Commentary on the Writings of St. John of the Cross by Richard Dumont

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By Richard Dumont

This observation makes a speciality of the 4 significant writings of our Holy Carmelite Father, St. John of the pass. He rightfully enjoys all through Holy mom, the Church, not just the name of general practitioner of Mystical Theology but additionally the acceptance of being a so much august and ideal mystagogue between the entire Church's mystics. the most important to our Holy Father's mysticism is the move of Christ with its triune cruciformity. The vertical beam embraces the eternal/temporal order of the universe's lifestyles; the horizontal beam spans the old order of the world's resistance starting with the publication of Genesis and the world's destiny finish culminating eschatologically within the final Judgment. The 3rd order is the cross's cruciformity always reconciling those vertical and horizontal beams jointly within the Paschal secret of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and Parousia, ultimate go back in glory.

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