Sacred History holy spirit The Idea of a University

The Idea of a University abounds in the delightful melody of Newman’s prose

and Léon Bloy

demonstrating that the Gospel actually restores love’s “true grandeur

of home and of exile

The atomic bomb marked a catastrophic leap in the history of human achieve­ment

Sacred History holy spirit The Idea of a UniversityBy Henri Daniel Rops The Incarnation of Jesus Christ is the epicenter of history. It is the fulfillment of centuries of expectation, begun with the covenant made by God with Abraham: I will make a great people of thee; I will bless thee, and make thy name renowned, a name of benediction. In Sacred History, renowned historian Henri Daniel Rops presents the story of that great people and the ebb and flow of fidelity and infidelity to their covenant, the