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When it thus becomes clear that the being of Jesus as Christ is a completely open being, a being “from” and “toward”, which nowhere clings to itself and nowhere stands on its own, then it is also clear at the same time that this being is pure relation (not substantiality) and,
Pope Benedict XVI • Introduction To Christianity, 2nd Edition (Communio Books)
For a robust, and complicated, treatment of various difficult doctrines centered around the incarnation, see Gerald O’Collins, Incarnation. O’Collins,
Dale B. Martin • Biblical Truths: The Meaning of Scripture in the Twenty-first Century
So the Bible never feels the need to "bring the one and the many together" for the very good reason that they were never separated in the first place. As David Bentley Hart emphasizes, to see the Trinity simply as a solution to the onemany problem in its own terms "misses what is genuinely of interest in the matter” because "the
... See moreChristopher Watkin • Biblical Critical Theory


God could, after all, have created a single archetype to serve Him. Instead, He created what a naturalist might call a whole ecosystem of mystics and dreamers and practical builders—managers, even—with different strengths and impulses, and from these He fashioned the body of Christ.”
Robert Harris • Conclave: A novel
“What we are looking for is what is looking.” —St Francis of Assisi
Angelo Dilullo • Awake: It's Your Turn
Owen Barfield: Philosophy, Poetry, and Theology (Veritas Book 20)
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