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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... Sense World 2 The Inevitable " Failure " of Nicholas of Cusa 3 The Essence of the Symbol The Third Stage Contemplating God through His Image Stamped upon Our Natural Powers 4 The Constitution of Man According to the New Testament The ...
... Sense World 2 The Inevitable " Failure " of Nicholas of Cusa 3 The Essence of the Symbol The Third Stage Contemplating God through His Image Stamped upon Our Natural Powers 4 The Constitution of Man According to the New Testament The ...
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... sense of " exposition . " The subtitle , too , is accurate ; we are taken on a journey through the writings of Jean Borella , which is moreover bound to be contemplative , given the aforesaid focus of the book . After all , it is only ...
... sense of " exposition . " The subtitle , too , is accurate ; we are taken on a journey through the writings of Jean Borella , which is moreover bound to be contemplative , given the aforesaid focus of the book . After all , it is only ...
Page ix
... sense . He exemplifies rather a balance and an openness to all that is right and true that precludes any partisanship or factional identification . In this respect , too , it seems to me that Borella is fulfilling a major task of our ...
... sense . He exemplifies rather a balance and an openness to all that is right and true that precludes any partisanship or factional identification . In this respect , too , it seems to me that Borella is fulfilling a major task of our ...
Page xii
... sense , and one might well argue that as such it transgresses the cadre of Platonism , even as it likewise trans- gresses the cadre of the Oriental doctrines , and of what some have termed the perennial philosophy . But be that as it ...
... sense , and one might well argue that as such it transgresses the cadre of Platonism , even as it likewise trans- gresses the cadre of the Oriental doctrines , and of what some have termed the perennial philosophy . But be that as it ...
Page xiv
... sense of these affirma- tions ? Judged in the light of common day , or measured by the stan- dards of our accustomed rationality , nothing , surely , could be more absurd . No wonder Borella speaks of a " formidable challenge " ! As I ...
... sense of these affirma- tions ? Judged in the light of common day , or measured by the stan- dards of our accustomed rationality , nothing , surely , could be more absurd . No wonder Borella speaks of a " formidable challenge " ! As I ...
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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