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 xiv
... seen me hath seen the Father " ? And has not St. 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 ...
... seen me hath seen the Father " ? And has not St. 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 ...
Page xv
... 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 II.
... 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 II.
Page 17
... seen her , wanted to have intercourse with her . " 41 Clearly this symbolically indicates a descent of energy from the spir- itual to the psychic level , a fall from the heavenly into the earthly , a profanatory intermingling of the two ...
... seen her , wanted to have intercourse with her . " 41 Clearly this symbolically indicates a descent of energy from the spir- itual to the psychic level , a fall from the heavenly into the earthly , a profanatory intermingling of the two ...
Page 20
... Seen as an ordered and coherent whole , those intel- ligible forms prerequisite to the reception of the Divine Word are , in themselves , a metaphysical doctrine . A mode of intellective re- ceptivity suitable for revelation , this ...
... Seen as an ordered and coherent whole , those intel- ligible forms prerequisite to the reception of the Divine Word are , in themselves , a metaphysical doctrine . A mode of intellective re- ceptivity suitable for revelation , this ...
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... seen with our eyes ... and touched with our hands " ( l John 1 ) , then the initial and ini- tiating light is obliterated by its very transparency , the presence of the Divine Object blinds every other knowledge , and gnostic aware ...
... seen with our eyes ... and touched with our hands " ( l John 1 ) , then the initial and ini- tiating light is obliterated by its very transparency , the presence of the Divine Object blinds every other knowledge , and gnostic aware ...
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