Book Review: A Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla
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A Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla. Providence, Rhode Island: Cluny Media, 2022. 240 p. $18.95 paperback; 12.95 digital. A Sign of Contradiction is a series of transcribed retreat lectures given by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, (the future Pope St. John Paul II) to Pope St. Paul IV and the Roman curia for their Lenten retreat of 1976. His theme as well as the title for the book comes from the prophecy of Simeon: “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” (ESV, Luke 2:34-35) Before becoming a priest, Karol Wojtyla studied to become a philologist, thus he translates Simeon's prophecy as “a sign of contradiction.”
Book Review: A Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla
Book Review: A Sign of Contradiction by Karol…
Book Review: A Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla
A Sign of Contradiction by Karol Wojtyla. Providence, Rhode Island: Cluny Media, 2022. 240 p. $18.95 paperback; 12.95 digital. A Sign of Contradiction is a series of transcribed retreat lectures given by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, (the future Pope St. John Paul II) to Pope St. Paul IV and the Roman curia for their Lenten retreat of 1976. His theme as well as the title for the book comes from the prophecy of Simeon: “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.” (ESV, Luke 2:34-35) Before becoming a priest, Karol Wojtyla studied to become a philologist, thus he translates Simeon's prophecy as “a sign of contradiction.”