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 xi
... light . Men took seri- ously divine revelation ; they read the Bible with imagination . They saw and heard only what was immediate . The Bible was a continuous source of meaning that needed exploration , insight , and the construction ...
... light . Men took seri- ously divine revelation ; they read the Bible with imagination . They saw and heard only what was immediate . The Bible was a continuous source of meaning that needed exploration , insight , and the construction ...
Page xiv
... light to the maximum ; that we " emancipate " them — as the divine Compassion did in preeternity — that is ... lights of theoph- anies . There is deeply embedded in Ibn al - Arabi's faith the realiza- tion that God yearns to be revealed ...
... light to the maximum ; that we " emancipate " them — as the divine Compassion did in preeternity — that is ... lights of theoph- anies . There is deeply embedded in Ibn al - Arabi's faith the realiza- tion that God yearns to be revealed ...
Page xvii
... light of the sefirot , " of Adam 7. Gershom Scholem , " On Sin and Punishment : Some Remarks concerning Biblical and Rabbinical Ethics , " in Myth and Symbols : Studies in Honor of Mircea Eliade ( Chicago , 1971 ) ; idem , On the ...
... light of the sefirot , " of Adam 7. Gershom Scholem , " On Sin and Punishment : Some Remarks concerning Biblical and Rabbinical Ethics , " in Myth and Symbols : Studies in Honor of Mircea Eliade ( Chicago , 1971 ) ; idem , On the ...
Page xx
... light shining in the Torah is the great name of God , " The same thesis is to be found in the writings of several members of the Gerona group of Kabbalists , and was finally taken over by the author of the Zohar , the classical book of ...
... light shining in the Torah is the great name of God , " The same thesis is to be found in the writings of several members of the Gerona group of Kabbalists , and was finally taken over by the author of the Zohar , the classical book of ...
Page xxii
... light of Theophanies into a meaningful theology of history . The names of God are the signposts along that path which Divine Presence has from eternity revealed in glimmers to the believers and the lover . 19. Ibid , , p . 90. See the ...
... light of Theophanies into a meaningful theology of history . The names of God are the signposts along that path which Divine Presence has from eternity revealed in glimmers to the believers and the lover . 19. Ibid , , p . 90. See the ...
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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