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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... possible , al- beit mistaken , to view Fray Luis as a pantheist , or perhaps as a " panentheist" — the term that Spanish Krausists used to emphasize the idea that God , nature , and man are , at bottom , one . Fray Luis was not a ...
... possible , al- beit mistaken , to view Fray Luis as a pantheist , or perhaps as a " panentheist" — the term that Spanish Krausists used to emphasize the idea that God , nature , and man are , at bottom , one . Fray Luis was not a ...
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... possible for Fray Luis to construct his theology of history . Each name is a new sign . Each makes possible the path of the redemption . A theology of history begins with the Kairos , the divine or sacred breakthrough into history from ...
... possible for Fray Luis to construct his theology of history . Each name is a new sign . Each makes possible the path of the redemption . A theology of history begins with the Kairos , the divine or sacred breakthrough into history from ...
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... possible . There is a grand myth among the rabbis of Kabbalah that speaks of " exile as an element in God Himself . " These thoughts cannot be easily confined to the limits and confines of rational thought , but here we have the symbols ...
... possible . There is a grand myth among the rabbis of Kabbalah that speaks of " exile as an element in God Himself . " These thoughts cannot be easily confined to the limits and confines of rational thought , but here we have the symbols ...
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... possible every Christian reflection on history . We believe that only with this Augustinian structure in mind is it possible to begin reading The Names of Christ . 12. The Confessions of St. Augustine , trans . C. S. C. Williams ...
... possible every Christian reflection on history . We believe that only with this Augustinian structure in mind is it possible to begin reading The Names of Christ . 12. The Confessions of St. Augustine , trans . C. S. C. Williams ...
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... possible to read it either as a sequence of esoteric names or in the traditional way as history and command- ments . " i5 We read similar statements by Ezra ben Solomon , a member of the famous circle of Kabbalists in the Catalonian ...
... possible to read it either as a sequence of esoteric names or in the traditional way as history and command- ments . " i5 We read similar statements by Ezra ben Solomon , a member of the famous circle of Kabbalists in the Catalonian ...
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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