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The book "Jesus Of Nazareth"
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YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I admit that I have not heard of this one Scott. Pope Benedict XVI is always well worth the time it takes to read his writings. I certainly have not encountered such a keen intelligence in years.
Dare I ask, is this a downloadable book or a purchase? *Mulls if the library might have it*
Note: I just checked Amazon.com and was impressed with the glowing reviews given by readers. Benedict XVI's ability to string together unrelated pieces of information into a grander "big picture" is almost poetry in motion, intellectually speaking.
Dare I ask, is this a downloadable book or a purchase? *Mulls if the library might have it*
Note: I just checked Amazon.com and was impressed with the glowing reviews given by readers. Benedict XVI's ability to string together unrelated pieces of information into a grander "big picture" is almost poetry in motion, intellectually speaking.
Scott1
Well-Known Member
I checked this one out of my local library yesterday...
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I'll go talk to Susan at my local library tomorrow.
Thanks for the great tip, Scott.Promulgatious
Member
So what more can be said about Him i.e, God the Son Who suffered for our salvation ?
Scott1
Well-Known Member
Yep.... that's it.... short book.
Scott1
Well-Known Member
I just read a teaching that I thought was very interesting.
In his commentary about the temptation of Christ (cf. Mk 1:13) he remarks:
"... Mark brings into relief the parallels between Adam and Jesus, stressing how Jesus "suffers through" the quintessential human drama. Jesus, we read, "was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him" (Mk 1:13). The desert - the opposite image of the garden - becomes the place of reconciliation and healing."
What I found most compelling was the point about the desert being the mirror to the garden of eden.
Is this a common exegesis and I just never heard of it?
Any thoughts on this commentary or Scripture that anyone thinks would be profitable?
In his commentary about the temptation of Christ (cf. Mk 1:13) he remarks:
"... Mark brings into relief the parallels between Adam and Jesus, stressing how Jesus "suffers through" the quintessential human drama. Jesus, we read, "was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him" (Mk 1:13). The desert - the opposite image of the garden - becomes the place of reconciliation and healing."
What I found most compelling was the point about the desert being the mirror to the garden of eden.
Is this a common exegesis and I just never heard of it?
Any thoughts on this commentary or Scripture that anyone thinks would be profitable?
Quiddity
UndertheInfluenceofGiants
Ive heard of it. But thats about all the exposure Ive gotten with it. Like always, there is never a shortage of material to read at my house. It is of particular importance to me that I read more material of our current Papa. The man is just flat out tha bomb! Something I sadly didnt do as much with our previous Papa. I am now just reading the various encyclicals of our late JPII.
Definitely a book to keep in mind, thanks Scott.
As to the quote from the book, well I havent read it as Ive noted already but I will give my two cents on it.
I heard of this parallel right around the time I started to engage Eastern Orthodox. Whats the significance to this? Well, as I understand it, they tend to take such parallels as an almost necessity for Christ to have to go through. That God replays where man messed up and basically rewrites his own version by conquering where we failed. Starting from the beginning (with Adam), all the way down to the end [death] (New Testament the parallels extend as far as the end of the OT). If He didn't have any contact with our condition, they say He wouldn't have done His work.
The problem with this of course is that they conclude that Mary therefore had to be born with sin in order for Him to conquer our condition. This is of course foreign to historical Christianity and raises the question, since when is our sinful nature transmitted biologically?
Point being that although these parallels are amazing to discover and read about, one needs to be wary not to bind up God in some sort of parallel as if He has to do it the same way. Not everything He does is because its necessary. Sometimes its simply fitting and a gift from Him to us. A good example would be the Immaculate Conception.
Definitely a book to keep in mind, thanks Scott.
As to the quote from the book, well I havent read it as Ive noted already but I will give my two cents on it.
I heard of this parallel right around the time I started to engage Eastern Orthodox. Whats the significance to this? Well, as I understand it, they tend to take such parallels as an almost necessity for Christ to have to go through. That God replays where man messed up and basically rewrites his own version by conquering where we failed. Starting from the beginning (with Adam), all the way down to the end [death] (New Testament the parallels extend as far as the end of the OT). If He didn't have any contact with our condition, they say He wouldn't have done His work.
The problem with this of course is that they conclude that Mary therefore had to be born with sin in order for Him to conquer our condition. This is of course foreign to historical Christianity and raises the question, since when is our sinful nature transmitted biologically?
Point being that although these parallels are amazing to discover and read about, one needs to be wary not to bind up God in some sort of parallel as if He has to do it the same way. Not everything He does is because its necessary. Sometimes its simply fitting and a gift from Him to us. A good example would be the Immaculate Conception.
Scott1
Well-Known Member
Right! Now I remember why this seemed familiar.... Benedict (in that chapter) does talk a lot about Eastern theology .... and I remember calling No*s (remember him?-- miss that guy) a "Nestorian heretic"
for bringing up this necessity to transmit "biological sin".... thanks for the insight my friend.Doodlebug02
Active Member
I've never read it though I certainly would like to.