The Man Nearest to Christ Connolly Frederick William Faber and Alice

Frederick William Faber and Alice and Wilfrid Meynell

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The Mystery of the Church embodies his best efforts and

ISBN: 978-1944418700

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The Man Nearest to Christ Connolly Frederick William Faber and AliceBy Francis L. Filas, S. J. Saint Joseph, the faithful and prudent servant whom the Lord has set over His household, was declared patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870. Yet devotion to the foster father of Jesus Christ has been a feature of the Christian life since the earliest days of the Church. In The Man Nearest to Christ, Francis L. Filas expertly surveys the nature and historic development of devotion to Saint Joseph, faithfully