The Lord of History Chesterton The Sacrament of the Altar

The Sacrament of the Altar is the Sacrament in which all the rest receive their consummation and crown

thanks to his heroic efforts to convert the Tuareg people to the Christian faith

By Caroline Gordon

God has shown Himself to man—and man to himself—in every time and place

and it isn’t what you would expect…you have to nerve yourself before such an experience

The Lord of History Chesterton The Sacrament of the AltarBy Jean Danilou, S. J. Christianity makes the sublimely singular claim, in the arresting phrase of Joseph Ratzinger, that the fate of history, our fate, depends on one individual: Jesus of Nazareth. The Lord of History is a fitting title, then, to Jean Danilous extended examen of the mystery of history, a sweeping synthesis of Scripture, the Church Fathers, and the living tradition. First, Danilou sets forth the relationship between sacred and profane