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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... possible doubt , the ontologically spiritual nature of the matter of bodies , without for all that casting any doubt on the reality of their corporeity . We may take it that what Borella circumscribes in this remarkable statement is ...
... possible doubt , the ontologically spiritual nature of the matter of bodies , without for all that casting any doubt on the reality of their corporeity . We may take it that what Borella circumscribes in this remarkable statement is ...
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... possible , although some criticism stems from a malice impervious to all reasoning . My intention is not only to restore the traditional character of the term gnosis , but also to establish that it is an historical error to treat gnosis ...
... possible , although some criticism stems from a malice impervious to all reasoning . My intention is not only to restore the traditional character of the term gnosis , but also to establish that it is an historical error to treat gnosis ...
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... possible to establish the antiquity of these writings , but also whether or not we are dealing with a Gnostic Gospel . On this subject , a recent work devoted to the best known of these recently discovered manuscripts concludes : " This ...
... possible to establish the antiquity of these writings , but also whether or not we are dealing with a Gnostic Gospel . On this subject , a recent work devoted to the best known of these recently discovered manuscripts concludes : " This ...
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... preeminent doctor of Christian gnosis who unveils this mystery as much as possible , without be- traying its explicit contents , puts forward no other doctrine . Fénelon , in the seventeenth century , was able to 10 PROLOGUE.
... preeminent doctor of Christian gnosis who unveils this mystery as much as possible , without be- traying its explicit contents , puts forward no other doctrine . Fénelon , in the seventeenth century , was able to 10 PROLOGUE.
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... possible to attain it here below . It is the highest state : " The Gnostic is consequently divine , and already holy , God - bearing , and God - borne . " 20 And again , the Word " impresses on the Gnostic the seal of the perfect ...
... possible to attain it here below . It is the highest state : " The Gnostic is consequently divine , and already holy , God - bearing , and God - borne . " 20 And again , the Word " impresses on the Gnostic the seal of the perfect ...
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