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 ix
... human and nothing human is alien to me . " Here , among other things , " human " means , of course , " civilized . " This celebrated line hides a system of values that are implicit in the ordinary meaning of the term " humane . " To be ...
... human and nothing human is alien to me . " Here , among other things , " human " means , of course , " civilized . " This celebrated line hides a system of values that are implicit in the ordinary meaning of the term " humane . " To be ...
Page x
... human nature , even on its most noble features , is detrimental to the rest of the cosmos . Such a belief does not find support in the works of Fray Luis . To be sure , he viewed God as the supreme Good , and man as the creation of God ...
... human nature , even on its most noble features , is detrimental to the rest of the cosmos . Such a belief does not find support in the works of Fray Luis . To be sure , he viewed God as the supreme Good , and man as the creation of God ...
Page xi
... human effort , however profound and devoted . The enchanting conversations that build The Names of Christ should be read with the appreciation that belongs to every human achievement — to every attempt to draw the divine into the human ...
... human effort , however profound and devoted . The enchanting conversations that build The Names of Christ should be read with the appreciation that belongs to every human achievement — to every attempt to draw the divine into the human ...
Page xiii
... human is fallible and forever condemned to incompleteness . There is an unfinished quality about all divine speculation , and every theology of history reveals and unveils its own incompleteness and inadequacy . The work of man is ...
... human is fallible and forever condemned to incompleteness . There is an unfinished quality about all divine speculation , and every theology of history reveals and unveils its own incompleteness and inadequacy . The work of man is ...
Page xiv
... human dialogue , and that we grasp more sympathetically when we read several masters of its art . One of the grandest theological creations of Muslim Spain is the theosophy of Ibn al - Arabi ( 1165-1240 ) of Murcia.1 There is a cosmic ...
... human dialogue , and that we grasp more sympathetically when we read several masters of its art . One of the grandest theological creations of Muslim Spain is the theosophy of Ibn al - Arabi ( 1165-1240 ) of Murcia.1 There is a cosmic ...
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beauty become beginning beloved birth blood body born 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 fire flesh follow Fray Luis fruit give glory God's grace hand happy heart heavens Hebrew holy host Holy Scriptures Holy Spirit human Ibn al-Arabi infinite Isaiah Israel Jesus Christ Juliano justice Kabbalah king León's light live Lord Luis de León mankind Marcelo means Messiah Migne mind Moses mountain Names of Christ nature passions Paul peace perfect personal union pleasure princes Prophet Psalm reason sacred salvation shepherd shines sins Song Song of Songs soul Spain Spanish speak suffering sweet thee theophany things thou true truth understand unto victory virtue wisdom womb words