Sentences with phrase «finite human self»

Srishti and samhara always go together in human existence, because the self - alienation produced by the spiritual alienation of finite human self from God sees history as the realm of self - aggrandizement and conquest.

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When it is objected that we are dealing with a universal revelation, we must raise the issue of finite human understanding, through which God's self - disclosure is communicated.

Unlike finite human love that draws up conditions for its wants and needs, God's love is unconditional and totally self - giving... In Bonaventure's view, the mystery of cruciform love leads us into the very heart of the mystery of God.»

Being finite and fallible human beings, we need to guard against the conclusion that there is no self - centeredness left in us.

Though every individual free act risks total self - commitment, it always surrenders itself into the whole of the one free act of the one finite human life, because every such act is performed within the horizon of existence whence it receives its weight and proportion.

Since in the insecurity arising out of its awareness of its finite freedom, the self tends to absolutise itself and puts itself in opposition to its own nature as given by God in Creation and Redemption, self - alienation is an ever - present aspect of human reality.

Although God is infinite, the historic channels for his self - revelation and the human interpretation of this self - disclosure are both finite.