No Ordinary Fool: A Testimony to Grace
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- Synopsis
- Why does a gifted boy from a privileged Establishment background decide, at the age of twelve, to spend his life as a priest? And what moves him, after six happy years in the Anglican priesthood, to enter the alien world of Roman Catholicism? In a gripping narrative full of humor and self-directed irony, John Jay Hughes tells of the loss of his mother at age six, entry into the Catholic Church at the cost of estrangement from his beloved Anglican priest-father, his lifelong search for God in prayer, and his joy in priesthood, 'all I ever wanted from age twelve. 'Father John Jay Hughes has led an extraordinary life at the intersection of many of the great Christian controversies of our time. His steady defense of the conviction that led him into full communion with the Catholic Church--that the truth.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 325 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781606041826
- Publisher:
- Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC
- Date of Addition:
- 01/17/13
- Copyrighted By:
- John Jay Hughes
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Sister M. Dolores Dean
- Proofread By:
- 39
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.