Author: Luis F. Ladaria Publisher: ISBN: 9788479145828 Category : Religion Languages : es Pages : 315
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El pecado y la gracia son las dos coordenadas que definen la vida del hombre sobre la tierra. En efecto, ha sido desde el primer momento amado por Dios, ha sido invitado a participar de su vida. Pero a la vez, y desde el comienzo de la historia, ha sido infiel a la amistad que su Creador le ofrecía y ha querido determinar su vida sin referencia a Dios. Pablo ha explicado esta condición del hombre con su conocido paralelismo entre Adán y Cristo. Si a causa de Adán todos los hombres mueren, en Cristo todos son llamados a la vida. Pero este paralelismo siem-pre a favor de Jesús y de su gracia. Adán , el primer hombre, es figura del que debía venir. En Jesús, Dios Padre ha reconciliado el mundo consigo y nos ha llamado a la filiación divina. Esta invitación a la plenitud de la vida pide también la libre aceptación del hombre. En Cristo, plenamente obediente a la voluntad del Padre, se ha dado a la vez la manifestación plena del amor de Dios y la libre respuesta humana a esta iniciativa de salvación. En la fuerza de su Espíritu pueden los cristianos seguirle hasta entregar la vida por amor de Dios y de los hermanos.
Author: Jose Granados Publisher: CUA Press ISBN: 0813233925 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 449
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Introduction to Sacramental Theology presents a complete overview of sacramental theology from the viewpoint of the body. This viewpoint is supported, in the first place, by Revelation, for which the sacraments are the place where we enter into contact with the body of the risen Jesus. It is a viewpoint, secondly, which is firmly rooted in our concrete human bodily experience, thus allowing for a strong connection between faith and life, creation and redemption. From this point of view, the treatise on the sacraments occupies a strategic role. For the sacraments appear, not as the last of a series of topics (after dealing with Creation, Christ, the Church), but as the original place in which to stand in order to contemplate the entire Christian mystery. This point of view of the body, which resonates with contemporary philosophy, sheds fruitful light on classical themes, such as the relationship of the sacraments with creation, the composition of the sacramental sign, the efficacy of the sacraments, the sacramental character, the role of the minister, or the relationship of the sacrament with the Church as a sacrament. As a result of this approach, the Eucharist takes on a central role, since this is the sacrament where the body of Jesus is made present. The rest of the sacraments are seen as prolongations of the eucharistic body, so as to fill all the time and space of the faithful. This foundation of the theology of the sacraments in eucharistic theology is supported by an analysis of the patristic and medieval tradition. In order to support its conclusions, Introduction to Sacramental Theology examines the doctrine of Scripture (especially St. John and St. Paul), the main patristic and medieval authors (St. Augustine, Hugh of St. Victor, St. Bonaventure, St. Thomas Aquinas), the response of Trent to the protestant challenges, up to modern authors such as Scheeben, Rahner, Ratzinger, or Chauvet, including the teaching of Vatican II about the Church as a kind of sacrament.
Author: Matthew J. Ramage Publisher: CUA Press ISBN: 0813235146 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 336
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The claim that evolution undermines Christianity is standard fare in our culture. Indeed, many today have the impression that the two are mutually exclusive and that a choice must be made between faith and reason—rejecting Christianity on the one hand or evolutionary theory on the other. Is there a way to square advances in this field of study with the Bible and Church teaching? In this book—his fourth dedicated to applying Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI’s wisdom to pressing theological difficulties—Matthew Ramage answers this question decidedly in the affirmative. Distinguishing between evolutionary theory properly speaking and the materialist attitude that is often conflated with it, Ramage’s work meets the challenge of evolutionary science to Catholic teaching on human origins, guided by Ratzinger’s conviction that faith and evolutionary theory mutually enrich one another. Pope Benedict gifted the Church with many pivotal yet often-overlooked resources for engaging evolution in the light of faith, especially in those instances where he addressed the topic in connection with the Book of Genesis. Ramage highlights these contributions and also makes his own by applying Ratzinger’s principles to such issues as the meaning of man’s special creation, the relationship between sin and death, and the implications of evolution for eschatology. Notably, Ramage shows that many apparent conflicts between Christianity and evolutionary theory lose their force when we interpret creation in light of the Paschal Mystery and fix our gaze on Jesus, the New Adam who reveals man to himself. Readers of this text will find that it does more than merely help to resolve apparent contradictions between faith and modern science. Ramage’s work shows that discoveries in evolutionary biology are not merely difficulties to be overcome but indeed gifts that yield precious insight into the mystery of God’s saving plan in Christ.
Author: Karl Josef Becker Publisher: Orbis Books ISBN: 157075828X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 1052
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Twenty-Five Element International Scholars show how roman catholic theology has grappled with religious pluralism. Catholic Engagement with World Religions outlines, clarifies, and defends official Roman Catholic teaching on the relationship between Christianity and other religious traditions in light of the Catholic belief that "We must hold that the Holy Spirit offers to all the possibility of being made partners, in a way known to God, in the paschal mystery".(Gaudium et Spes, 22) Part I studies the history of these issues while Part II examines their theological framing. Part III addresses Christianity and other religions since Vatican U. Part IV deals specifically with Judaism, Confucianism, Hinduism and Islam as these religions see themselves in relation to Christianity. A final chapter by Bishop Michael Fitzgerald offers a theological reflection on the foundations of interreligious dialogue today. For scholars, students, and practitioners of interreligious encounter, Catholic Engagement with World Religions is necessary and absorbing reading. Karl J. Becker, S.J., and Ilaria Morali teach at the Gregorian University in Rome.
Author: Publisher: Abingdon Press ISBN: 142676569X Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 251
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The Holy Spirit movement in eighteenth century England gave rise to a religious revival that gave birth to the family of churches we know today as the wesleyans. Thus, by his importance as the genius organizer, it is essential to know the life and thought of one of the pillars within the Wesleyan movement: John Wesley. In this book - of a very simple and yet profound way- Dr. Magallanes offers us the most basic traits of the social-religious context in which Wesley lived in the England of the eighteenth century, aspects that influenced the family development of his character and spirituality, the education and training received in Oxford, experiences that awakened in Wesley his passion for evangelization and the doctrine of the holiness of heart and life that characterized the movement.
Author: Barbara Andrade Publisher: Secretariado Trinitario ISBN: 9788488643971 Category : Religion Languages : es Pages : 236
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Consciente de la problemática que plantea el tema del pecado original desde la visión tradicional de un "pecado hereditario", y fiel a la enseñanza de la Iglesia, el libro trata de ser un esbozo de antropología teológica en perspectiva trinitaria.
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