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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Page iv
... heart in the Old Testament — Love of self and love of God — The Trinitarian functions of the Hypostases — The essence and forms of the “Body of Christ” — The “Body of Christ” and the work of salvation — The metaphysics of the eternal ...
... heart in the Old Testament — Love of self and love of God — The Trinitarian functions of the Hypostases — The essence and forms of the “Body of Christ” — The “Body of Christ” and the work of salvation — The metaphysics of the eternal ...
Page v
... Gifts of Grace 5 Love and Gnosis in the Crucified Mediator 6 The Human Ternary and the Opening of the Heart in the Old Testament. ma. Sea: 29 33 41 45 55 71 75 89 93 103 The Fifth Stage Contemplating the Divine Unity through Its Primary.
... Gifts of Grace 5 Love and Gnosis in the Crucified Mediator 6 The Human Ternary and the Opening of the Heart in the Old Testament. ma. Sea: 29 33 41 45 55 71 75 89 93 103 The Fifth Stage Contemplating the Divine Unity through Its Primary.
Page vii
... heart of reality—and so it constitutes indeed an “ascent.” The course represents or replicates, in fact, the spiritual journey itself. The mystery, moreover, which confronts us at every stage, is also, and above all, a mystery of change ...
... heart of reality—and so it constitutes indeed an “ascent.” The course represents or replicates, in fact, the spiritual journey itself. The mystery, moreover, which confronts us at every stage, is also, and above all, a mystery of change ...
Page xi
... heart of Borella's work. Suffice it to say that the formulation of that doctrine—t0 the extent that it can be thus explicated—constitutes, in my estimation, a philosophical contribution of the first tank. It provides, perhaps for the ...
... heart of Borella's work. Suffice it to say that the formulation of that doctrine—t0 the extent that it can be thus explicated—constitutes, in my estimation, a philosophical contribution of the first tank. It provides, perhaps for the ...
Page xiv
... greatest Catholic philosophers of our time will reveal to many hearts the incomparable Secret of the Christian Way. — Wolfgang Smith Preface In choosing passages with which to introduce the writings xiv THE SECRET or THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
... greatest Catholic philosophers of our time will reveal to many hearts the incomparable Secret of the Christian Way. — Wolfgang Smith Preface In choosing passages with which to introduce the writings xiv THE SECRET or THE CHRISTIAN WAY.
Contents
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The First Stage | 29 |
The Second Stage | 41 |
The Third Stage | 71 |
The Fourth Stage 89 | 87 |
in the Old Testament | 103 |
The Fifth Stage | 115 |
The Sixth Stage | 131 |
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 |
Scriptural Index | 213 |
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