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
... nature : wickedness , greediness , hostility , violence , ugliness , false- hood . Humanism in this sense is an exaltation of all that is best in mankind . Fray Luis showed his humanistic leanings in many ways : in his reverence for the ...
... nature : wickedness , greediness , hostility , violence , ugliness , false- hood . Humanism in this sense is an exaltation of all that is best in mankind . Fray Luis showed his humanistic leanings in many ways : in his reverence for the ...
Page x
... nature , whose beauty he proclaimed in some of the most profound and delicate lyrical poetry ever written . Fray Luis's humanism is , therefore , never confined to the narrow limits of human nature : he projects it to God and to the ...
... nature , whose beauty he proclaimed in some of the most profound and delicate lyrical poetry ever written . Fray Luis's humanism is , therefore , never confined to the narrow limits of human nature : he projects it to God and to the ...
Page xiii
... nature and quality of this thirst requires a comprehension of the chaos and violence that threaten the religious man at every moment of existence and that we can call the confrontation with nothingness . The ontologi- cal thirst or the ...
... nature and quality of this thirst requires a comprehension of the chaos and violence that threaten the religious man at every moment of existence and that we can call the confrontation with nothingness . The ontologi- cal thirst or the ...
Page xv
... nature , and sings the praise of the leader of the divine series of things to which it belongs , a spiritual or rational or physical or sensuous praise ; for the heliotrope moves to the extent that it is free to move , and in its ...
... nature , and sings the praise of the leader of the divine series of things to which it belongs , a spiritual or rational or physical or sensuous praise ; for the heliotrope moves to the extent that it is free to move , and in its ...
Page xviii
... nature of Israel's history become dimensions of the divine life . In the soul of man this battle is fought out , this struggle to redeem the profane and to bring forth the pax aeterna . The pain and joy that accompany this struggle in ...
... nature of Israel's history become dimensions of the divine life . In the soul of man this battle is fought out , this struggle to redeem the profane and to bring forth the pax aeterna . The pain and joy that accompany this struggle in ...
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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