Ready for publication!
Having read some of Pope Benedict's books I can attest to the following description of the Holy Father's delivery of the spoken word.
A professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University, St. Patrick's College, in Maynooth, Ireland, Twomey said that a Ratzinger lecture stood out for "its clarity, its logical progression and the quality of its expression."
"When he speaks, the Germans have a word for it — `Druckreif' — it's ready for publication," he said.
Twomey said it wasn't surprising Benedict would write his own speeches. "He's an original thinker. He's not dependent on other people's thoughts," said Twomey, who studied under the theologian in the 1970s at the University of Regensburg. (Read more here)
Furthermore, Peter Seewald who interviewed the Pope when he was Cardinal Prefect to write the book "Salt of the Earth", makes this observation - "...He didn't want to look at any of the questions before hand, nor did he request that anything be omitted or added...once he interrupted the conversation to retire for a meditation..."
Ergo, the man is simply brilliant! And not for brilliance's sake but for the sake of the Heavenly Kingdom.
A professor of moral theology at the Pontifical University, St. Patrick's College, in Maynooth, Ireland, Twomey said that a Ratzinger lecture stood out for "its clarity, its logical progression and the quality of its expression."
"When he speaks, the Germans have a word for it — `Druckreif' — it's ready for publication," he said.
Twomey said it wasn't surprising Benedict would write his own speeches. "He's an original thinker. He's not dependent on other people's thoughts," said Twomey, who studied under the theologian in the 1970s at the University of Regensburg. (Read more here)
Furthermore, Peter Seewald who interviewed the Pope when he was Cardinal Prefect to write the book "Salt of the Earth", makes this observation - "...He didn't want to look at any of the questions before hand, nor did he request that anything be omitted or added...once he interrupted the conversation to retire for a meditation..."
Ergo, the man is simply brilliant! And not for brilliance's sake but for the sake of the Heavenly Kingdom.
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