Best of
Christianity

1950

The Pursuit of Man: The Divine Conquest of the Human Heart


A.W. Tozer - 1950
    Admitting to having been forced by "inward pressure" and an "unbearable burden" to write it, Tozer's aim was to assure believers that if they want to know the power of Christ, they must be invaded by God.

The Calvary Road


Roy Hession - 1950
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Lift Up Your Heart: A Guide to Spiritual Peace (A Triumph Classic)


Fulton J. Sheen - 1950
    It is full of profound lessons and words of wisdom on sanctifying the present moment, the effect of conduct on belief, how to pray and meditate, and making up for the past.Paperback

The Science of the Cross


Edith Stein - 1950
    John of the Cross in 1542, Edith Stein received the task of preparing a study of his writings. She uses her skill as a philosopher to enter into an illuminating reflection on the difference between the two symbols of cross and night. Pointing out how entering the night is synonymous with carrying the cross, she provides a condensed presentation of John's thought on the active and passive nights, as discussed in The Ascent of Mount Carmeland The Dark Night.

John Cassian: Conferences (Classics of Western Spirituality)


John Cassian - 1950
    Religious Studies Review John Cassian: Conferences translation and preface by Colm Luibheid introduction by Owen Chadwick I f you wish to achieve true knowledge of scripture you must hurry to achieve unshakable humility of heart. This is what will lead you not to the knowledge that puffs a man up but to the lore which illumines through the achievement of love. John Cassian (c. 365-c. 435) At the turn of the sixth century the Mediterranean world was witnessing the decline of Roman rule that had formed the bedrock of its civil order. During the chaos of those years, there arose in the deserts of Egypt and Syria monastic movements that offered men and women a radical God-centered alternative to the present society. Among the most eloquent interpreters of this new movement to western Europe was John Cassian (c. 365-c.435). Drawing on his own early experience as a monk in Bethlehem and Egypt, he journeyed to the West to found monasteries in Marseilles and the region of Provence. Included in this volume is Cassian's masterpiece, the Conferences, which is a study of the Egyptian ideal of the monk. The new translation by Colm Luibheid is coupled with an insightful introduction by the distinguished Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, Cambridge University, Owen Chadwick, who writes of Cassian's achievement: Like the Rule of St. Benedict, his work was a protection against excess and a constant recall to that primitive simplicity where eastern spirituality met western. +

Reality: A Synthesis of Thomistic Thought


Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange - 1950
    This volume is his attempt to summarize a philosophical and theological worldview by interpreting the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas and his successors: Reality is seen in light of the central doctrines of the Trinity, of Creation, and of the Incarnation of the Son as Jesus Christ, in Whom humankind is drawn into the intimacy of the inner life of the Triune God. Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange argues on behalf of 24 thomistic theses, which he presents as a lens through which to view salvation, the Sacraments, the Mother of the Redeemer, and the spiritual life whereby the divine image is restored in the soul. This work is of interest to any who wish to enhance their understanding of the Catholic theological tradition through an acquaintance with this major and often controversial figure. (Ex Fontibus Co.)

The Person and Work of Christ


Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield - 1950
    This classic answers the question, "What does the Bible teach concerning the person of Christ and his work as Redeemer?"

The Revolution Of Beelzebub: Gnosis, Anthropogenesis, And The War In Heaven


Samael Aun Weor - 1950
    Beelzebub ignored that he was in evil. He was furiously attacking the White Magicians and believing them to be perverse. He was feeling himself to be a saint and good and considered the White Magicians to be demons. My intentions were in the long run to perform the greatest task in the cosmos, which was to take Beelzebub out of the Black Lodge and transform him into a disciple of the White Lodge." - Samael Aun WeorThe Revolution of Beelzebub tells the incredible story of Samael Aun Weor and his efforts to convert the demon Beelzebub. This controversial book explains in detail the subtle distinctions between positive and negative schools of awakening, and includes many adventures in the internal worlds, practices of Alchemy / Tantra, important clues to differentiate between White and Black Magic, angels and demons, and all the essential foundations of positive spiritual work.Topics include: Tantra; Kabbalah; Arcadia; White Magic and Black Magic; Eleusis; The Two Ways; The Staff of the Patriarchs; The Atom Nous / The Solar Period; The Mind and the Intuition; The Lunar Period; The Terrestrial Period; The Mountain of Juratena; Lemuria; The War in Heaven; Atlantis; Black Magic of the Atlanteans; Nirvana; The Elixir of Long Life; Beelzebub and His Revolution; The Millenium; The Gnostic Institutions; and more.

Devotion to the Holy Spirit


Benedictine Sisters of Perpetual Adoration - 1950
    It shows how the Holy Ghost works in our souls, and what the soul is like with the Holy Spirit and also without Him. Plus, within this booklet are many prayers to the Holy Spirit that will draw us closer to Him. Devotion to the Holy Spirit is the key to receiving the Holy Spirit profoundly into our hearts and receiving the treasures of sanctity that He wants to pour out upon us.

History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture According to Origen


Henri de Lubac - 1950
    254), one of the most prolific and influential of the early Church Fathers, is best known to us for his Scripture exegesis. Henri de Lubac's History and Spirit is a landmark study of Origen's understanding of Scripture and his exegetical methods. In exploring Origen's efforts to interpret the four different senses of Scripture, de Lubac leads the reader through an immense and varied work to its center: Christ the Word.As Hans Urs von Balthasar said in discussing this seminal work: "The theory of the senses of Scripture is not a curiosity of the history of theology but an instrument for seeking out the most profound articulations of salvation history..." (From the book The Theology of Henri de Lubac.)What the reader finds on this journey is not only, then, a fascinating view of the mind and spirit of an important Father of the Church, but an essential key to a more profound understanding of the way in which Christ speaks to us through Scripture.

Our Lord Prays for His Own: Thoughts on John 17


Marcus Rainsford - 1950
    --Cyril J. Barber