{"product_id":"fire-on-the-altar","title":"Fire on the Altar: Setting Our Souls Ablaze through Augustine's Confessions","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-html\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire on the Altar\u003c\/i\u003e, renowned Augustinian theologian C. C. Pecknold provides readers with a genuinely Catholic understanding of Augustine's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e. Setting out to free readers from liberal and individualistic distortions of Augustine's anthropology, Pecknold argues that a religious and liturgical understanding of Augustine's famous work unlocks a more Catholic approach. Strikingly,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire on the Altar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edemonstrates that Augustine's anthropology is essentially built around the concept of an \"altar\" at the center of the soul and culminates in the Eucharist setting fire to our hearts and minds. Examining Augustine's orientation to the altar, Pecknold explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOur duty to worship God\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"religious\" nature of our sins\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat we offer to God through our hearts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe kind of worship that the mind can make\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe vicarious sacrifices that we can make for the love of neighbor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe intercession of saints\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe importance of friends and a social understanding of the person\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe place of bishops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sacraments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Blessed Virgin Mary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe nature of conversion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd the mission of the Catholic Church\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDr. Pecknold's unique companion to a classic of western civilization shows that the entire\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eConfessions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecoheres around the Sacrifice of the Mass, revealing that it is only by union with the fire of divine charity on the Church's high altar that we can make a sacrifice acceptable to God.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Emmaus Road Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48192458490099,"sku":"015-A0372","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/0294\/5523\/files\/015-164585485X.webp?v=1772486585","url":"https:\/\/standrewschurchsupply.biz\/products\/fire-on-the-altar","provider":"St. Andrew’s Book, Gift, \u0026 Church Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}