Saints For Dummies offers information on over 300 famous saints (men and women) from the Eastern Orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic traditions. With a historical biography on each saint, Saints For Dummies shows readers that most saints were very common, ordinary and imperfect human beings with faults and foibles, who overcame their shortcomings to become figures of great spiritual and historical significance. This book gives a glimpse into the lives of the saints while encouraging and edifying readers on the qualities and character traitsof these righteous men and women. Saints For Dummies covers saints in the following categories: Patron Saints (defenders doctors of the church) Warrior saints (soldiers & sailors) Founder saints (creators of religious orders for men or women) Biblical saints (mentioned in Scripture) Martyr saints (murdered forthe faith) Missionary saints (traveling witnesses) Amusing saints (those witha sense of humor) Peculiar saints (social outcasts, strange behavior, odd personalities, eccentric, etc.)
- ISBN: 978-0-470-53358-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 384
- Fecha Publicación: 11/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés