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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... writings of Jean Borella can be seen as a prolonged reflection on the " folly of the cross " ( cf. 1 Cor . 1:23 ) , for the Cross is the very place where justice and mercy are reconciled , where fervent love and profound knowledge are XV ...
... writings of Jean Borella can be seen as a prolonged reflection on the " folly of the cross " ( cf. 1 Cor . 1:23 ) , for the Cross is the very place where justice and mercy are reconciled , where fervent love and profound knowledge are XV ...
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... knowledge are one , and where the foolish wisdom of the world betrays itself to the wise foolishness of God . And so my hope is that this dialogue — or rather antiphony — of Bonaventure with Borella will enable the reader to appreciate ...
... knowledge are one , and where the foolish wisdom of the world betrays itself to the wise foolishness of God . And so my hope is that this dialogue — or rather antiphony — of Bonaventure with Borella will enable the reader to appreciate ...
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... 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. ) Having set out in ...
... 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. ) Having set out in ...
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... knowledge of the Divine Mysteries.2 Without a doubt , Chris- tianity has inherited the Greek language Jewish ... knowledge ( episteme ) , what stems from the ' practical ' ( he prak- tike ) , that is to say from art or action , and what ...
... knowledge of the Divine Mysteries.2 Without a doubt , Chris- tianity has inherited the Greek language Jewish ... knowledge ( episteme ) , what stems from the ' practical ' ( he prak- tike ) , that is to say from art or action , and what ...
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... knowledge of certain heretical groups and their literature . This is why his occasional objection to the title " Gnostic " is very significant : " The Valesians , " he says , " are not Gnostics . " 14 We will return in a moment to ...
... knowledge of certain heretical groups and their literature . This is why his occasional objection to the title " Gnostic " is very significant : " The Valesians , " he says , " are not Gnostics . " 14 We will return in a moment to ...
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