Revisiting the Franciscan doctrine of Christ.

From: Theological Studies | Date: March 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

[Franciscan theologians posit an integral relation between Incarnation and Creation whereby the Incarnation is grounded in the Trinity of love. The primacy of Christ as the fundamental reason for the Incarnation underscores a theocentric understanding of Incarnation that widens the meaning of salvation and places it in a cosmic content. The author explores the primacy of Christ both in its historical context and with a contemporary view toward ecology, world religions, and extraterrestrial life, emphasizing the fullness of the mystery of Christ.]

KARL RAHNER, in his remarkable essay ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

'Heaven and earth in little space': the foetal existence of Christ in medieval literature and thought.(Critical essay)
; ...of one aspect of Christ's humanation: the moment of Incarnation itself, and the...Writing of the body of Christ, Jacques Le Goff states that 'God's incarnation was also his humiliation...in the process of Christ's Incarnation. To circumvent these...
God's incarnation as an infant is example of heavenly paradox; Contradiction: God, the all-powerful, chose to become one of the frail humans he created
; ...form a profound truth. Christ's Incarnation is a lovely example...out for size. But the Incarnation means much more than that. Christ didn't just take on...they're not. What Christ experienced in his Incarnation - the wonders, limitations...
Contemplation and Incarnation: the Theology of Marie-Dominique Chenu.(Book Review)
; ...of every believer, and incarnation is a dynamic enfleshment...compelling. Chenu drew from Christ's Incarnation a series of theological...dialogue with divine grace. Christ became incarnate to take...the historical reality of Christ's Incarnation, Chenu grounds his Christology ...
Pause to Celebrate the Feast of Incarnation
; ...having the word "Christmas" attached to them...implications of the Incarnation. The God of the...resurrection of Christ are so absolutely bound up in the Incarnation, that we cannot...accept him." This Christmas, I invite you...the Feast of the Incarnation. Read and sing...
Seeing sex and sanctity in the face of christ
; ...illustrated Bible of illiterate congregations - and in both, Christ's Jewish ancestry had become irrelevant; besides, between...manifest - and the last thing Christians wanted was a Christ who resembled the despised Jew of the ghetto. Neil MacGregor...has mounted an exhibition there devoted to images of ...
The Eucharist in the Reformation: Incarnation and Liturgy.(Book review)
; ...Eucharist in the Reformation: Incarnation and Liturgy. By Lee Palmer...setting stood the matter of the incarnation. What divided Protestant...remembrance of me. At stake was how Christ was present across time and space, and what the incarnation finally meant for partisans...observances such as ...
Christ in the theologies of Paul and John: a study in the diverse unity of new testament theology.
; ...in and through Christ. John, with equal...focuses on the incarnation of the Word to...preexistence and incarnation of the Word and presents Christ as the Son whom...is ignorant of Christ's preexistence and incarnation. These events...
From the humanity of Christ to the Jesus of history: a paradigm shift in Catholic Christology.
; ...Christ's divinity and of presenting Christ as a model for Christian life. Thus Karl Adam warned in 1939 of the danger of...several widely read books to provide a fuller portrayal of Christ's human traits, with copious citation of the Gospels...while recognizing that we cannot penetrate the heart ...
Mel Gibson's passion and 'The Passion of the Christ'
; ...extraordinary lead-up to The Passion of the Christ, it has been harder than usual to approach...interesting to note that the figure of Christ is scarcely visible in its incarnation by little-known actor Claude Heater, and in The Robe Christ doesn't appear but His voice was heard...about the clear ...
PRELATE'S EASTER MESSAGE; Resurrection of Christ
; ...life comes to fruition and Christ's Resurrection becomes our own. Christ humbled Himself and became...goal, the ultimate end of Christ's redeeming actions. Through His Incarnation, preaching, message, suffering...especially His Resurrection, Christ drew and opened the way...know until the ...