Francis Ferrier
Auteur de What is the Incarnation?
Œuvres de Francis Ferrier
Un Dio fatto uomo 2 exemplaires
Il problema del male pietra di scandalo 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Ferrier, Francis
- Nom légal
- Ferrier, Francis
- Date de naissance
- 1916
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- France
- Pays (pour la carte)
- France
- Études
- Université de Paris 4 (Doctorat, Sciences des religions)
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Membres
- 38
- Popularité
- #383,442
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 5
- Langues
- 2
In addition to the historical development, the sophisticated ideas presented in the primary sources with their technical Greek and Latin vocabulary are very clearly explained, which takes a degree of skill for which both the author and the translator must be commended. Here too, though, the partisan sentiments of the author are displayed: while I would find this seriously objectionable in a contemporary text for ecumenical reasons, in this dated text I cannot help but giggle over statements such as
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Despite these flaws, the clarity of the explanation and the reliance on primary sources is really very well done, especially as it seems clear that this book (and the series of which it was a part) was intended for the ordinary well-educated lay Catholic and not for the academy. We could do with more such books today.… (plus d'informations)