The Lord / by Romano Guardini ; with a new introduction by Joseph Ratzinger ; [translated from the German by Elinor Castendyk Briefs].

Previously published: c1954.

"Gateway editions."

Part 1. The beginnings --
Origin and ancestry; The Mother; The Incarnation; The forerunner; Baptism and temptation; Interim; Beginnings; Scandal in Nazareth; The sick; "What was lost"; Disciples and apostles; The Beatitudes --
Part 2. Message and promise --
The fullness of justice; Sincerity in virtue; Possibility and impossibility; Seed and earth; The "Kindness of God"; The will of the Father; The enemy; The mission; Forgiveness of sins; Death; Eternal Consciousness; Rebirth in water and in the Holy Spirit --
Part 3. The decision --
The blind and the seeing; The Son of man; The law; Jesus and the pagans; Attachment and detachment; Not peace but the sword; Those whom He loved; Signs; Bread of life; Destiny and decision --
Part 4. On the road to Jerusalem --
The Messiah; The road to Jerusalem; The transfiguration; The Church; Moses and Elias; Mystery and revelation; Justice and that which surpasses it; Unless you become as little children; Christian marriage and virginity; Possession and poverty in Christ; Blessing; Belief in Christ, imitation of Christ; Forgiveness; Christ the beginning --
Part 5. The last days --
Entry into Jerusalem; Induration; God's humility; The destruction of Jerusalem and the end of the world; Judgment; Behold, I come...To do Thy will, O God; Judas; The final reunion; The footwashing; "Mysterium Fidei"; The sacerdotal prayer; Gethsemane; The trial; Jesus' death --
Part 6. Resurrection and transfiguration --
The Resurrection; The transfigured body; Between time and eternity; God's coming and going; "I go away and I am coming to you"; In the Holy Spirit and faith and the paraclete; Lord of history; Renewal; The new man; Ecclesia and the firstborn of all creatures; The eternal high priest; The Lord's return --
Part 7. Time and eternity --
The Book of Revelation; He who reigns; Throne and throning one; Adoration; The Lamb; The Seven seals; Things; The Christian sense of history; The great sign in Heaven; Victor, judge, perfecter; Promise; The Spirit and the bride --
Conclusion.

"Monsignor Guardini...has written more than just a life of Jesus. He places that life in the context of history and shows how the teachings of Jesus are related to the whole body of church doctrine and practice." --The New York Times