Book
Journal of a soul : the autobiography of Pope John XXIII / Pope John XXIII ; translated by Dorothy White.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385497541
- ISBN: 0385497547
- Physical Description: lvii, 453 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm
- Publisher: New York : Image, [1980]
- Copyright: ©1980.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Italian under the title Giovanni XXIII Il giornale dell'Anima."--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | I. Journal of a soul: 1895-1962. 1895-1900. In the seminary at Bergamo -- 1901-1903. In the seminary in Rome -- 1904. The year of my ordination as priest -- 1905-1914. Secretary to Mgr Radini Tedeschi, Bishop of Bergamo -- 1914-1918. The war -- 1918-1920. Spiritual director of the seminary at Bergamo -- 1921-1924. Rome, in the service at Propaganda Fide -- 1925. Episcopal consecration -- 1925-1934. Papal representative in Bulgaria -- 1935-1944. Papal representative in Turkey and Greece -- 1945-1952. Papal representative in France -- 1953-1958. Cardinal patriarch of Venice -- 1958-1963. Pope -- II. Four letters: 1901-1961 -- III. Spiritual testament -- IV. The Holy rosary -- V. Some prayers -- VI. Appendices. |
| Summary, etc.: | "No other pope of this century has aroused so much interest and universal affection throughout the world as has Pope John XXIII. Journal of a Soul is an inspiring reading experience that records this pope's thoughts and traces his spiritual development from adolescence to the seminary to a career as a priest, a European papal diplomat, Patriarch of Venice, and finally Pope John XXIII. This Image Books edition features a biographical portrait of Pope John by his personal secretary, Monsignor Loris Capovilla. It also includes several of his most moving prayers, sixty brief thoughts and aphorisms, his "Rules for the Ascetic Life," many of his letters, even his last will and testament. Christians everywhere will welcome the reissue of "one of the most original, interesting, and inspiring revelations of intimate personal experiences ever written," which "ranks well with the classic spiritual autobiographies" (Critic). Journal of a Soul, the first ever such work from a Roman pontiff, opens new windows onto the soul of the man himself."--Amazon.com. |
| Language Note: | Text primarily in English with some Latin text. |
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| Subject: | John XXIII, Pope, 1881-1963. Popes > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
