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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... creation — The inevitable " failure " of Nicholas of Cusa - The essence of the symbol - The constitution of man according to the New Testament - Love and gnosis in the crucified mediator — The human ternary and the opening of the heart ...
... creation — The inevitable " failure " of Nicholas of Cusa - The essence of the symbol - The constitution of man according to the New Testament - Love and gnosis in the crucified mediator — The human ternary and the opening of the heart ...
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... Creation The Second Stage Contemplating God through His Vestiges in the Universe Contemplating God in His Vestiges in the Sense World 2 The Inevitable " Failure " of Nicholas of Cusa 3 The Essence of the Symbol The Third Stage ...
... Creation The Second Stage Contemplating God through His Vestiges in the Universe Contemplating God in His Vestiges in the Sense World 2 The Inevitable " Failure " of Nicholas of Cusa 3 The Essence of the Symbol The Third Stage ...
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... created being is a symbol insti- tuted , not by the arbitrariness of men , but by the divine will , to render visible the invisible wisdom of God , " as Hugh of St. Victor affiirms . The decisive point , however , is not that created ...
... created being is a symbol insti- tuted , not by the arbitrariness of men , but by the divine will , to render visible the invisible wisdom of God , " as Hugh of St. Victor affiirms . The decisive point , however , is not that created ...
Page xii
... created being as a symbol , a word or logos , which as such is an image of the primary Logos , the Di- vine Word that itself constitutes an " image " of the Father . And if now we recall that " All words derive their meaning from the ...
... created being as a symbol , a word or logos , which as such is an image of the primary Logos , the Di- vine Word that itself constitutes an " image " of the Father . And if now we recall that " All words derive their meaning from the ...
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Contents
| 5 | |
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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