The Most Important Words of Jesus

by Gerhard Lohfink, Linda M. Maloney (Translator)

What Jesus taught through his preaching made an unforgettable impression upon his disciples. But it was the many succinctly formulated sayings of Jesus that stood out from the start because of their clear structure and vividness. In The Most Important Words of Jesus , renowned scholar Gerhard Lohfink focuses on the power, beauty, and seriousness of these seventy central sayings of the Lord.  

When the Church confesses that Jesus is not only truly human but also truly God, that means he is the perfect image of God, God’s definitive word. It rests on the majestic claim that revealed itself, modestly, discreetly, and yet clearly, in every one of the seventy “sayings” or logia of Jesus. In this book, Lohfink helps us to understand what Jesus is talking about in these sharply defined words.

360 pages, Hardcover

Published July 22, 2023

About the author

Rev. Father Gerhard Lohfink was professor of New Testament exegesis at the University of Tübingen. Since 1986, he has lived and worked as a theologian for the Catholic Integrated Community. His many books include Does God Need the Church? (Liturgical Press, 1999).

Reviews

[Ambrose Miles · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have been reading Gerhard Lohfink’s two books, The Forty Parables of Jesus and this book, in tandem since October taking words and parables every others day.This has been an enlightening journey. I am very fond of Lohfinks writing and his ability to bring to light something I didn’t know, daily.
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