Great Christian Thinkers From Clement To Scotus - Benedict XVI

In 50 Brief Chapters, Originally Delivered As Public Audiences To The Faithful In St Peters Square, Benedict Xvi Offers Absorbing, Perceptive, And Often Edifying Sketches Of Some Of Christianitys Greatest Thinkers And Writers. The Book Is Divided In Four Parts: The Apostolic Fathers: Witnesses From The First Generations After The Testament; The Patristic Theologians: From Councils And Controversies, From Origen To Augustine; Early Medieval Thinkers: The Beginnings Of Scholastic And Monastic Theologies; Later Medieval Thinkers: The Flowering Of Christian Theology In The High Middle Ages. Benedict Discusses The Most Notable Theologians From East And West, Along With Figures Whose Primary Witness Was As Ascetics, Poets, Mystics, And A Number Of Popes, Politicians, And Missionaries.