Los Árboles del Paraíso

Father Walter Ciszek, S.J., author of the best-selling He Leadeth Me, tells here the gripping, astounding story of his twenty-three years in Russian prison camps in Siberia, how he was falsely imprisoned as an "American spy", the incredible rigors of daily life as a prisoner, and his extraordinary faith in God and commitment to his priestly vows and vocation. He said Mass under cover, in constant danger of death. He heard confession of hundreds who could have betrayed him; he aided spiritually many who could have gained by exposing him. This is a remarkable story of personal experience. It...

El libro hace un recorrido por las principales representaciones del Eros y prácticas sexuales y amatorias en la Grecia clásica a partir de los poemas y la literatura sobre el tema. Está acompañado de una bibliografía actualizada, un amplio cuerpo de notas y un índice de nombres.

¿Qué quiero con este libro? Rápidamente pongo las cartas sobre la mesa.Me interesa convencer a los lectores acerca de la grandeza del cristianismo. Quiero comunicar al Cristo que ha inspirado cada una de las columnas de que consta esta publicación. Cristo y el cristianismo no son lo mismo. En el cristianismo hay de todo. En su larga historia se cuentan muchas equivocaciones. Se han llamado cristianos personajes que mejor olvidar. Cristo mismo es el criterio que nos permite juzgar la historia, y la historia de la Iglesia, y decir aquí sí, aquí no, ha actuado Dios. Pero el cristianismo,...

Who was Jesus ---really?For centuries, the Christian church has taught that Jesus is the divine Son of God, crucified for sinners and raised from the dead.In recent years, however, that picture of Jesus has come under widely publicized attack from sources ranging from critical scholars to Internet pundits to popular historians and others. The new portraits of Jesus seem persuasive. You can't help but wonder ... Did Christianity merely copy its beliefs from earlier mythology? Did the church suppress alternate gospels? Did Jesus never die on the cross or rise from the dead for sinners? Is the...