What it means for God to love the world, to suffer, to give freedom to the creatures and to will communion with them is
the very mystery of existence.
Not exact matches
The «traditionalist,» unless he can ground his position more firmly than in a history or a nature so taken, hasn't moved
very far toward the
mystery of his own existence, toward discovering a Mystery engulfing the limits of his ordering mind.
mystery of his own
existence, toward discovering a
Mystery engulfing the limits of his ordering mind.
Mystery engulfing the limits
of his ordering mind.»
The metaphorical response to the saving act
of God in history, that subtle and complex instance
of attending to ultimacy in our immediacies, to the
mystery of the Kingdom in the midst
of historical circumstances, is thus seen to be a persisting and unexpendable witness to the
very realities that inform and sustain our authentic
existence.
Theistic readers
of The
Mystery of Existence may feel relieved when the «personal theist» Timothy O'Connor tells them that while he, too, sees God's goodness, power, and knowledge as intimately linked, he finds it «
very hard to be sure» what Aquinas» doctrine «is supposed to come to.»
But we must recognize that at stake is also the
very mystery that defines our
existence as a church: the gospel
of Jesus Christ.
And this makes the
very existence of NGC1052 - DF2 a
mystery.