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008 840626s1983 cau b 000 0 eng
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050 00 $aBX2350.2$b.B317713 1983
082 00 $a248.4/82$219
084 $a240
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aBalthasar, Hans Urs von,$d1905-1988.
240 10 $aChristlicher Stand.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe Christian state of life /$cHans Urs von Balthasar ; translated by Mary Frances McCarthy.
260 $aSan Francisco :$bIgnatius Press,$c©1983.
300 $a506 pages ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aTranslation of: Christlicher Stand.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references.
520 $a"The sole purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive meditation on the foundations and background of St. Ignatius' contemplation on the 'call of Christ', on the answer we must give if we want 'to give great proof of our love' and on the choice explicitly demanded of us: either to follow Christ our Lord to the 'first state of life, which is that of observing the commandments', of which he has given us an example by his obedience to his parents; or to follow him to 'the second state, which is that of evangelical perfection', of which he has given us an example by leaving his family 'to devote himself exclusively to the service of his eternal Father'. And this so that we can 'arrive at perfection' -- which is, of course, the perfection of Christian love -- 'in whatever state or way of life God our Lord may grant us to choose...The goal of our meditation is to understand why this act of choosing a 'state or way of life' 'within our Holy Mother, the hierarchical Church' is possible and necessary in the first place, and why there should be any either-or since both ways are capable of leading us to the same 'perfection of love', just as the same act, viewed from different perspectives, can be either absolute or relative." [Preface].
505 8 $aBackground -- The calling to love -- From original state to final state -- The christian states of life -- The first division of the states of life -- The christian state of life -- The second division of the states of life -- The call -- The nature of the call -- The historical actuality of the call.
590 $bArchive
650 0 $aSpiritual life$xCatholic Church.
650 0 $aVocation, Ecclesiastical.
650 6 $aVie spirituelle$xÉglise catholique.
650 6 $aVocation sacerdotale.
650 7 $aSpiritual life$xCatholic Church.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01130109
650 7 $aVocation, Ecclesiastical.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01168481
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