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 vii
... , surprise no one , given that God is the first - and in a sense that needs to be clarified , the only- reality . Even the scientist in quest of enlightenment is ultimately obliged to turn theologian . As Hans Urs von Balthasar vii.
... , surprise no one , given that God is the first - and in a sense that needs to be clarified , the only- reality . Even the scientist in quest of enlightenment is ultimately obliged to turn theologian . As Hans Urs von Balthasar vii.
Page viii
... theologian . The primary answer to this question is clear : Borella is , first and foremost , a Catholic . Yet I would add immediately that even in the restricted class of Catholic philosophers and theologians - I mean those who are ...
... theologian . The primary answer to this question is clear : Borella is , first and foremost , a Catholic . Yet I would add immediately that even in the restricted class of Catholic philosophers and theologians - I mean those who are ...
Page xii
... theology in a manner exactly opposite to the reductionism of the " demythologizers " : it perceives in the very fact that these dogmatic utterances are bereft of " scientific " sense an indication - not that they need to be ...
... theology in a manner exactly opposite to the reductionism of the " demythologizers " : it perceives in the very fact that these dogmatic utterances are bereft of " scientific " sense an indication - not that they need to be ...
Page xiii
... theology as these disciplines are generally conceived nowadays , but in fact constitutes what can rightfully be ... theological theme ; and I would add that when this happens one is invariable struck by the sheer grandeur of what is thus ...
... theology as these disciplines are generally conceived nowadays , but in fact constitutes what can rightfully be ... theological theme ; and I would add that when this happens one is invariable struck by the sheer grandeur of what is thus ...
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... theology . . . I went back to ancient doctrines like a delighted child going from discovery to discovery , from treasure to treasure , from marvel to marvel . I recognized and loved this Christian past , its beauty not unworthy of the ...
... theology . . . I went back to ancient doctrines like a delighted child going from discovery to discovery , from treasure to treasure , from marvel to marvel . I recognized and loved this Christian past , its beauty not unworthy of the ...
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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