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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... 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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... Charity , one day I " encountered " trinitarian 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 ...
... Charity , one day I " encountered " trinitarian 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 ...
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... charity builds up . If any one imagines that he knows something , he does not yet know as he ought to know " ( 1 Cor . 8 : 2-3 ) . This means that true gnosis does not pose as knowledge that one could speak about and be dazzled with ...
... charity builds up . If any one imagines that he knows something , he does not yet know as he ought to know " ( 1 Cor . 8 : 2-3 ) . This means that true gnosis does not pose as knowledge that one could speak about and be dazzled with ...
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... charity , makes himself a slave to all : " to the Jews I became as a Jew ... to those under the law I be- came as one under the law . . . to those outside the law I became as one outside the law . . . to the weak I became weak . . . I ...
... charity , makes himself a slave to all : " to the Jews I became as a Jew ... to those under the law I be- came as one under the law . . . to those outside the law I became as one outside the law . . . to the weak I became weak . . . I ...
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