{"product_id":"the-angels-their-mission-jean-danielou-9781933184463","title":"The Angels \u0026 Their Mission","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe truth about angels -- \u003cbr\u003eaccording to the Fathers of the Church\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom St. Augustine to John Henry Newman, the greatest among the saints and men of God have lived on familiar terms with the angels; and the Church has always accorded them a very large place in her theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecent theologians have dwelt on dry questions about the nature of the angels, but the early Fathers of the Church, with the memory of Jesus fresh in their minds (and of the angels of whom He spoke often) were fascinated with the energetic action of the angels among men and the ways in which the angels have carried out that mission from the instant of Creation through the time of Jesus; and how they will continue their work even unto the end of time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the works of these early Fathers of the Church, the late French Cardinal Jean Dani駘ou has drawn forth threads of knowledge and wisdom which he has here woven into a lucid and bright tapestry that shows us who the ministering angels really are, and how--in every instant and in every way--they are working for your salvation and mine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere you'll find no sentimental cherubs: the Fathers knew that majesty and power cloak actual angels, which is why God gave them the formidable tasks of shepherding not only souls, but entire nations, and the motions of the entire material universe itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen these pages to meet the glorious angels as they were known by the Church's greatest saints and theologians: Origen and Eusebius, and Sts. Basil, Ambrose, Methodius, Gregory of Nyssa, Clement of Alexandria, and John Chrysostom (among others).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon you, too, will find yourself on familiar terms with the angels, and they'll begin to play in your life the larger role that God intends them to play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cardinal Jean Danielou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1933184469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781933184463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sophia Institute Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.40h x 8.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Cardinal Jean Danielou","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043656528127,"sku":"9781933184463","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8f057753-888b-4dc0-aa5a-83595027b042.jpg?v=1684968408","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-angels-their-mission-jean-danielou-9781933184463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}