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Author: Katharine Wrisley Shelby Publisher: CUA Press ISBN: 0813236711 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 412
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Spiraling into God: Bonaventure on Grace, Hierarchy, and Holiness offers a systematic account of the Seraphic Doctor's doctrine of grace across his speculative-academic, mystical, hagiographical, and pastoral texts. It does so by arguing that an account of this kind can only be provided by also attending to his theology of hierarchy, a methodology derived from Bonaventure's claim in the Major Legend of St. Francis that Francis of Assisi was a "vir hierarchicus," or hierarchical man. As the book explores in great depth, this appellation relies upon Bonaventure's reading of a Victorine Dionysian interpreter by the name of Thomas Gallus, whose "angelic anthropology"--or notion of the hierarchical soul--becomes a crucial component within the Seraphic Doctor's teaching on grace as he interprets the sanctity of St. Francis. Throughout the course of his career, Bonaventure will define sanctifying grace as a created "inflowing" (influential) that "hierarchizes" human beings by purifying, illuminating, and perfecting them from within, thus causing them to become a similitude of the Trinity. This book explains what this means and why it matters. Most existing scholarship on this subject in Bonaventure's thought interprets it as a subtopic with respect to other themes--for example, with respect to his Christology or his Trinitarian theology--rather than taking the time to understand his doctrine of grace in its own right. Alternatively, scholarly treatments of his doctrine of grace will treat it at length, but will only examine the topic as it appears in his more speculative-academic texts--most especially his Commentary on the Sentences or his famous Itinerarium Mentis in Deum--without bringing these into conversation with his pastoral works, sermon literature, or hagiographical texts. Spiraling Into God provides the first unified treatment of Bonaventure's doctrine of grace across all these different genres of his known corpus, and in so doing, fills a massive lacuna in both Bonaventurean scholarship and in the field of medieval historical theology.
Author: Katharine Wrisley Shelby Publisher: CUA Press ISBN: 0813236711 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 412
Book Description
Spiraling into God: Bonaventure on Grace, Hierarchy, and Holiness offers a systematic account of the Seraphic Doctor's doctrine of grace across his speculative-academic, mystical, hagiographical, and pastoral texts. It does so by arguing that an account of this kind can only be provided by also attending to his theology of hierarchy, a methodology derived from Bonaventure's claim in the Major Legend of St. Francis that Francis of Assisi was a "vir hierarchicus," or hierarchical man. As the book explores in great depth, this appellation relies upon Bonaventure's reading of a Victorine Dionysian interpreter by the name of Thomas Gallus, whose "angelic anthropology"--or notion of the hierarchical soul--becomes a crucial component within the Seraphic Doctor's teaching on grace as he interprets the sanctity of St. Francis. Throughout the course of his career, Bonaventure will define sanctifying grace as a created "inflowing" (influential) that "hierarchizes" human beings by purifying, illuminating, and perfecting them from within, thus causing them to become a similitude of the Trinity. This book explains what this means and why it matters. Most existing scholarship on this subject in Bonaventure's thought interprets it as a subtopic with respect to other themes--for example, with respect to his Christology or his Trinitarian theology--rather than taking the time to understand his doctrine of grace in its own right. Alternatively, scholarly treatments of his doctrine of grace will treat it at length, but will only examine the topic as it appears in his more speculative-academic texts--most especially his Commentary on the Sentences or his famous Itinerarium Mentis in Deum--without bringing these into conversation with his pastoral works, sermon literature, or hagiographical texts. Spiraling Into God provides the first unified treatment of Bonaventure's doctrine of grace across all these different genres of his known corpus, and in so doing, fills a massive lacuna in both Bonaventurean scholarship and in the field of medieval historical theology.
Author: Traumear Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 0244785759 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 193
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The purpose of works like the present is to help those who Wish to come into the light of day - who desire the realization Of their highest hopes in spite of their worst fears and who Will not rest until they have carved out a niche for themselves In the 'kingdom of heaven on earth', from where they may serve that same purpose, not fighting evil but doing good. However The struggle with the modern dilemma cleanses and frees them. Always the spirit of truth is willing to abide with them, even As they are willing to abide in it, endlessly patient with change. (from page 138)
Author: Boyd Taylor Coolman Publisher: Oxford University Press ISBN: 0199601763 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 285
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Knowledge, Love, and Ecstasy in the Theology of Thomas Gallus provides the first full study of Thomas Gallus (d. 1246) in English and represents a significant advance in his distinctive theology. Boyd Taylor Coolman argues that Gallus distinguishes, but never separates and intimately relates two "international modalities" in human consciousness: the intellective and the affective, both of which are forms of cognition. Coolman shows that Gallus conceives these two cognitive modalities as co-existing in an interdependent manner, and that this reciprocity is given a particular character by Gallus' anthropological appropriation of the Dionysian concept of hierarchy. Because Gallus conceives of the soul as "hierarchized" on the model of the angelic hierarchy, the intellect-affect relationship is fundamentally governed by the dynamism of a Dionysian hierarchy, which has two simultaneous trajectories: ascending and descending. Two crucial features are noteworthy in this regard: in ascending, firstly, the lower is subsumed by the higher; in descending, secondly, the higher communicates with the lower, according to the nature of the lower. When Gallus posits a higher, affective cognitio above an intellective cognitio at the highest point in the ascent, accordingly, this higher affective form both builds upon and sublimates the lower intellective form. At the same time, this affective cognitio descends back down into the soul, both enriching its properly intellective capacity and also renewing the ascending movement in love. For Gallus, then, in the hierarchized soul a dynamic mutuality between intellect and affect emerges, which he construes as a "spiralling" motion, by which the soul unceasingly stretches beyond itself, ecstatically, in knowing and loving God.
