Call number
248.242 OBR
Status
Available
Call number
Pages
316
Description
A collection of stories of some of the great men of the Christian faith. Includes Saint Paul, Saint Augustine, John Henry Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Orestes A. Brownson and Isaac Hecker.
Local notes
St. Paul, St. Augustine, Cardinal Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Orestes Brownson, and Isaac Hecker
Publication
Hanover House, N.Y. 1957 316 pages
Original publication date
1957-11-21
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Subjects
User reviews
LibraryThing member ArrowStead
Excellent overviews of the lives of Paul the Apostle, St. Augustine Bishop of Hippo, Cardinal John Henry Newman, G. K. Chesterton, Orestes Brownson, and Isaac Hecker. Highlights their conversions, and how each of their lives were dramatically changed by conversion, then highlights their many and
This was one of our family's devotional read-alouds this spring. Our kids range from age 14 down to age 2, and the subject matter, as well as the terminology was a bit of a stretch for them, but this isn't the first "stretch" read-aloud they've experienced, nor will it be the last. It prompted several good discussions.
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enduring contributions to the faith, most notably their writings. For those wanting a more in-depth look at any of the men covered in the book there are suggestions for further reading and study included at the back of the book.This was one of our family's devotional read-alouds this spring. Our kids range from age 14 down to age 2, and the subject matter, as well as the terminology was a bit of a stretch for them, but this isn't the first "stretch" read-aloud they've experienced, nor will it be the last. It prompted several good discussions.
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Media reviews
Franciscan Herald and Forum
Here are pathos, travail, terror, heartthrob, daring and high adventure. This book is bound to give encouragement and enlightenment to those who are groping in the darkness.
Catholic Home Journal
...reading that is instructive, inspirational, even fascinating.
Register
Those who have never read the lives of these key converts, or those who wish a readable, easily grasped review of them, will find this an ideal book.
The Critic
Giants of the Faith can be recommended as the kind of book which deserves a place on a general reader's bookshelf.
Best Sellers
The biographies are exceptionally well done and manage to be amazingly complete within the range allotted to each.
Fort Wayne News Sentinel
Father O'Brien has served the reader well with a remarkable insight into the lives of these important men who though at one time were famished souls could through reason and liberty, the two things so sacred and not forbidden to Catholics, become holy and great men - Giants of the Faith.
America
The general reader will find the book easy to read, hard to put down. The student of history or of spiritual theology will read it twice.
Catholic Standard and Times
Father O'Brien makes them live all the more vividly for the popular reader. No vignettes these, but deeply moving expressions of real men, their struggles, their triumphs, and most especially their deep influence for the good of the Faith.
Father O'Brien, long known for his popular convert stories, focuses on only six converts in this book, six of the greatest of all times, St. Paul, St. Augustine, Cardinal Newman, G.K. Chesterton, Orestes Brownson and Isaac Necker, the founder of the Paulists. In semi-popular style, basing his
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material on the best sources, the author sets forth the life, works and influence on history of each of his subjects, with evident regard for historical scholarship, just judgment and intelligent appeal for the reader's admiration and emulation of the virtues of the men he has to discuss. Show Less