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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... soul , to heavenly glory . " A student of philoso- phy at the time , Borella was struck by the fact that this dogma was poorly received even by his fellow Catholics . The point of dispute , of course , was centered upon the word body ...
... soul , to heavenly glory . " A student of philoso- phy at the time , Borella was struck by the fact that this dogma was poorly received even by his fellow Catholics . The point of dispute , of course , was centered upon the word body ...
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... soul with both great joy and great sorrow simul- taneously ; only afterwards did it become apparent that he had re- ceived in his body the sacred stigmata of the Passion . While there , Bonaventure was inspired to interpret this vision ...
... soul with both great joy and great sorrow simul- taneously ; only afterwards did it become apparent that he had re- ceived in his body the sacred stigmata of the Passion . While there , Bonaventure was inspired to interpret this vision ...
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... endeavor without divine grace , reflection as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom . ( St. Bonaventure , The Soul's Journey into God , Prologue , 4. ) Having set out in search of the secret of Charity 2 PROLOGUE.
... endeavor without divine grace , reflection as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom . ( St. Bonaventure , The Soul's Journey into God , Prologue , 4. ) Having set out in search of the secret of Charity 2 PROLOGUE.
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... soul of my soul , heart of my heart , and I did not know it . Once discovered , fixing the gaze of my spirit upon the holy Fathers and Doctors , upon the Clements , the Dionysii , the Gregories , the Augustines and the Thomases , I said ...
... soul of my soul , heart of my heart , and I did not know it . Once discovered , fixing the gaze of my spirit upon the holy Fathers and Doctors , upon the Clements , the Dionysii , the Gregories , the Augustines and the Thomases , I said ...
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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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