The Stigmatist

Author: Hurd Baruch
Edition:
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0615419836

The Stigmatist

The Stigmatist is a novel of religious mysticism and international intrigue.

At the outset, American pilgrims at an apparition site in Spain are caught up in frightening visions of how they stand with God-a warning calling them to amend their ways. Fr. Anthony Santorelli, an American priest sent by the Vatican to investigate, returns with a message for the Pope which foreshadows the spread of the "warning" visions, and a series of dire events. To authenticate his role as a messenger and prophet, the priest is mystically marked with bloody stigmata in his hands, feet and side, replicating the five wounds of Christ on the Cross. Fr. Santorelli persuades the Pope to endorse the visions as sent by God to provide a time of grace for repentance,

The Stigmatist

At the outset, American pilgrims at an apparition site in Spain are caught up in frightening visions of how they stand with God-a warning calling them to amend their ways. Fr. Anthony Santorelli, an American priest sent by the Vatican to investigate, returns with a message for the Pope which foreshadows the spread of the "warning" visions, and a series of dire events. To authenticate his role as a messenger and prophet, the priest is mystically marked with bloody stigmata in his hands, feet and side, replicating the five wounds of Christ on the Cross
Santorelli persuades the Pope to endorse the visions as sent by God to provide a time of grace for repentance,

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