The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent through the Writings of Jean BorellaSUNY 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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... authentic philosophy of symbolism cannot but be inherently theological , given that it is in Scripture and above all , in the Incarnation ! —that the symbolic attains its highest possibility , and thus its purest form Foreword xiii.
... authentic philosophy of symbolism cannot but be inherently theological , given that it is in Scripture and above all , in the Incarnation ! —that the symbolic attains its highest possibility , and thus its purest form Foreword xiii.
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... Incarnation ) , in the absence of which even the New Testament is unintelligible.62 As you see , I am not reluctant to formulate an a priori theory of doctrinal gnosis or to demonstrate the intrinsic need for it , a method decried by ...
... Incarnation ) , in the absence of which even the New Testament is unintelligible.62 As you see , I am not reluctant to formulate an a priori theory of doctrinal gnosis or to demonstrate the intrinsic need for it , a method decried by ...
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... Incarnate : the gnostic's first fruits of the act of faith assume their full meaning only in faith itself.63 And , to conclude , we will now say something about them . Gnosis Consummated The just - mentioned doctrine seems to find a ...
... Incarnate : the gnostic's first fruits of the act of faith assume their full meaning only in faith itself.63 And , to conclude , we will now say something about them . Gnosis Consummated The just - mentioned doctrine seems to find a ...
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... Incarnate is also the preeminent spiritual way : " I am the Way , the Truth and the Life . " It being absolute , this affirmation necessarily in- cludes an unconditional guarantee , and , in particular , it guarantees that Christianity ...
... Incarnate is also the preeminent spiritual way : " I am the Way , the Truth and the Life . " It being absolute , this affirmation necessarily in- cludes an unconditional guarantee , and , in particular , it guarantees that Christianity ...
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