Opus Dei An Investigation into the Powerful, Secretive Society Within the Catholic Church

Name: Opus Dei An Investigation into the Powerful, Secretive Society Within the Catholic Church
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ISBN: 9780060750688

ISBN-10: 0060750685

ISBN-13: 9780060750688

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Authors: Michael Walsh

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An Inside Look at the Secretive Catholic Organization Made Famous by The Da Vinci Code Is Opus Dei a spiritual institute dedicated to preserving Catholic orthodoxy in the face of modernist assault? Or is it an independent society, a "church within the Church," promoting its own allegiances and preserving an antiquated set of spiritual and penitential practices? This small organization wields enormous power within the Catholic Church. Due to its status as a "personal prelature" of the pope, it operates independently of local Church authority. The influence of Opus Dei has only grown since this book first appeared. Opus Dei's founder, St. Josemara Escriv, was beatified and canonized…

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List price: $14.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.572



Acknowledgments


Introduction to the Paperback Edition



In Search of Opus



The Origins of Opus



The Years of Expansion



A Change of Status



The Constitutions of 1982



The Spirit of Opus



Politics and Business



Sectarian Catholicism



The Apotheosis of the Founder


Notes


Bibliography


Index