Jesus the Divine Teacher: What the Prophets Really Foretold - Softcover

Kevane, Raymond

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420846868 ISBN 13: 9781420846867

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2005

Synopsis

Christ said, "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets. I have come, not to abolish them, but to fulfill them. Of this much I assure you: until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter of the law, not the smallest part of a letter, shall be done away with until it all comes true" (Mt. 5, 17-18).For scholars at the time of Christ and for those who have come after, it has been reasonably clear how the teachings of Christ simply carried on and built upon the law of the prophets. However, Monsignor Kevane's work, Jesus the Divine Teacher, makes the matter clear in a way which has not so far been achieved.As a learned and recognized Rabbi of his time among the Israelites, Jesus had put Himself into a position where He could most effectively do precisely what He had come to accomplish: to fulfill the law. Jesus the Divine Teacher explains how Christ, in His Divine Wisdom, systematically explained the prophecies of old, built upon them, and gradually brought them to bear upon His basic mission which was to found His church against which the gates of Hell would never prevail.This book, Jesus the Divine Teacher, is the next-to-last in the series of writings which Monsignor Kevane produced during his lifetime. Starting with the textbooks he authored for use at Heelan Catholic High School, Monsignor Kevane was a prolific writer: "The Lord of History," "Augustine the Educator," "Creed and Catechetics" - to name a few of his works. I believe there is a theme which lies at the foundation of all his writings and at the foundation of his own spiritual life, that God has been speaking to His people since the dawn of mankind, through His prophets, through His Divine Son, Jesus Christ, who came among us to fulfill the prophets, and through the Church which He founded to protect and pass on this Divine Message to His people until the end of time.

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Monsignor Kevane brought many years of preparation into the writing of this book. Born on a farm in Northwest Iowa and raised by parents whose faith in God and dedication to the Catholic Church was both simple and profound, their faith and example were to form the foundation and the strength of his life. At the age of eighteen, he began to study for the priesthood. He studied philosophy at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and received his bachelor's degree in 1933. He was sent to the North American College in Rome, Italy, for his studies of theology, returning to his Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa, in 1938.After ten years as principal of Heelan High School in Sioux City, Iowa, the central Catholic high school which as a young priest he was commissioned to plan, coordinate and build, Monsignor Kevane was released by the Diocese of Sioux City to become a professor in the Department of Education at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He later was named Dean of the Department and became the Editor of the Catholic Educational Review. He pursued and achieved his Doctorate, and in 1969 he was appointed Founding Director of the Notre Dame Pontifical Catechetical Institute for Catechetical Instruction and quickly established a number of affiliates throughout the United States. In 1971 he was appointed Visiting Professor of Catechetics at the Angelicum University in Rome, and in 1974 Professor of Catechetics at Saint John's University in New York City.Monsignor Kevane passed away in 1996, leaving behind this manuscript which was first published in 2003 and is now being published for a second time with revisions, and another manuscript, a sequel to this one, entitled, "The Deposit of Faith," published in 2004.This writer is proud to have proceeded from the same grounding in the Faith as Monsignor Kevane did, to be personally acquainted for many years with his unswerving devotion to Christ and His Church, and to witness the depth of his personal spiritual life. I

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1420846868
• ISBN 13: 9781420846867
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376