True Reformers
Our spiritual book club enjoyed reading and discussing this book! Great information regarding the reforming saints as well as much hope for future reforms in the church. Wonderful examples of how God works through us!
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Who are the true benefactors of the human race? Explorers? Scientists? Revolutionaries? Rebels against established authority? . . . or the saints?
True Reformers explores in detail the leaders who led the Church’s rebirth from the ashes of Renaissance decadence and the turbulence and confusion caused by the Protestant Reformation. The saints of the Catholic Reformation show us just how powerful—and beautiful—is the human heart’s free response to God’s generous grace.
Note: This is a full-length book and is different from the study guide for the video-based study program of the same title.
“In every age one encounters a cloud of witnesses whose lives articulate its deepest longings. This penetrating analysis—marked by spiritual, historical, and cultural insight—introduces the vibrant personalities who so clearly understood the larger implications hidden beneath the surface in the era of the European Reformations.”
– Don J. Briel, Bl. John Henry Newman Chair, University of Mary
“These stunning portraits of ten very great saints show the beauty of God’s grace shining through the lives of his closest friends. The path marked out by the True Reformers of the sixteenth century is the path we still need to walk in the twenty?first: the steep and narrow path of holiness.”
– Christopher O. Blum, Ph.D., Academic Dean and Professor of History and Philosophy, Augustine Institute
“To read these accounts is a kind of retreat. It provides an opportunity to reflect on our love of God, our prayer life, and the mission God has given each of us in light of our spiritual teachers.”
– Jonathan J. Reyes, Executive Director, of the Departement of Justice, Peace, and Human Development of the USCCB
Jerome K. Williams
Our spiritual book club enjoyed reading and discussing this book! Great information regarding the reforming saints as well as much hope for future reforms in the church. Wonderful examples of how God works through us!
A fascinating book which reminds us that true reform in the Church comes not from programs or clever planning but from saints. Each chapter is a spiritual and historical look at a particular saint. The introduction and the first chapter alone are golden. I only wish the author could have a sequel with additional saints of the period! I highly recommend the book and am grateful for the bundle price option.
Outstanding presentation!
Extremely well prepared video. Very inspiring. Clearly and reverently presented. Thank you