An Inner Grace
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Inner Grace
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Author : Phillip Cary
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-26
Inner Grace written by Phillip Cary and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-26 with Religion categories.
This book is, along with Outward Signs (OUP 2008), a sequel to Phillip Cary's Augustine and the Invention of the Inner Self (OUP 2000). In this work, Cary traces the development of Augustine's epochal doctrine of grace, arguing that it does not represent a rejection of Platonism in favor of a more purely Christian point of view a turning from Plato to Paul, as it is often portrayed. Instead, Augustine reads Paul and other Biblical texts in light of his Christian Platonist inwardness, producing a new concept of grace as an essentially inward gift. For Augustine, grace is needed first of all to heal the mind so it may see God, but then also to help the will turn away from lower goods to love God as its eternal Good. Eventually, over the course of Augustine's career, the scope of the soul's need for grace expands outward to include not only the inner vision of the intellect and the power of love but even the initial gift of faith. At every stage, Augustine insists that divine grace does not compromise or coerce the human will but frees, heals, and helps it, precisely because grace is not an external force but an inner gift of delight leading to true happiness. As his polemic against the Pelagians develops, however, he does attribute more to grace and less to the power of free will. In the end, it is God's choice which makes the ultimate difference between the saved and the damned, and we cannot know why he chooses to save one person and not another. From this Augustinian doctrine of divine choice or election stem the characteristic pastoral problems of predestination, especially in Protestantism. A more external, indeed Jewish, doctrine of election would be more Biblical, Cary suggests, and would result in a less anxious experience of grace. Along with its companion work, Outward Signs, this careful and insightful book breaks new ground in the study of Augustine's theology of grace and sacraments.
An Inner Grace
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Author : Elizabeth L. Abbott
language : en
Publisher: Elizabeth Abbott
Release Date : 2009
An Inner Grace written by Elizabeth L. Abbott and has been published by Elizabeth Abbott this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Heart categories.
Letters Of Inner Grace 1969 1975
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Author : M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022-10
Letters Of Inner Grace 1969 1975 written by M. R. Bawa Muhaiyaddeen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10 with categories.
Inner Grace
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Author : Abraham Menashe
language : en
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 1980
Inner Grace written by Abraham Menashe and has been published by Knopf Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980 with Photography categories.
Inner Grace
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Author : Phillip Cary
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-03-26
Inner Grace written by Phillip Cary and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-03-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is, along with Outward Signs (OUP 2008), a sequel to Phillip Cary's Augustine and the Invention of the Inner Self (OUP 2000). In this work, Cary traces the development of Augustine's epochal doctrine of grace, arguing that it does not represent a rejection of Platonism in favor of a more purely Christian point of view a turning from Plato to Paul, as it is often portrayed. Instead, Augustine reads Paul and other Biblical texts in light of his Christian Platonist inwardness, producing a new concept of grace as an essentially inward gift. For Augustine, grace is needed first of all to heal the mind so it may see God, but then also to help the will turn away from lower goods to love God as its eternal Good. Eventually, over the course of Augustine's career, the scope of the soul's need for grace expands outward to include not only the inner vision of the intellect and the power of love but even the initial gift of faith.At every stage, Augustine insists that divine grace does not compromise or coerce the human will but frees, heals, and helps it, precisely because grace is not an external force but an inner gift of delight leading to true happiness. As his polemic against the Pelagians develops, however, he does attribute more to grace and less to the power of free will. In the end, it is God's choice which makes the ultimate difference between the saved and the damned, and we cannot know why he chooses to save one person and not another. From this Augustinian doctrine of divine choice or election stem the characteristic pastoral problems of predestination, especially in Protestantism. A more external, indeed Jewish, doctrine of election would be more Biblical, Cary suggests, and would result in a less anxious experience of grace.Along with its companion work, Outward Signs, this careful and insightful book breaks new ground in the study of Augustine's theology of grace and sacraments.
Congruent Consciousness
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Author : Diane Roach
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-04-04
Congruent Consciousness written by Diane Roach and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-04 with categories.
