The Names of ChristPaulist Press, 1984 - 385 pages "Whatever it was you expected when you heard about the new Classics of Western Spirituality(TM) series from Paulist Press, forget it. The real thing is better." The Crux of Prayer Luis de León: The Names of Christ translated and introduced by Manuel Duran and William Kluback preface by J. Ferrater Mora As Christ is a source or rather is an ocean which holds in itself all that is sweet and meaningful that belongs to man, in the same way the study of his person, the revelation of the treasure, is the most meaningful and dearest of all knowledge. Luis de León (1527-1591) The Names of Christ is a masterpiece of the Golden Age of Spain. Written in the style of a pastoral novel, the work is a meditation on the philosophical and theological significance of the names of Christ. Based on a careful examination of ten names given Christ in the Scriptures, the book reflects elements of Augustinian, Jewish, and Islamic spirituality that were part of sixteenth-century Spain. Luis de León was born in 1527 in Belmonte, a small village in the Castile region of Spain. An Augustinian friar, a brilliant professor, an artful poet, he was a true Renaissance man whose vision of the fullness of Christ sustained him in the face of persecution at the hands of the Inquisition and infused his writing with a sensitivity that has made The Names of Christ a treasure of Spanish literature and a classic of Catholic mysticism. + |
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Page 97
... bread of many faces , ' Christ's government and the nourishment which He gives His own have a great number of faces and they are bread . Bread because it feeds , and bread of numerous faces because He adapts Himself to each according to ...
... bread of many faces , ' Christ's government and the nourishment which He gives His own have a great number of faces and they are bread . Bread because it feeds , and bread of numerous faces because He adapts Himself to each according to ...
Page 136
... bread and wine . Taking the bread and giving it to His disciples , He said these words ( Matt . 26:29 ) : ' Take , eat ; this is my body , which will be given over to you . ' He wished to make clearly understood that His body was truly ...
... bread and wine . Taking the bread and giving it to His disciples , He said these words ( Matt . 26:29 ) : ' Take , eat ; this is my body , which will be given over to you . ' He wished to make clearly understood that His body was truly ...
Page 295
... bread . " The Holy Scripture indicates in other passages the relation- ship between Christ and bread . We read in Psalm 72 , ' May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains ' where corn , wheat , is a symbol of ...
... bread . " The Holy Scripture indicates in other passages the relation- ship between Christ and bread . We read in Psalm 72 , ' May he be as a rich cornfield in the land upon the top of the mountains ' where corn , wheat , is a symbol of ...
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beauty become beginning beloved better birth blessed blood body born bread bring called Church Conversos created creatures Dabar David dear Sabino death desire destroyed Devil divine divine grace earth earthly enemies essence eternal everlasting everything evil eyes faithful Father feel fire flesh follow fruit give glory God's grace hand happy hath heart heavens Hebrew holy host Holy Scriptures Holy Spirit human infinite Isaiah Israel Jerusalem Jesus Christ Juliano justice Kabbalah king kingdom lamb light live Lord Luis de León mankind means Messiah Migne mind Moses mountain nature passions Paul peace perfect personal union pleasure Prophet Psalm reason salvation shepherd shines sins Song Song of Songs Spanish speak strength suffering sweet tetragrammaton thee things thou true truth understand unto victory virtue wisdom womb words