Beyond Space

By Pascal P. Parente and Pascale Parente

Book Overview

From Scripture, Fathers & Doctors of the Church, St. Thomas, official pronouncements, holy writers. Their creation, test, fall, nature, powers, duties, Saints who conversed with, nine choirs, famous Angels, etc. 189 Pp. PB. Impr.(Formerly: Beyond Space).

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895555158
• ISBN13: 9780895555151
• Release Date: December 1994
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

A helpful overview of catholic teaching on angels

As someone who is terminally ill with cancer and believing that, post my death, my first meeting may be with the angelic realm, I found this book to be very informative.

Another great book on Angels...

This is also a wonderful book on the Angels and how they relate to us in our lives, but more, it gives their history...their own creation, their test, their work in relation to the Church and the modern world. I like the way Fr. Parente writes in a very easy to understand style, using Doctors of the Church (St. Thomas Aquinas, for one) to give a well-rounded and researched tome exactly what it needs to instruct the Faithful...

A clear understanding of Angels

This book was originally released under the title 'Beyond Space.' This book is a great textbook to learn about The Catholic Churches view on Angels. It is extremely well documented with footnotes and a bibliography. There is no new material added, but it would take you reading numerous books and articles to acquire what is presented in this book. Father Parente covers the position of the Roman Catholic Church and quotes...

Review from the Publisher

THE ANGELS--The Catholic Teaching on the Angels. Fr. Parente. (Formerly: Beyond Space). From Scripture, Fathers & Doctors of the Church, St.Thomas, official pronouncements, holy writers. Their creation, test, fall, nature, powers, duties, Saints who conversed with, 9 choirs, famous Angels, etc.

A worthwhile read

What first impressed me about this book was its clarity and brevity. What later impressed me was the depth of scholastic knowledge behind the positions that Fr. Parente advances. He does not bring any new theories about angels to the table, nor does he swallow popular notions about angels whole. Simply, Fr. Parente restates the positions the Roman Catholic Church has taken on different aspects of angelic nature, while giving...