The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean BorellaA selection of key writings from the French religious philosopher, Jean Borella. 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. Jean Borella is a retired Professor of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy at the University of Nancy II. He is the author of many books, including most recently, Le sens du surnaturel, Symbolisme et réalité, and Ésotérisme guénonien et mystère chrétien. G. John Champoux has also translated Jean Borella’s The Sense of the Supernatural. |
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... religious and theological orientation.3 Yet the contact with Guénon and with the Oriental traditions must have provided a powerful stimulus—a veritable imperative—to deepen and universalize his understanding of the Catholic faith.
... religious and theological orientation.3 Yet the contact with Guénon and with the Oriental traditions must have provided a powerful stimulus—a veritable imperative—to deepen and universalize his understanding of the Catholic faith.
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... presently afflict “the one holy catholic and apostolic Church,” a voice that recalls to the fullness of the authentic Catholic tradition, and helps us, Deo volente, not only to understand, but above all to live the Catholic truth.
... presently afflict “the one holy catholic and apostolic Church,” a voice that recalls to the fullness of the authentic Catholic tradition, and helps us, Deo volente, not only to understand, but above all to live the Catholic truth.
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It is the reason why, contrary to all modern'and postmodern thought, the concept of truth applies not only to linguistic propositions, but also to “things.”8 As one can readily understand, the implications of this “symbolic ...
It is the reason why, contrary to all modern'and postmodern thought, the concept of truth applies not only to linguistic propositions, but also to “things.”8 As one can readily understand, the implications of this “symbolic ...
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... work without piety knowledge without love, understanding without humility, endeavor without divine grace, reflection as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom. (St. Bonaventure, The Soul's journey into God, Prologue, 4.) ...
... work without piety knowledge without love, understanding without humility, endeavor without divine grace, reflection as a mirror without divinely inspired wisdom. (St. Bonaventure, The Soul's journey into God, Prologue, 4.) ...
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Passing, in the first part, from the word to the thing itself, we will then be ready to understand how to distinguish true gnosis from its deviated and diabolic forms. Then, once we have reestablished the accuracy of historical ...
Passing, in the first part, from the word to the thing itself, we will then be ready to understand how to distinguish true gnosis from its deviated and diabolic forms. Then, once we have reestablished the accuracy of historical ...
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Contents
| 5 | |
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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| Title | The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean Borella SUNY series in Western Esoteric Traditions |
| Author | Jean Borella |
| Translated by | G. John Champoux |
| Contributor | Wolfgang Smith |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press, 2001 |
| ISBN | 0791491188, 9780791491188 |
| Length | 215 pages |
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