Author: Mark L. Prophet Publisher: SCB Distributors ISBN: 1932890602 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 511
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"What is immortality? Does it mean living forever in the same physical body? The Path to Immortality shows that immortality means total liberation from the duality of this world and absolute freedom through spiritual mastery and higher consciousness. Immortality, it shows, is your divine right and the destiny of your soul. This far-reaching work unfolds metaphysical truths about the law of cycles and the seven “bodies” of man, the planes of consciousness, the inner working of the chakras and the flow of energy through them. It also explores what the soul is and how we can take care of it, the meaning of the “fiery trial,” dangers that confront the soul on the homeward path and tools to deal with them."
Author: Ephraim Meir Publisher: Walter de Gruyter ISBN: 3110338475 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 248
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In discussion with Martin Buber, Franz Rosenzweig, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Franz Fischer and Emmanuel Levinas, Ephraim Meir outlines a novel conception of a selfhood that is grounded in dialogical thought. He focuses on the shaping of identity in present day societies and offers a new view on identity around the concepts of self-transcendence, self-difference, and trans-difference. Subjectivity is seen as the concrete possibility of relating to an open identity, which receives and hosts alterity. Self-difference is the crown upon the I; it is the result of a dialogical life, a life of passing to the other. The religious I is perceived as in dialogue with secularity, with its own past and with other persons. It is suggested that with a dialogical approach one may discover what unites people in pluralist societies.
Author: Franco Imoda Publisher: Peeters Publishers ISBN: 9789042908949 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 500
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Can psychology and religion engage in constructive dialogue ? Has psychology a contribution to make in Christian formation ? These are some of the issues addressed in this volume, marking 25 years of the Institute of Psychology of the Gregorian University. The twenty articles which make up the work offer essential insights into how psychology and religion can meet and interact constructively, at the level of theory and of practice. These insights are presented in the context of an overall Christian anthropology which continues to develop and to further refine its practical applications. The contributions are divided into four sections - theory and method, dialogue between psychology and other disciplines, applications in different cultures, and concrete experiences of applying a psychologically-informed Christian anthropology in the educational setting. The balanced approach presented in this work makes it both a serious instrument of study and a valuable point of reference for the educator. Its constant reference to a Christian conception of the person will help avoid short-sighted pragmatism.
Author: A. A. Attanasio Publisher: A. A. Attanasio ISBN: 098360844X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 282
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Though he possesses the legendary sword Excalibur, the boy-king "Arthor" discovers that he must earn the respect of the warring lords of Britain before he can truly claim his place as their leader. The third volume in Attanasio's epic re-creation of the Arthurian cycle follows young Arthor through his first difficult year of kingship. This is a flamboyant, magical retelling of the saga of Camelot.
Author: David P. McCarthy Publisher: Word Alive Press ISBN: 1770695656 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 77
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"I am the First and the Last, And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades." (Revelation 1:17-18, AMP). Pastor McCarthy desires to elevate your faith and deepen your understanding that Jesus is from "everlasting to everlasting." David gently leads the reader from the realm of finite man to a fuller comprehension of his majesty. On that triumphal entry (Palm Sunday), Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a borrowed donkey. His return will be as a victorious warrior, in glory, on a white horse, with the armies of heaven with Him, to bring forth vengeance on the nations. The Word of God calls us to be ready and prepared for the greatest phenomena the earth has ever seen... the coming of the Lord!
Author: Robert Louis Tegenkamp Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1503577023 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 599
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One hundred fifty Psalms written as a narrative for easy reading reveals secrets never before exposed within the Psalms. We notice how often Jesus appears in the Psalms without mentioning Him directly. Many mysteries within the Psalms have seldom been explored as is in this book by Dr. Tegenkamp, Th.D, boy preacher at the age 16, war veteran of 1963, evening University student earning three degrees in theology; his passion of life. This book serves as a wonderful daily devotional. Also, The Eternity Code serves as a very easy teaching tool in Bible study classes. The greatest pleasure in this read is the relationship as it introduces the reader to the Almighty assisting the reader in understanding the characters within the Psalms. Dozens of pastors have read this book with the comment, Once I began reading it I could not put it down. This is a book you will treasure for years to come, passing it down to your children and grandchildren I promise you will not be disappointed, Dr. Bob.
Author: Ken Freschi Publisher: Balboa Press ISBN: 1452596395 Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 146
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What is my purpose? Why am I here? Most of us have asked ourselves those questions from time to time. In Our Walk to Eternity, author Ken Freschi tells us we are spiritual beings on a divine path chosen by our soul and guided by God. Our awareness of this is paramount to understanding our existence and the trials and tribulations we face. Freschi uses both his familys experiences and his own to show that we receive messages from those who have passed, spirit guides, and God. He shares messages he has received with the goal of helping everyone gain awareness to see and hear these messages, in order to live our lives to the fullest. Our Walk to Eternity shows us how we can remember our direct connection to God and the divine. It also helps us remember who and what we truly are: spiritual beings having a human experience.
Author: Katharine Wrisley Shelby
Author: Katharine Wrisley Shelby
Author: Traumear
Author: Boyd Taylor Coolman
Author: Mark L. Prophet
Author: Ephraim Meir
Author: Franco Imoda
Author: A. A. Attanasio
Author: David P. McCarthy
Author: Robert Louis Tegenkamp
Author: Ken Freschi