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Fr. Serafino Lanzetta is one of the most capable theologians operating in the Church today. In this short volume, his grounding in Sacred Scripture and the tradition of the Church are on display in a series of approachable essays which will both challenge and inform the reader. He addresses challenges with a direct freshness and, in doing so provides food not only for thought but for prayerful contemplation too. - The Rev'd Professor Stephen Morgan, Rector, University of Saint Joseph, Macao SAR, China In our times, debates over the Second Vatican Council, the 'hermeneutic of continuity, ' and the pontificate of Francis have revealed massive cracks in the once-smooth facade of the Catholic Church; indeed they have indicated severe damage in the beams, pillars, and foundation. Yet the tools for addressing this crisis of theological architecture are singularly absent from media discourse and rarely found in academia. In this collection of essays probing the intersection of ecclesiology, morality, and the sacraments, Fr. Lanzetta demonstrates that he not only possesses the tools but uses them skillfully and charitably to illuminate the saving truth of the Gospel. Refreshingly, he does not shy away from a strong critique of current deviations as he defends the perennial teaching of the Church. - Dr. Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., author of The Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety The Symphony of Truth will be valuable especially to theologians and pastors seeking to understand the philosophical, theological and historical roots of the current situation within the Church. The author, who is very well-versed in recent and contemporary 'continental' theology, renders an important service by making these schools of thought accessible to English-speaking readers, and by providing a kind of 'road-map' of the various blind alleys which so many writers have gone down. - Fr. Thomas Crean, co-author of Integralism: A Manual of Political Philosophy

Fr. Serafino Lanzetta is one of the most capable theologians operating in the Church today. In this short volume, his grounding in Sacred Scripture and the tradition of the Church are on display in a series of approachable essays which will both challenge and inform the reader. He addresses challenges with a direct freshness and, in doing so provides food not only for thought but for prayerful contemplation too. - The Rev'd Professor Stephen Morgan, Rector, University of Saint Joseph, Macao SAR, China In our times, debates over the Second Vatican Council, the 'hermeneutic of continuity, ' and the pontificate of Francis have revealed massive cracks in the once-smooth façade of the Catholic Church; indeed they have indicated severe damage in the beams, pillars, and foundation. Yet the tools for addressing this crisis of theological architecture are singularly absent from media discourse and rarely found in academia. In this collection of essays probing the intersection of ecclesiology, morality, and the sacraments, Fr. Lanzetta demonstrates that he not only possesses the tools but uses them skillfully and charitably to illuminate the saving truth of the Gospel. Refreshingly, he does not shy away from a strong critique of current deviations as he defends the perennial teaching of the Church. - Dr. Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., author of The Holy Bread of Eternal Life: Restoring Eucharistic Reverence in an Age of Impiety The Symphony of Truth will be valuable especially to theologians and pastors seeking to understand the philosophical, theological and historical roots of the current situation within the Church. The author, who is very well-versed in recent and contemporary 'continental' theology, renders an important service by making these schools of thought accessible to English-speaking readers, and by providing a kind of 'road-map' of the various blind alleys which so many writers have gone down. - Fr. Thomas Crean, co-author of Integralism: A Manual of Political Philosophy

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