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Ressourcement: Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought May 12, 2005
The idea of love pervades our society, yet it is nearly impossible to answer the question "What is love?" especially as we witness the divorce of love from sexuality and of sexuality from procreation. Aware that many people today are skeptical about marriage, Angelo Cardinal Scola nevertheless suggests that only in the category of nuptial mystery do we find a way to adequately describe the phenomenon of love.

A bright new leader in the Catholic Church, Cardinal Scola argues that the male-female relationship lies near the heart of what it means to bear the image of God. Scola’s book explores the essential sexual differences that both separate and unite men and women, and it shows how men and women can realize their purpose in marriage or celibacy.

Conversant with papal teaching and Catholic writers from Aquinas to von Balthasar, Cardinal Scola writes with a deep regard for marriage and the family. His "Nuptial Mystery" will leave readers with a thoroughly Christian appreciation for incarnate love.


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Angelo Cardinal Scola is Patriarch of Venice. He is also the author of "Hans Urs von Balthasar: A Theological Style" (Eerdmans).

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  • Paperback: 445 pages
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (May 12, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0802828310
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802828316
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #612,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Difficult but rewarding, October 24, 2005
This review is from: The Nuptial Mystery (Ressourcement: Retrieval & Renewal in Catholic Thought) (Paperback)
This is a wonderful scholarly book that combines John Paul II's Theology of the Body with Cardinal Scola's background in Hans von Balthazar. Some parts are heavily philosophical and others are a bit repetitive as it is a collection of essays, but nevertheless a gem for those who want to dig deeper into theology of the body and the nuptial meaning of the body.
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John Paul II, from the very beginning of his pontificate, unfolds the anthropological and theological foundations of the man-woman pair, and he returns to this important topic with noteworthy frequency. Read the first page
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spousal vocabulary, due saranno, spiritualitą coniugale, spousal theology, nuptial mystery, ragione teologica, spousal dimension, amor naturalis, dramatic anthropology, teologia della famiglia, antropologia teologica, sacramental logic, donum doni, sessualitą umana, spousal analogy, nuptial language, teologia del matrimonio, analogatum princeps, sensory orexis, symbolic ontology, communio personarum, conjugal spirituality, nuptial character, anima unus, dual unity
Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, John Paul, Holy Spirit, San Francisco, Thomas Aquinas, Son of God, Summa Theologiae, New York, Graham Harrison, Vatican City, God the Father, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Christ the Bridegroom, Holy Father, Dramatis Personae, Grand Rapids, New Testament, Jesus of Nazareth, Scripta Theologica, Casale Monferrato, Giovanni Paolo, The Four Loves, Practical Ethics, Cinisello Balsamo, Lumen Gentium
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