The Maternal Face of God? by Istvan Cselenyi (.ePUB)
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The Maternal Face of God?: Explorations in Catholic Sophiology by Istvan Cselenyi
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Overview: Asgenerally conceived, God has a masculine character, asdo also the three Persons of the Holy Trinity–Father, Son, Holy Spirit. Butalready in the Old Testament we find feminine aspects of the Divinity in theconcept of the Hokhmah-Sophia–“I amthe mother of fair love” (Sirach 24:24)–and the Ruach–“The Ruach Yahweh was floating over the waters” (Genesis 1:2).Further, we find between these two a mutuality, even identity, in the HolySpirit understood as “The Spirit of Wisdom” (Deut. 3:1). This Holy Spirit hasfeminine aspects also in the New Testament, as seen in such significant signsas, for instance, at the Baptism in the Jordan, where the dove (peristera, columba) is a symbol of maternity, and in John 3:6, where it ismade clear that the new, divine life in humankind is delivered by the HolySpirit: “That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born ofthe Spirit is spirit.” The Spirit bears us anew, and in this function may beunderstood as Mother. It is to the recovery of this maternal image of theSpirit that Prof. Cselényi dedicates this book.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Faith, Beliefs & Philosophy
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