The Spirituality of the New Testament and the Father
Phụ đề: A History of Christian Spirituality
Tác giả: Louis Bouyer
Ký hiệu tác giả: BO-L
DDC: 248.1 - Linh đạo Kitô giáo
Ngôn ngữ: Anh
Tập - số: Vol I
Số cuốn: 1

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Mã số: 617BC0017705
Nhà xuất bản: Seabury Press
Năm xuất bản: 1963
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PREFACE vii
FOREWORD TO VOLUME ONE xix
PART ONE - CHRISTIAN ORIGINS  
CHAPTER I. THE LEGACY OF JUDAISM 3
Bible and Liturgy in Judaism 3
The Covenant and the Divine Holiness 4
The Torah and Holiness 5
Morality and Mysticism 8
Jewish Piety 10
The Apocalypses and Eschatological Expectation 13
The Jewish Communities 14
Jewish Gnosis and its Origins 15
Jewish Mysticism 20
The Berakah 23
Palestinian Judaism and the Gospel 26
Hellenistic Judaism 26
Philo 28
Philo and Rabbinism 30
“Philo's Theory” 31
Philo and Allegory 33
Alexandrian Judaism and the Christian Mission 34
CHAPTER II. THE TEACHING AND INFLUENCE OF JESUS 35
Jesus in History and in Faith 35
Jesus and John the Baptist 37
Metanoia 38
The Disciples of John and of Jesus 41
The Gospel of the Kingdom 42
The Gospel of the Poor 43
The Divine Fatherhood 44
The Saving Intention 46
The Son 49
Jesus and his Messiahship 52
Holiness and Humanity 55
The Judgment and the Spirit 56
Chapter III. THE PRIMITIVE CHURCH AND ST PAUL 58
The Primitive Preaching 58
St Paul's Personality 60
St Paul's Sources 62
The Two Adams 63
Sin and Death 66
Grace 67
The Heavenly Man 67
The Spirit 69
Christ in us 71
The Body of Christ 72
Our Adoption 73
The Heavenly Adam and the Son of Man 75
St Paul and the Mysteries 76
The Eucharist 77
Baptism 78
St Paul and the Spirit 79
The Law and Grace 81
Paulinian Asceticism 86
The Mystery 88
CHAPTER IV. THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS 90
The Synoptics and St John 90
Matthew and the Torah 91
Allegory and Paulinism 93
The Sermon on the Mount 94
The New Leviticus 97
The Mystery of the Kingdom 98
The Parables 99
The Ecclesiastical Discourse 101
The New Josue 102
The Genesis and Passion of Jesus 104
Mark and the Gospel of Peter 106
The Gospel of the Son of God 108
Jesus and the Demons 109
The Reign of God and Faith 110
The Gospel of Luke 111
Poverty 113
Prayer 113
The Holy Spirit 114
Mary 115
CHAPTER V. THE JOHANNINE WRITINGS 117
The Problem of the Johannine Writings 117
St John 119
The Apocalypse and the Martyrs 120
Light and Glory 121
Life and Light 121
St John's Gospel 122
The Exaltation of Jesus 123
The Only Son of God 124
The Children of God 126
The Word made Flesh 127
The Light and the Darkness 128
Life and Baptism 129
Life and the Eucharist 129
Faith 130
Predestination 131
The World 132
The Judgment 133
The “Departure” of Christ and the “Coming” of the Spirit 133
Love 135
The Teaching of the First Epistle 137
The Unity of St John's Spirituality 139
CHAPTER VI. THE EPISTLE TO THE HEBREWS AND THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST PETER 140
Jewish Liturgy and Christian Liturgy 140
Sacrificial Spirituality in the New Testament 140
Paul and the Epistle to the Hebrews 143
Our Access to God through Christ 144
The Priesthood of Christ 145
The Priesthood of Christ and Allegory 148
Hope and Faith 149
The Eucharist 149
Unforgivable Sin 150
The First Epistle of St Peter 151
Baptismal Homily and Paschal Liturgy 152
The Pasch of the Resurrection and Baptism 152
The Eucharist and the Priestly People 154
Suffering with Christ 156
CONCLUSIONS CONCERNING THE NEW TESTAMENT: THE EPISTLE OF ST JAMES THE SECOND EPISTLE OF ST PETER THE EPISTCLE OF ST JUDE 158
The Epistle of St James 158
Morality and Spirituality 159
Trials and Poverty 159
Faith and Works 160
Wisdom and Apocalypse 161
2 Peter and Jude 162
Conclusions on the New Testament 162
PART TWO THE FATHERS  
CHAPTER VII. THE FIRST CHRISTIAN GENERATIONS 167
Problems of the Second Century 167
The Texts 169
Eschatology: the Problem of Millenarianism 171
Charisms and Gnosis 174
The Primitive Liturgy: the Eucharist 175
The Primitive Liturgy: Word and Word 181
Christian Gnosis 182
Cross of Glory 184
The Cross and the Church 186
The Church and Agape 187
The Two Ways and Simplicity 188
Encratism 189
CHAPTER VIII. MARTYRDOM 190
The Literature of Martyrdom 191
Jewish Precedents 193
Martyrdom and Eschatology 194
The Desire for Martyrdom 197
Martyrdom and the Imitation of Christ 199
Martyrdom and the Eucharist 201
The Presence of Christ in the Martyrs 204
Martyrdom and Baptism 206
Preparation for Martyrdom and Substitutes for it 208
CHAPTER IX. THE PROBLEM OF GNOSIS: CHRISTIAN GNOSIS AND HELLENISM 211
Christian Gnosis and Hellenism 211
Philosophy and Spirituality 212
The Origins of Neo-Platonism 214
Neo-Pythagoreanism 215
St Justin 216
The “Logical Sacrifice” 219
