a miscellany on nicholas of cusa by jasper hopkins the arthur j
... Thereafter, continue upward unto the intellect, which is above all [those] intelligible things that are rational. For rational things are apprehended by the intellect. But the intellect is not found in the realm of rational things, for the intellect is as the eye, and rational things are as colors. ...
... Thereafter, continue upward unto the intellect, which is above all [those] intelligible things that are rational. For rational things are apprehended by the intellect. But the intellect is not found in the realm of rational things, for the intellect is as the eye, and rational things are as colors. ...
Christ`s Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness
... chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ...
... chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: ...
PARALLEL GUIDE 5 Cain and Abel Summary: Immediately after
... distinction between “religious” and “secular” parts of life, as if God were concerned only with matters of cult. What is the correct answer to Cain’s question? It is often assumed to be “Yes, you are your brother’s keeper.” But that is not quite right. To be a keeper is better, assuredly, than to be ...
... distinction between “religious” and “secular” parts of life, as if God were concerned only with matters of cult. What is the correct answer to Cain’s question? It is often assumed to be “Yes, you are your brother’s keeper.” But that is not quite right. To be a keeper is better, assuredly, than to be ...
PART II
... of their intended victims, and then to effect something quite different from what these latter expected. But he who has regard for truth will agree that the essential qualities of justice and wisdom are before all things these; viz. of justice, to give to every one according to his due; of wisdom, ...
... of their intended victims, and then to effect something quite different from what these latter expected. But he who has regard for truth will agree that the essential qualities of justice and wisdom are before all things these; viz. of justice, to give to every one according to his due; of wisdom, ...
Imprecatory prayers
... Psalm 64:1-10 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That the ...
... Psalm 64:1-10 Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: 3 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: 4 That the ...
Speaking in tongues
... Peter’s speech is missiological and directed towards devout Jews of the Diaspora resident in Jerusalem, but there is no suggestion that this speech act had a multilingual character Similarly, there is no evidence that the speech acts of praise initially initiated by the Spirit (v. 4) were directed t ...
... Peter’s speech is missiological and directed towards devout Jews of the Diaspora resident in Jerusalem, but there is no suggestion that this speech act had a multilingual character Similarly, there is no evidence that the speech acts of praise initially initiated by the Spirit (v. 4) were directed t ...
Word doc - john114.org
... 1. After we have spoken of how we arrive at true wisdom by reading and meditating, we must speak of how we arrive at it by praying. We must know, however, that there are three levels or parts in prayer. The first is the deploring of misery, the second is the imploring of mercy, the third is the offe ...
... 1. After we have spoken of how we arrive at true wisdom by reading and meditating, we must speak of how we arrive at it by praying. We must know, however, that there are three levels or parts in prayer. The first is the deploring of misery, the second is the imploring of mercy, the third is the offe ...
Spiritual Openness (Docility) 1) Three phases of spiritual openness
... suggests that I use the elevator instead of the stairs, I accept their suggestion because it make sense and is more efficient, less strenuous on my back. But there could be deeper, more spiritual motives for obedience. For example, I obey because I see this command or suggestion as coming not just f ...
... suggests that I use the elevator instead of the stairs, I accept their suggestion because it make sense and is more efficient, less strenuous on my back. But there could be deeper, more spiritual motives for obedience. For example, I obey because I see this command or suggestion as coming not just f ...
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 18,1-19,3
... Still, we must be more specific. We must read all the Scriptures carefully in this context, for this text may lead one to believe that, in our time as well, all and any association with unbelievers is wrong. Yet we find that the apostle Paul also says in 1 Cor 5,9-10: “I wrote to you in my letter n ...
... Still, we must be more specific. We must read all the Scriptures carefully in this context, for this text may lead one to believe that, in our time as well, all and any association with unbelievers is wrong. Yet we find that the apostle Paul also says in 1 Cor 5,9-10: “I wrote to you in my letter n ...
THE CONSECRATED LIFE AND THE NATURAL DESIRE TO SEE
... made the ability to think, which is the power of the mind, that which explains the existence of man. The human being is because he or she thinks. The human being is, by that fact, defined not in terms of his compositeness but in terms of what he does, that is, in terms of one power of one of the Car ...
