The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers ISBN: 978-1944418670

ISBN: 978-1944418670

and his 1959 biography of Monsignor Ronald Knox (for whom he served as literary executor) is an exemplar of its genre

Mauriac leads the reader through Christ’s early years

hope in Him with greater confidence

In days long past

The Man Nearest to Christ Edgar Allison Peers ISBN: 978-1944418670By Francis L. Filas, S. J. Saint Joseph, the faithful and prudent servant whom the Lord has set over His household, was declared patron of the Universal Church by Pope Pius IX in 1870. Yet devotion to the foster father of Jesus Christ has been a feature of the Christian life since the earliest days of the Church. In The Man Nearest to Christ, Francis L. Filas expertly surveys the nature and historic development of devotion to Saint Joseph, faithfully