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  • Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration

    Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration - Hardcover

    Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration - Hardcover

    By Pope Benedict XVI

About Pope Benedict XVI Books

On April 19, 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was elected Pope Benedict XVI and became the 264th successor to Peter as the "Vicar of Jesus Christ." He may well have been the most accomplished theologian to be elected Pope in modern times. Beginning in 1981, he spent more than twenty years as the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, a role often depicted as the "defender of the faith." Cardinal Ratzinger was also President of the Pontifical Biblical Commission and of the Preparatory Commission that codified the new Catechism of the Catholic Church, published in 1994. Pope Benedict XVI died in 2022.