cewgreen1 minGOD REVEALS HIMSELF BY HIDING: J.G. HAMANN ON THE INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES"The inspiration of this book is as great an act of self-effacement and condescension as the creation of the world by the Father and the...
cewgreen1 min"GOD HIMSELF HAS TRIED THIS": KARL RAHNER ON BEING HUMAN AFTER CHRISTMAS“Christianity is indeed an optimism about human beings such as only God could conceive. It is not surprising that it seems so unlikely to...
cewgreen1 min"WE WANTED TO EXIST": J.G. HAMANN ON WHY CHRIST CREATES“The God-Man, the Word revealed in flesh, God’s Son, who, from eternity, had chosen the mystery of His incarnation and redemption in...
cewgreen2 min"KNOWLEDGE PUFFS UP": ORIGEN ON THE WORST OF SINS"What sin then is greater than all the others? ... Haughtiness, pride, arrogance are the sin of the devil... The material of pride is...