Dogmatism Christianity by Hellenism 222
Heretical Gnoses 224
Christian Reactions to the Heretical Gnoses 225
St Irenaeus 225
The Church and the Safeguard of the True Faith 226
The Recapitulation 227
The Vision of God and Life in God 229
Salvation through the Incarnation and Salvation through the Cross 230
Heretical Gnosis and Orthodox Gnosis 234
Pagan Myths and Christian Faith 235
CHAPTER X. THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUITY OF GNOSIS FROM ITS ORIGINS TO ST IRENAEUS 237
St Paul's Gnosis 238
Paulinian Gnosis and Jewish Gnosis 239
St John and Gnosis 243
The Originality of Christian Gnosis 244
The Apostolic Fathers 245
St Clement of Rome 247
The Epistle of Barnabas 249
The Traditional Character of Gnosis in St Justin 252
St Irenaeus and the Synthesis of Orthodox Gnosis 252
CHAPTER XI. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA: CLEMENT 256
What was the "School of Alexandria"? 256
The Origins of Neo-Platonism 259
Hermetism 261
Pantaenus 263
Clement 263
The Ideal of the Gnostic 265
Gnosis and Philosophy 269
Gnosis and Mysticism 271
Apatheia 273
CHAPTER XII. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA (CONCLUSION): ORIGEN 276
Ammonius Saccas 276
Origen 279
The Bible and the Cross 281
Origen's Allegory and Gnosis 283
Origen's Asceticism 287
The Warfare against the Demons 289
The Mysticism of the Logos 292
The Mysticism of the Logos and Mysticism of God 298
Plotinus 300
CHAPTER XIII. THE ORIGINS OF MONASTICISM 303
The Pre-history of Monasticism 303
Martyrdom and Anchoritism 305
The Oldest monastic texts 306
The Life of St. Antony 308
The Desert and the Devil 311
Monasticism and Christianity 314
Return to the World 317
Pachomius and Cenobitism 321
Eremitism and Cenobitism 325
The First Expansion of Monasticism 328
CHAPTER XIV. ERUDITE MONASTICISM: THE CAPPADOCIANS 331
The Cappadocians 335
Basil and Monasticism 341
The Personality of Gregory Nazianzen 343
Marriage and Virginity 345
The Mysticism of Gregory Nazianzen 347
Gregory of Nyssa 351
The Frame of St Gregory's Thought 353
The Biblical Commentaries 355
The Monastic Writings 356
The Final Synthesis of the De Instituto 358
Theognosia 362
Presence of God Search for God 365
Love and Union 367
CHAPTER XV. ERUDITE MONASTICISM (CONCLUSION): PSEUDO-MACARIUS EVAGRIUS PONTICUS 369
The Problem of "Macarius" 370
The Great Letter 371
The Homilies of "Macarius" and The Thought of Gregory of Nyssa 373
Mysticism of Light 374
Constant Prayer 376
The Co-Existence of Sin and Grace 379
Evagrius Ponticus 380
Evagrius' Cosmology and Anthropology 383
Stages of Spiritual Progress 384
Virtues and Vices 384
Apatheia according to Evagrius 386
Gnosis according to Evagrius 387
Conclusions 393
CHAPTER  XVI. PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS AND THE MYSTICISM OF THE FATHERS 395
The Historic and Literary Problem of the Areopagite Writings 395
Cosmos and Hierarchy 401
The Origin and the Nature of Mysticism in "Dionysius" 405
Union and Divinization 416
Conclusions 420
CHAPTER XVII. DEVELOPMENTS AND COUNTER-CURRENTS 422
Monastic Collections and Histories 423
Letters and Conferences 425
The Syrian School: Isaac of Nineveh 427
Messalianism 427
Diadochus of Photike 430
Origenism 432
Maximus the Confessor 433
The School of Antioch 436
St John Chrysostom 440
Chrysostom as Priest 444
Pelagianism and Naturalist Reactions 449
Synesius of Cyrene 450
Tertullian and the Rejection of the World 452
CHAPTER XVIII. THE LATIN FATHERS: FROM ST AMBROSE AND ST JEROME TO ST AUGUSTINE 455
St Ambrose 456
The Meaning of Virginity 457
St Jerome 459
St Jerome and Asceticism 460
St Jerome and the Bible 463
St Augustine 467
Christianity and Neo-Platonism in Augustine's Conversion 468
The Vision at Ostia 471
The De Quantitate Animae and the True Sense of Augustinian Mysticism 473
Augustine's Mysticism in the Enarrationes 475
Mysticism and Grace of Charity 482
Charity and the Life of Christ Communicated in the Church 488
Charity and the Trinity 490
Augustinian Wisdom 491
Conclusions on St Augustine 493
CHAPTER XIX. LATIN MONASTICISM FROM ST AUGUSTINE TO ST GREGORY 495
The Monastic Writings of St Augustine 495
St Augustine's Monasticism 497
Ancient Monasticism Passes into the West 499
Cassian 500
Reading and Contemplation 506
Western Monasticism before St Benedict 511
St Benedict and his Rule 512
The St Benedict of the Dialogues 513
The Benedictine Rule 514
The Rule of St Benedict and the Rule of the Master 519
GENERAL CONCLUSION ON THE PRIMITIVE AND PATRISTIC PERIOD: LOVE AND KNOWLEDGE OF GOD 523
Monasticism and the Church: the Spirituality of the Liturgies and the Catecheses 523
St Cyril of Alexandria 527
St Leo the Great 529
INDEX OF SUBJECTS 531
BIBLICAL INDEX 534
INDEX OF ANCIENT AUTHORS 537
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS 539