In the Beginning…': A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall Parables widely regarded as Saint Alphonsus

widely regarded as Saint Alphonsus Liguori's finest masterpiece

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now presented in the NABRE translation

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In the Beginning…': A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall Parables widely regarded as Saint AlphonsusIn four superb homilies and a concluding essay, Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, provides a clear and inspiring exploration of the Genesis creation narratives. While the stories of the worlds creation and the fall of humankind have often been subjected to reductionism of one sort or another literalists treat the Bible as a science textbook whereas rationalists divorce God from creation Ratzinger presents a rich, balanced Catholic understanding