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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Page xii
... Paul : " And He is before all things , and by Him all things consist " ( Col. 1:17 ) . How- ever , there is more to be said : for it appears that Borella's doctrine is not simply logocentric or Christocentric , but is , on a still ...
... Paul : " And He is before all things , and by Him all things consist " ( Col. 1:17 ) . How- ever , there is more to be said : for it appears that Borella's doctrine is not simply logocentric or Christocentric , but is , on a still ...
Page xiv
... Paul said likewise : " For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily " ( col . 2 : 9 ) ? But where is the philosophy , where the ontology , which can even begin to make sense of these affirma- tions ? Judged in the light of ...
... Paul said likewise : " For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily " ( col . 2 : 9 ) ? But where is the philosophy , where the ontology , which can even begin to make sense of these affirma- tions ? Judged in the light of ...
Page xvii
... AVENTURE translation and introduction by Ewert Cousins © 1978 ( Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of New York ) . Used by permission of Paulist Press . Prologue First , therefore , I invite the reader to xvii III.
... AVENTURE translation and introduction by Ewert Cousins © 1978 ( Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle in the State of New York ) . Used by permission of Paulist Press . Prologue First , therefore , I invite the reader to xvii III.
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... Paul , that the word gnosis was used to specifically designate the inner knowledge of the Divine Mysteries.2 Without a doubt , Chris- tianity has inherited the Greek language Jewish tradition ( scriptural and liturgical ) , since it ...
... Paul , that the word gnosis was used to specifically designate the inner knowledge of the Divine Mysteries.2 Without a doubt , Chris- tianity has inherited the Greek language Jewish tradition ( scriptural and liturgical ) , since it ...
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... Paul and the official Church had subjected it , they should first ask themselves , not only if it is possible to establish the antiquity of these writings , but also whether or not we are dealing with a Gnostic Gospel . On this subject ...
... Paul and the official Church had subjected it , they should first ask themselves , not only if it is possible to establish the antiquity of these writings , but also whether or not we are dealing with a Gnostic Gospel . On this subject ...
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