Preparing for the year 2000
Subtitle: Pope John Paul II on how to prepare for the next thousand years - the third millenium - of christianity : The complete text of John Paul II's apostolic letter Tertio millennio adveniente (as the third millennium draws near) and the Vatican's official commentary on how to prepare for the great jubilee of the year 2000.
Contributors: John Paul II, Pope, 1920-2005; Catholic Church. Pope (1978-2005 : John Paul II).
Publisher: Urbi et Orbi Communications
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Hope, Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
Subjects: Holy Year, 2000.; Millennium (Eschatology); Evangelistic work.
Other titles: Tertio millennio adveniente.
Notes: "This is the official English translation of the Italian original, prepared and approved by the Committee for the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000, Vatican City."

Original title: Tertio millennio adventiente: lettera apostolica di giovanni paolo II. Testo e commento teologico-pastorale a cura del consiglio di presidenza del grande giubileo dell'anno 2000 (edizioni san paolo s.r.l., milano, 1996).

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Table of contents: value: As the third millennium draws near : the Apostolic letter, Tertio millennio adveniente, of His Holiness Pope John Paul II; value: Preparing for the year 2000 : theological-pastoral commentary on the Pope's encyclical. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever" : the holy year as a celebration of the mystery of salvation / Albert Vanhoye; value: The holy years in the history of the church / Alessandro Galuzzi; value: The "providential event" of the Second Vatican Council / Rosemary Goldie; value: Jesus Christ : center of the history of salvation and of the life of the church / Angelo Amato; value: The jubilee year : sign of a faith that never grows tired of seeking / Rino Fisichella; value: The church before conversion : the most significant fruit of the holy year / Georges Cottier; value: Mary : the perennial model of the church's activity / Antonio Miralles; value: The martyrs : an unforgettable testimony / Salvador Pié-Ninot; value: The Holy Spirit : principal agent of the new evangelization / Yannis Spiteris; value: "In praise of his glory" : the fatherhood of God, Christ's own perspective / Paul O'Callaghan; value: The Great Jubilee of the Year 2000 in the local church / Walter Kasper; value: The jubilee : undertaking the search for unity / Edward Idris Cassidy; value: The holy year : a call to overcome divisions and indifference / Francis Arinze; value: The third millennium : a challenge to believers to renew faith and witness / Camillo Ruini.