Art of Sinking in Poetry

Art of Sinking in Poetry
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher: Alma Books
Total Pages: 108
Release: 2019-07-07
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0714548308
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Written in 1727, The Art of Sinking in Poetry was one of Alexander Pope's contributions to the literary output of the legendary Scriblerus club - a circle of writers dedicated to mocking what they perceived as a culture of mediocrity and false learning prevalent in the arts and sciences of their day. Taking the form of an ironic guide to writing bad verse, Pope's tongue-in-cheek essay is wickedly funny in its lampooning of various pompous poetasters, as well as being essential reading for any budding writer wishing to avoid sinking to the unintentionally ridiculous, and instead reach for the sublime.

Pope Francis' Little Book of Compassion

Pope Francis' Little Book of Compassion
Author: Andrea Kirk Assaf
Publisher: Hampton Roads Publishing
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2017-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 161283390X
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Pope Francis is a pope of the people, and his teachings have been praised and shared by the faithful and nonreligious alike. Exploring themes universal to all people, Pope Francis’ Little Book of Compassion offers inspiration and hope from one of the world’s great spiritual leaders. In it, the Holy Father explores how living a life of compassion can be practiced in five areas of life: prayer, mercy, forgiveness, solidarity, and charity. Pope Francis appears to be changing the face of Roman Catholicism. He has infused the fusty institution with openness and optimism, faced off against established power interests within the Vatican, reformed the Church’s finances, and, most importantly, asked that Catholics approach one another and non-Catholics with candor, humility, and love. He has made the papacy and the Church relevant once again. Words from Pope Francis: “A little bit of mercy makes the world less cold and more just.” “There is so much indifference in the face of suffering. May we overcome indifference with concrete acts of charity."

The Pope and Mussolini

The Pope and Mussolini
Author: David I. Kertzer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 587
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0198716168
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The compelling story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Benito Mussolini. A ground-breaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives by US National Book Award-finalist David Kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the Vatican's role in the rise of Fascism in Europe.

The Two Popes

The Two Popes
Author: Anthony McCarten
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2019-01-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1250207916
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THE STORY BEHIND THE SCREENPLAY OF THE TWO POPES, THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS AND JONATHAN PRYCE (PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE POPE). From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour comes the fascinating and revealing tale of an unprecedented transfer of power, and of two very different men - who both happen to live in the Vatican. In February 2013, the arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement: he would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in over 700 years. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one time tango club bouncer, a passionate soccer fan, a man with the common touch. Why did Benedict walk away at the height of power, knowing his successor might be someone whose views might undo his legacy? How did Francis - who used to ride the bus to work back in his native Buenos Aires - adjust to life as leader to a billion followers? If, as the Church teaches, the pope is infallible, how can two living popes who disagree on almost everything both be right? Having immersed himself in these men's lives to write the screenplay for The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten masterfully weaves their stories into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis's formative experiences in war-torn Germany and Argentina to the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the Church to its foundations, to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, The Two Pope glitters with the darker and the lighter details of one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions.

The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings

The Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings
Author: Alexander Pope
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 566
Release: 2011-06-30
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0141946296
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was the greatest English poet of his age, whose acerbic insights into human nature have entered the language, and whose verse still astonishes with its energy and inventiveness centuries after his death. This new selection of Pope's work follows the path of his poetic genius over his lifetime. It contains early poems including the masterly mock-epic 'The Rape of the Lock', which satirizes a notorious society scandal through glorious heroic couplets, the brilliantly aphoristic 'An Essay on Criticism' and excerpts from his translation of the Iliad. Later poems represented include Pope's ironic adaptations of Horace's Epistles, Satires and Odes, and the remarkable 'Dunciad', a stinging attack on his literary rivals and the mediocrity of Grub Street hacks. Here too are selected prose works and letters from Pope to his contemporaries such as John Gay and Jonathan Swift.

Pope

Pope
Author: An Old Author
Publisher:
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2015-07-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781330837245
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Excerpt from Pope: A Novel, Vol. 3 of 3 Ed e ben degno, che si ricca Donna, Ricca di tutto quel valor che possa Esser fra quante al mondo portin gonna Mai non si sia di sua costanza mossa; E sia stata per lui vera Colonna, Sprezzando di fortuna ogni percossa. Di lei degno egli e degna ella di lui; Ne meglio s'accoppiaron unque altri dui. Ariosto. Once more the scene of our action is shifted to the Milanese territory, and introduces us into a handsome palace, or private dwelling-house, in the ancient and well-fortified little town of Novara. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."

The Pope and the Council (Classic Reprint)

The Pope and the Council (Classic Reprint)
Author: Johann Joseph Ignaz Von Dollinger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2015-07-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781331396406
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Excerpt from The Pope and the Council Reservations; The Oath of Obedience; Interference with Diocesan Administration and its Results; Personal Attitude of the Popes; Relation of Popes to Councils in the Middle Ages; Neglect of Theology at Rome; The College of Cardinals; The "Curia,"; The Judgments of Contemporaries; The Inquisition; Trials for Witchcraft; Dominican Forgeries and their Results; Papal Infallibility Disputed; Fresh Forgeries; Interdicts; The Schism of the Antipopes; The Council of Constance; The Council of Basle; The Union with the Greek Church; The Papal Reaction; Temper and Circumstances of the Fifteenth century; The Opening of the Sixteenth Century - The Fifth Lateran Synod; Security of the Curia; The Roman Chancery; Conecte and Savonarola; The State of Contemporary Opinion About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lives of the Popes

Lives of the Popes
Author: Platina
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780674028197
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Bartolomeo Platina (1421-1481), historian, political theorist, and author of a best-selling cookbook, began life as a mercenary soldier and ended it as the head of the Vatican Library. A papal official under the humanist Pope Pius II, he was a member of the humanist academies of Cardinal Bessarion and Pomponio Leto, and was twice imprisoned for conspiring against Pope Paul II. Returning to favor under Pope Sixtus IV, he composed his most famous work, a biographical compendium of the Roman popes from St. Peter down to his own time. The work critically synthesized a wide range of sources and became the standard reference work on papal history for early modern Europe, reprinted dozens of times and translated into a number of languages. A characteristic work of Renaissance humanism, it used Christian antiquity as a standard against which to criticize modern churchmen. This edition contains the first complete translation into English and an improved Latin text. Volume 1, the first of a projected four, covers the period from the founding of the church through ad 461.

The Last Pope

The Last Pope
Author: David Osborn
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2005-03-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402252501
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"Has drawn comparisons with The Shoes of the Fisherman and The DaVinci Code." —Connecticut Post In the tradition of the classic bestseller The Shoes of the Fisherman, this evocative and moving novel takes you deep inside the inner world of the Vatican and the American branch of the Holy See to dramatize the great moral issues dividing the Church. The passing of humble and beloved Pope Gregory XVIII brings the Lords of the Church to the Basilica of St. Peter in Rome to meet in its secret recesses and elect a new pope. They find they must choose between a caring, but guilt-ridden, American cardinal (the very same young priest who made a heart-rending confession so many years ago) who would bring reforms to the Church, or a cardinal whose soul belongs to the Inquisition. At stake—the future of the Church itself.