This modern spiritual classic by Frank Sheed is brought back into print for the benefit of new generations of readers to develop a deeper, more profound knowledge of Jesus Christ. Sheed's concern with the Gospels is to come to know Christ as he actually lived among us, and interacted with all the various people he encountered from his infancy to his passion and death.

The things Our Lord said and did are studied to find out what they tell us about him: about him as our Redeemer, and what that meant for him and for us; and about him as himself--his obedience, his compassion, his tears, his great angers, his joy, and the glimpses we get of his relations with his Mother. Sheed has tried especially to see Our Lord in his effect upon others--seeing how they saw him, trying to see why they saw him so.

Faith, doctrine, prayer, worship--all the content and consequences of Christian belief--rest on the person of Christ Jesus as recorded in the Gospels. In this classic study, Frank J. Sheed employs wide learning, theological sophistication, spiritual insight, and a lucid style to bring the reader to a personal encounter with the living Lord. To Know Christ Jesus has been justly called "one of the most satisfying studies of the Gospel ever made."

"A clear and crisp presentation of Christ in the Gospels. With warmth, wit and wisdom, Sheed shows us how to read the Gospels so the life of Jesus may come alive in our lives. To Know Christ Jesus cannot help but enhance your comprehension and contemplation of the mystery of Christ."
-Scott Hahn
University of Steubenville

"Roman Guardini's The Lord and Fulton Sheen's Life of Christ are excelled only by Frank Sheed's To Know Christ Jesus. Perhaps it was the years of street-corner preaching that gave Sheed the edge--an edge that is sharp, clear, and convincing."
-Karl Keating
Author, Catholicism and Fundamentalism

Frank J. Sheed, the founder of Sheed & Ward publishing house, had a distinguished career as a publisher, lecturer, street-corner evangelist, and popular writer. His many books include Christ in Eclipse, What Difference Does Jesus Make?, Theology and Sanity, and A Map of Life.