A Retreat for Lay People Patristics Approaches to Christ com­bines theological

Approaches to Christ com­bines theological synthesis and spiritual insight into an arresting and illuminating meditation on God’s plan for the salvation of mankind

Kristin and Erlend enkindle an illicit and forbidden romance—illicit because Kristin is already betrothed

and concludes with the capstone of the Medieval period: the triumphant genius of Saints Bonaventure

and union with God

and achievement

A Retreat for Lay People Patristics Approaches to Christ com­bines theologicalBy Ronald Knox The laityin the words of Lumen gentiumlive in the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, from which the very web of existence is woven. Where in that web is there room for anything resembling a retreat? Is a retreat for lay people practical, let alone possible? In these two dozen conferences, Monsignor Ronald Knox answers these questions resoundingly in the affirmative, addressing the foundations of the Christian life, the