Benedict XVI

Defender of the Faith

Joseph Pearce

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Tan Books
16 November 2021

Biography: religious & spiritual; Religion & beliefs; Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church; Christian leaders & leadership

Pope Benedict XVI will go down in Church history as one of the greatest popes. In this heartfelt defense of Pope Benedict's words and works, a tribute to his life and legacy and a homage to his sanity and sanctity, Joseph Pearce's biography provides an unforgettable encounter with this great historical figure. As the defender of the Faith, Pope Benedict XVI fought tirelessly and largely successfully against the forces of secularism first as the indomitable Ratzinger and then as the incomparable supreme pontiff. As an uncompromising defender of the dignity of the human person, he fought the wickedness of the world in his unremitting battle against the dictatorship of relativism and its culture of death. Within the Church, he fought against the spirit of the world in his war on modernism and its worship of the spirit of the age, restoring the splendor of truth in his defense of orthodoxy and the splendor of the liturgy in his defense of tradition. Years from now, Catholics will still look back on Pope Benedict's enduring legacy with enormous gratitude. For he successfully steered the barque of Peter in charity and truth against the evil tides that sought to engulf the Church.

By: Joseph Pearce
Imprint: Tan Books
Dimensions: Height: 218mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781618907363
ISBN 10: 1618907360
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 16 November 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joseph Pearce is Director of book publishing for the Augustine Institute. He is a renowned biographer whose books include his autobiography, Race with the Devil: My Journey from Racial Hatred to Rational Love (Saint Benedict Press, 2013), Candles in the Dark: The Authorized Biography of Fr. Richard Ho Lung, Missionaries of the Poor (Saint Benedict Press, 2012), Through Shakespeare's Eyes: Seeing the Catholic Presence in the Plays (Ignatius Press, 2010), and Tolkien: Man and Myth, a Literary Life (HarperCollins, 1998). He is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Higher Education from Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts and also received the Pollock Award for Christian Biography. He is coeditor of the St. Austin Review and has hosted two series on Shakespeare for EWTN, as well as several EWTN productions on J. R. R. Tolkien.

Reviews for Benedict XVI: Defender of the Faith

"""In an age marked by so much frenzied and false search for man's purpose, a pope whose brilliance was exceeded only by his love of Jesus Christ directed and redirected the focus of the faithful over and over to the complimentary realities for which man was made: human friendship and divine worship. Joseph Pearce, with his customary liveliness and his rare capacity to render the complex accessible, has performed a unique and highly valuable service in revealing to the faithful the heart and mind of a pope whose magnificence never once hindered his humility."" --Christopher Check, President, Catholic Answers ""Joseph Pearce has a remarkable gift of writing about history, literature, and culture in general. His writing is objective and accessible, that is, it shows his steadfast attention to the truth and to language which manifests the same truth in its inherent beauty or natural attractiveness. . . . ""I express deepest gratitude to Joseph Pearce for his . . . tireless pursuit of the truth revealed to the heart of man by reason and by faith as it is manifest in the beautiful and the good. It is my hope that his pursuit may inspire the same pursuit in the reader, who, attracted by the beauty of the truth, will be ever more disposed to follow the truth by what is most beautiful of all, a good and holy life."" --Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke ""Joseph Pearce's biography demonstrates the immense devotion and enthusiasm Pope Benedict evoked among the young disciples of Jesus around the world. ""Pope Benedict is probably the best theologian among all the popes and he should become a Doctor of the Church. Joseph Pearce's work will help further this cause."" --George Cardinal Pell"