1579180043 Publisher: Queenship Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $5.45 |
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