The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean BorellaState University of New York Press, 2001 M02 1 - 215 pages Gathering key writings from the French religious philosopher Jean Borella's works, this book moves the reader from the immediacy of the physical world to a world deep within ourselves. Throughout Borella's writings, there is a "resurrectional" power to his words, a way of seeing things that "makes all things new," that endows us with an ability to look anew on Christ and his Body the Church. Translator and editor G. John Champoux has used a selection from Saint Bonaventure's The Soul's Journey into God to preface each of Borella's writings and to show how these insights can take us from our ordinary surroundings into our innermost world. |
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... Christian way : a contemplative ascent through the writings of Jean Borella / edited and translated by G. John Champoux . p . cm . ( SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions ) Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) and index ...
... Christian way : a contemplative ascent through the writings of Jean Borella / edited and translated by G. John Champoux . p . cm . ( SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions ) Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) and index ...
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... Christ " 10 The " Body of Christ " and the Work of Salvation 11 The Metaphysics of the Eternal Exposition Endnotes Select Bibliography Name and Theme Index Scriptural Index 115 119 131 135 149 153 163 173 181 205 207 213 Foreword True ...
... Christ " 10 The " Body of Christ " and the Work of Salvation 11 The Metaphysics of the Eternal Exposition Endnotes Select Bibliography Name and Theme Index Scriptural Index 115 119 131 135 149 153 163 173 181 205 207 213 Foreword True ...
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... mission . Concerning Borella's stand in regard to the Second Vatican Council and its aftermath , I will note that it is this question , pre- cisely , which has " provoked " his first book viii THE SECRET OF THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
... mission . Concerning Borella's stand in regard to the Second Vatican Council and its aftermath , I will note that it is this question , pre- cisely , which has " provoked " his first book viii THE SECRET OF THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
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... statement is indeed the decisive intuition - bordering upon the mystical - that has given rise , first to his doctoral dissertation , and then to the entire sweep of his literary production . X THE SECRET OF THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
... statement is indeed the decisive intuition - bordering upon the mystical - that has given rise , first to his doctoral dissertation , and then to the entire sweep of his literary production . X THE SECRET OF THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
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... Christ alludes when he said : " If therefore thine eye be single , thy whole body shall be full of light ” ( Matt . 6:22 ) . 7 This is not the place to comment more fully upon the ... Christian . This follows already from the Foreword xi.
... Christ alludes when he said : " If therefore thine eye be single , thy whole body shall be full of light ” ( Matt . 6:22 ) . 7 This is not the place to comment more fully upon the ... Christian . This follows already from the Foreword xi.
Contents
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Trinity and Creation | 33 |
The Inevitable Failure of Nicholas of Cusa | 45 |
The Essence of the Symbol | 55 |
The Constitution of Man According to | 75 |
xvii | 93 |
The Human Ternary and the Opening of the Heart | 111 |
The Fifth Stage | 115 |
The Essence and Forms of the Body of Christ | 153 |
The Body of Christ and the Work of Salvation | 163 |
The Metaphysics of the Eternal Exposition | 173 |
Endnotes | 181 |
Select Bibliography | 205 |
in the Old Testament | 207 |
Scriptural Index | 213 |
The Trinitarian Functions of the Hypostases | 135 |
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