... made the ability to think, which is the power of the mind, that which explains the existence of man. The human being is because he or she thinks. The human being is, by that fact, defined not in terms of his compositeness but in terms of what he does, that is, in terms of one power of one of the Car ...
QUESTION 27 The Procession of the Divine Persons Now that we
... Is the procession of the Love in God a generation? It seems that the procession of the Love in God is a generation: Objection 1: Among living things, that which proceeds with a likeness of nature is said to be ‘generated’ and ‘born’(generatum et nascens). But in the case of God, that which proceeds ...
... Is the procession of the Love in God a generation? It seems that the procession of the Love in God is a generation: Objection 1: Among living things, that which proceeds with a likeness of nature is said to be ‘generated’ and ‘born’(generatum et nascens). But in the case of God, that which proceeds ...
Unicity of god, multiciply of mysticisms
... an experience of the non-material, but to an experience given by the Holy Spirit of God whose action, according to Christian texts, is universal since it has been «poured out on all flesh». With this, then, we have sufficiently delimited our proposal: to observe closely the diverse spiritual experie ...
... an experience of the non-material, but to an experience given by the Holy Spirit of God whose action, according to Christian texts, is universal since it has been «poured out on all flesh». With this, then, we have sufficiently delimited our proposal: to observe closely the diverse spiritual experie ...
Summer Series 2005 Stark Road Gospel Hall August 3, 2005
... The Eggshell is porous for the embryo to breath. Virus can get through these tiny holes, let us call it ‘breathing holes,’ and will kill the embryo. If the shell is nonporous the embryo will die, because of the lack of oxygen. Being porous, virus will enter and kill the embryo. How many thousands of ...
... The Eggshell is porous for the embryo to breath. Virus can get through these tiny holes, let us call it ‘breathing holes,’ and will kill the embryo. If the shell is nonporous the embryo will die, because of the lack of oxygen. Being porous, virus will enter and kill the embryo. How many thousands of ...
Is Thanksgiving Day Pagan
... association with Jewish themes. No Christian community in history identified more with the Israelites of the Bible than did the first generations of settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who believed their own lives to be a literal reenactment of the biblical drama of the chosen people―they were ...
... association with Jewish themes. No Christian community in history identified more with the Israelites of the Bible than did the first generations of settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who believed their own lives to be a literal reenactment of the biblical drama of the chosen people―they were ...
chapter six isaac mayer wise, cosmic evolution
... divine action. According to Wise, vital force worked as a kind of organising or coordinating principle for all other forces working within and upon an organism. Through the process of differentiation, it generates individual organisms within individual, stable species. He wrote: Evidently we have be ...
... divine action. According to Wise, vital force worked as a kind of organising or coordinating principle for all other forces working within and upon an organism. Through the process of differentiation, it generates individual organisms within individual, stable species. He wrote: Evidently we have be ...
PDF - World Wide Journals
... God breathed life into him.God commanded all of the angels to prostrate themselves before him. The essence of manis Divine spirit. The body is the physical form which contains the Divine spark. Sufism helps man to be aware of his purpose of life, and that is to service to his Lord and Creator. The r ...
... God breathed life into him.God commanded all of the angels to prostrate themselves before him. The essence of manis Divine spirit. The body is the physical form which contains the Divine spark. Sufism helps man to be aware of his purpose of life, and that is to service to his Lord and Creator. The r ...
making sense of divine simplicity
... entities (such as God's goodness, God's power, and God's wisdom) that are required to explain the truths expressed by true intrinsic predications of the form "God is F."4 That is to say, the doctrine requires nothing more than the following: (DS): If an intrinsic predication of the form "God is F' i ...
... entities (such as God's goodness, God's power, and God's wisdom) that are required to explain the truths expressed by true intrinsic predications of the form "God is F."4 That is to say, the doctrine requires nothing more than the following: (DS): If an intrinsic predication of the form "God is F' i ...
1 - Documenta Catholica Omnia
... Good did spring, and purposely brought his Desire thereinto, in order to thereby become knowing and full of Understanding thereby: Both Lucifer and Adam were captivated in their evil or false Desire in the Mother, and broke off themselves from Resignation which proceeds from God, and so were caught ...