When you hear truth you know it.We all seek fulfillment but often do not know how to genuinely achieve it. We progress in many steps and stages over multiple incarnations. Ultimately, everyone returns from duality to unity consciousness. But how to best do this and who are our guides?"Congruent Consciousness" is about sharing personal examples and teachings of a Master of the Wisdom. It speaks of the art of spiritual alchemy. It shows what life can be for each of us when the love and wisdom of the heart merge with the power of Spirit in active service for the Good of the All.When we vibrate in resonance with Source, with God; we help transform consciousness to the degree we embody a plan and purpose transcending the personality limitations of Time and Space in our little corner of the galaxy. We assist, not hinder, spiritual evolution.This book bears witness and testimony to the glory of that which we all partake. It is about unfoldment, upliftment, and the path to Spiritual Oneness.It is about becoming the miracle of who we truly are.
An Inner Grace
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Author : Elizabeth Abbott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
An Inner Grace written by Elizabeth Abbott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Heart categories.
Everyday Grace
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Author : Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Everyday Grace written by Sat Purkh Kaur Khalsa and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Kuṇḍalinī categories.
Outward Signs
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Author : Phillip Cary
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-04-02
Outward Signs written by Phillip Cary and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-02 with Religion categories.
This book is, along with Inner Grace (OUP 2008), a sequel to Phillip Cary's Augustine and the Invention of the Inner Self (OUP 2000). In this work, Cary argues that Augustine invented the expressionist type of semiotics widely taken for granted in modernity, where words are outward signs giving inadequate expression to what lies within the soul. Augustine uses this new semiotics to explain why the authority of external teaching, including Biblical authority, is useful but temporary, designed to lead to a more permanent Platonist vision granted by the inner teacher, Christ, who is the eternal Wisdom of God. In fact, for Augustine we literally learn nothing from words or other outward signs, which are useful only as admonitions or reminders pointing out the right direction for us to look in order to see for ourselves, with the inner eye of our own mind. Even our knowledge of other people is ultimately a matter of seeing what is in their souls, not putting faith in their words. Cary argues that for Augustine outward signs cannot give us knowledge because all bodily things are fundamentally powerless, incapable of conveying an inner good to the soul. This also leaves no room for a concept of efficacious external means of grace not even the flesh of Christ. The sacraments, which Augustine was the first to describe as outward signs of inner grace, signify what is necessary for salvation but do not confer it. Baptism, for example, is necessary for salvation, but its power is found not in water or word but in the inner unity, charity, and peace of the church. Along with its companion work, Inner Grace, this careful and insightful book breaks new ground in the study of Augustine's theology of grace and sacraments.
The Inward Embrace Of Grace
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Author : John Stolwyk
language : en
Publisher: Trilogy Christian Publishing
Release Date : 2023-02-13
The Inward Embrace Of Grace written by John Stolwyk and has been published by Trilogy Christian Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-13 with categories.
We are so much more than sinners saved by grace, but rather saints indwelt by grace. We should not forget where we came from but never confuse that with who we are and where we are going (1 John 3:1). Reading The Inward Embrace of Grace provided insight and an answer to "why I experienced decades of failed attempts of trying to resolve sin" and "why I was never able to fully attain and retain living a joy-filled life as a Christian." The techniques taught by religion almost always lead to depending on one's own ability. John writes that "Relying on our own ability takes the focus off of God and puts the focus on self, which only makes sin abound and creates further distance from God." I now realize how often we default to relying on our own ability, and we are not even aware that we are doing it. No wonder people experience despair and lose hope. In the book, John brings clarity to what grace is and what it is not, how faith is produced, and a correct understanding of righteousness, as well as other terms that are imperative to know in order to understand the Gospel and experience its true freedom and power. -Dorothy Snyder Grace was never God's plan B to fix something but plan A to experience someone. This is not a self-help book of steps to try to fix your life but rather a new fresh outlook to experience His life in your original purpose and design. You will be led on an illuminating discovery of the life that you were created to live. This happens by systematically unfolding the dynamics of grace through the inward transforming work of the Holy Spirit, supernaturally leaving behind any former attempt to fix yourself. The true Christian life is freedom from our own self-effort to live to experience His life (Galatians 2:21).