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Saxum the Latin word means rock is the nickname that St. Josemar a Escriv , founder of Opus Dei, bestowed on Alvaro del Portillo. Don Alvaro, as he came to be known, was for many years the founder s closest associate as well as his successor and first Prelate of Opus Dei after it became a personal prelature a foundational rock for this dynamic international Catholic group devoted to promoting sanctity in ordinary life.

Written in anticipation of Bishop del Portillo s September 2014 beatification his official recognition by the Church as blessed and a stage on the way to his possible canonization as a saint the book is a fact-filled biography set against the background of historic events like the Spanish Civil War and Vatican Council II. It depicts a person of powerful integrity and conviction who set aside a promising engineering career to follow the vision embodied in Opus Dei. Don Alvaro emerges in these pages as a tower of strength, reliability, and good humor in the face of a host of threats and challenges that might well have defeated a lesser man.

John Coverdale, an attorney and historian, is the author of two other books detailing the early days of Opus Dei Uncommon Faith, about St. Josemar a and his companions during and shortly after the civil war in Spain, and Putting Down Roots, about Father Joseph Muzquiz, along with Alvaro del Portillo one of Opus Dei s first priests, who played a key role in introducing it in the United States.

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Zaradenie knihy Knihy po nemecky Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Religion/Theologie Praktische Theologie

• Celý názov: Saxum
• Autor: Coverdale, John F
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Brožovaná
• Počet strán: 237
• EAN: 9781594172144
• ISBN: 1594172145
• ID: 49863723
• Nakladateľ: Scepter Publishers
• Hmotnosť: 540 g
• Rozmery: 229 × 152 × 25 mm
• Dátum vydania: 01. January 2014

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