... Good did spring, and purposely brought his Desire thereinto, in order to thereby become knowing and full of Understanding thereby: Both Lucifer and Adam were captivated in their evil or false Desire in the Mother, and broke off themselves from Resignation which proceeds from God, and so were caught ...
HOW`S YOUR ZEAL? Romans 12:11 Never be lacking in ZEAL, but
... We don’t often use the words zeal and fervent, but we do use words like passion and intense, especially as the energy that motivates us to be and do what we should and ...
... We don’t often use the words zeal and fervent, but we do use words like passion and intense, especially as the energy that motivates us to be and do what we should and ...
slides ppt
... when he hears this he understands it, and whatever is understood is in the understanding. And certainly that than which a greater cannot be imagined cannot be in the understanding alone. For if it is at least in the understanding alone, it can be imagined to be in reality too, which is greater. Ther ...
... when he hears this he understands it, and whatever is understood is in the understanding. And certainly that than which a greater cannot be imagined cannot be in the understanding alone. For if it is at least in the understanding alone, it can be imagined to be in reality too, which is greater. Ther ...
Lecture 2
... other people as much as possible, then it would be obligatory for people to act in that way. Some people seem to be happy with that consequence. But many people, including many religious thinkers – going back to Plato’s argument in his dialogue, the Euthyphro – have been very unhappy indeed with tha ...
... other people as much as possible, then it would be obligatory for people to act in that way. Some people seem to be happy with that consequence. But many people, including many religious thinkers – going back to Plato’s argument in his dialogue, the Euthyphro – have been very unhappy indeed with tha ...
Lecture 2
... other people as much as possible, then it would be obligatory for people to act in that way. Some people seem to be happy with that consequence. But many people, including many religious thinkers – going back to Plato’s argument in his dialogue, the Euthyphro – have been very unhappy indeed with tha ...
... other people as much as possible, then it would be obligatory for people to act in that way. Some people seem to be happy with that consequence. But many people, including many religious thinkers – going back to Plato’s argument in his dialogue, the Euthyphro – have been very unhappy indeed with tha ...
1 Astrological Influence in the Arbor sapientiae By
... importance for Christianity, argued Bacon, in matters such as determining the actual date of Christ’s birth was relatively accepted by his contemporaries, it was the significance of the third part, so-called judicial astronomy or astrologia, which was contentious. In opposition to those Church fath ...
... importance for Christianity, argued Bacon, in matters such as determining the actual date of Christ’s birth was relatively accepted by his contemporaries, it was the significance of the third part, so-called judicial astronomy or astrologia, which was contentious. In opposition to those Church fath ...
Sermon Manuscript - Cornerstone Community Church
... vacation out west, even though none of us is named Amber, whenever we saw an amazing sight, we would yell, “Hey, Amber, look out the window!” Psalms 146-150 each yell, “Hey, Amber, look out the window!” But they aren’t simply looking at God’s creation. They’re looking at God! They’re singing, “Hey, ...
... vacation out west, even though none of us is named Amber, whenever we saw an amazing sight, we would yell, “Hey, Amber, look out the window!” Psalms 146-150 each yell, “Hey, Amber, look out the window!” But they aren’t simply looking at God’s creation. They’re looking at God! They’re singing, “Hey, ...
However, he has rebuffed all attempts to make him compromise
... over whether the Quran was created by God or not holds no interest for him. He is a military commander, not a scholar. There are revolts to crush and battles to win throughout the Empire. And yet, here he must sit, flanked by his scarlet-robed viziers (themselves theologians, not soldiers), in comma ...
... over whether the Quran was created by God or not holds no interest for him. He is a military commander, not a scholar. There are revolts to crush and battles to win throughout the Empire. And yet, here he must sit, flanked by his scarlet-robed viziers (themselves theologians, not soldiers), in comma ...
Divine providence in Judaism
Divine providence (Hebrew השגחה פרטית Hashgochoh Protis or Hashgaha Peratit, lit. divine supervision of the individual) is discussed throughout Rabbinic literature, by the classical Jewish philosophers, and by the tradition of Jewish mysticism.The discussion brings into consideration the Jewish understanding of nature, and its reciprocal, the miraculous. This analysis thus underpins much of Orthodox Judaism's world view, particularly as regards questions of interaction with the natural world.