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Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR A Commentary on the Third Part of St. Thomas' Theological Summa ■ CHRIST THE SAVIOR file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Provvisori/mbs%20Library/001%20-Da%20Fare/00-index.htm2006-06-02 21:33:58 Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR:Index. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR A Commentary on the Third Part of St. Thomas' Theological Summa General Index ■ PREFACE ■ THE THIRD PART OF ST THOMAS' THEOLOGICAL SUMMA ■ CHAPTER I: THE MYSTERY AND FACT OF THE INCARNATION ■ CHAPTER II: PRELIMINARY QUESTION. THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INCARNATION. ■ CHAPTER III: QUESTION 1. THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION ■ CHAPTER IV: QUESTION 2: THE MODE OF THE UNION OF THE WORD INCARNATE ■ CHAPTER V: QUESTION 3: THE MODE OF THE UNION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON ASSUMING ■ CHAPTER VI: QUESTION 4: THE MODE OF THE UNION ON THE PART OF THE HUMAN NATURE ASSUMED ■ CHAPTER VII: QUESTION 5: THE MODE OF file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...1%20-Da%20Fare/0-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior.htm (1 of 5)2006-06-02 21:33:59 Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR:Index. THE UNION CONCERNING THE PARTS OF THE HUMAN NATURE ASSUMED ■ CHAPTER VIII: QUESTION 6: THE ORDER OF ASSUMPTION ■ CHAPTER IX: QUESTION 7: THE THINGS CO- ASSUMED THE GRACE OF CHRIST ■ CHAPTER X: QUESTION 8: CHRIST'S GRACE AS HEAD OF THE CHURCH ■ CHAPTER XI: QUESTION 9: CHRIST'S KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL AND HIS POWER OF CONTEMPLATION ■ CHAPTER XII: QUESTION 10: THE BEATIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL ■ CHAPTER XIII: QUESTION II. THE INFUSED KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL ■ CHAPTER XIV: QUESTION 12: THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST'S SOUL ■ CHAPTER XV: QUESTION 13: THE POWER OF CHRIST'S SOUL ■ CHAPTER XVI: QUESTION 14: THE BODILY DEFECTS ASSUMED BY THE SON OF GOD ■ CHAPTER XVII: QUESTION 15: THE DEFECTS OF SOUL ASSUMED BY CHRIST ■ CHAPTER XVIII: QUESTION 16 THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE HYPOSTATIC UNION file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...1%20-Da%20Fare/0-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior.htm (2 of 5)2006-06-02 21:33:59 Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR:Index. ■ CHAPTER XIX: QUESTION 17: WHAT PERTAINS COMMONLY TO CHRIST'S UNITY OF BEING ■ CHAPTER XX: QUESTION 18: WHAT PERTAINS TO THE UNITY OF CHRIST AS REGARDS HIS WILL ■ CHAPTER XXI: QUESTION 19: CHRIST'S OPERATION AND HIS MERITS ■ CHAPTER XXII: CHRIST'S RELATION TO THE FATHER : QUESTION 20: CHRIST'S SUBJECTION TO THE FATHER ■ CHAPTER XXIII: QUESTION 21: CHRIST'S PRAYER ■ CHAPTER XXIV: QUESTION 22: THE PRIESTHOOD OF CHRIST/1542 ■ CHAPTER XXV: QUESTION 23: THE ADOPTION OF CHRIST ■ CHAPTER XXVI: QUESTION 24: THE PREDESTINATION OF CHRIST IMPORTANCE OF THIS QUESTION ■ CHAPTER XXVII: QUESTION 25: THE ADORATION OF CHRIST ■ CHAPTER XXVIII: QUESTION 26: CHRIST THE MEDIATOR ■ CHAPTER XXIX: PREFATORY REMARKS ■ CHAPTER XXX: TESTIMONY OF SACRED SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...1%20-Da%20Fare/0-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior.htm (3 of 5)2006-06-02 21:33:59 Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR:Index. ■ CHAPTER XXXI: QUESTION 46: CHRIST'S PASSION ■ CHAPTER XXXII: QUESTION 47: THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF CHRIST'S PASSION ■ CHAPTER XXXIII: QUESTION 48: THE EFFICIENCY OF CHRIST'S PASSION ■ CHAPTER XXXIV: QUESTION 49: THE EFFECTS OF CHRIST'S PASSION AND THE UNIVERSALITY OF REDEMPTION ■ CHAPTER XXXV: THE SUBLIME MYSTERY OF REDEMPTION INASMUCH AS IT IS A MYSTERY OF LOVE ■ CHAPTER XXXVI: CHRIST'S THREEFOLD VICTORY PRELIMINARY REMARKS ■ CHAPTER XXXVII: CHRIST'S DEATH AND DESCENT INTO HELL ■ CHAPTER XXXVIII: CHRIST'S RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION ■ CHAPTER XXXIX: CHRIST THE KING, JUDGE, AND HEAD OF THE BLESSED ■ CHAPTER XL: COMPENDIUM OF MARIOLOGY ■ ENDNOTES file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...1%20-Da%20Fare/0-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior.htm (4 of 5)2006-06-02 21:33:59 Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange CHRIST THE SAVIOR:Index. file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...1%20-Da%20Fare/0-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior.htm (5 of 5)2006-06-02 21:33:59 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: PREFACE , Index. PREFACE Index PREFACE file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Provvi.../001%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior0.htm2006-06-02 21:33:59 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: THE THIRD PART OF ST THOMAS' THEOLOGICAL SUMMA , Index. THE THIRD PART OF ST THOMAS' THEOLOGICAL SUMMA Index PROLOGUE file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Provvi.../001%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior1.htm2006-06-02 21:33:59 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER I: THE MYSTERY AND FACT OF THE INCARNATION , Index. CHAPTER I: THE MYSTERY AND FACT OF THE INCARNATION Index PRELIMINARY REMARKS FIRST ARTICLE: CHRIST'S TESTIMONY OF HIMSELF AND PRIMARILY OF HIS MESSIANIC DIGNITY SECOND ARTICLE: TESTIMONY OF CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES CONCERNING THE DIVINE SONSHIP THIRD ARTICLE: TESTIMONY OF TRADITION AND THE PRINCIPAL DEFINITIONS OF THE CHURCH file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Provvi.../001%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior2.htm2006-06-02 21:33:59 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER II: PRELIMINARY QUESTION. THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INCARNATION. , Index. CHAPTER II: PRELIMINARY QUESTION. THE POSSIBILITY OF THE INCARNATION. Index THE POSSIBILITY OF INCARNATION file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Provvi.../001%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior3.htm2006-06-02 21:33:59 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER III: QUESTION 1. THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION , Index. CHAPTER III: QUESTION 1. THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION Index THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION FIRST ARTICLE: WHETHER IT WAS FITTING THAT GOD SHOULD BECOME INCARNATE? SECOND ARTICLE: WHETHER IT WAS NECESSARY FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE HUMAN RACE THAT THE WORD OF GOD SHOULD BECOME INCARNATE? THIRD ARTICLE: WHETHER, IF MAN HAD NOT SINNED, GOD WOULD HAVE BECOME INCARNATE? THE LIBERTY OF THE DECREE CONCERNING THE INCARNATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE DOCTRINE OF ST. THOMAS AND THAT OF SCOTUS FINAL CONCLUSION: THE MOTIVE OF THE INCARNATION FIFTH ARTICLE: WHETHER IT WAS FITTING THAT GOD SHOULD BECOME INCARNATE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE HUMAN RACE? SIXTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE INCARNATION OUGHT TO HAVE BEEN PUT OFF TILL THE END OF THE WORLD? file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior4.htm (1 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER III: QUESTION 1. THE FITNESS OF THE INCARNATION , Index. file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior4.htm (2 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER IV: QUESTION 2 , Index. CHAPTER IV: QUESTION 2: THE MODE OF THE UNION OF THE WORD INCARNATE Index PROLOGUE FIRST ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE INCARNATE WORD TOOK PLACE IN THE NATURE SECOND ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE INCARNATE WORD TOOK PLACE IN THE PERSON INTRODUCTION OR ASCENT TOWARD A CERTAIN UNDERSTANDING OF THE INCARNATION TWO THEORIES ABOUT THE HYPOSTATIC UNION THIRD ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE WORD INCARNATE TOOK PLACE IN THE SUPPOSITUM OR HYPOSTASIS FOURTH ARTICLE: WHETHER AFTER THE INCARNATION THE PERSON OR HYPOSTASIS IS COMPOSITE FIFTH ARTICLE: WHETHER IN CHRIST THERE IS ANY UNION OF SOUL AND BODY SIXTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE HUMAN NATURE WAS UNITED TO THE WORD OF GOD ACCIDENTALLY SEVENTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE DIVINE NATURE AND THE HUMAN IS file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior5.htm (1 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER IV: QUESTION 2 , Index. SOMETHING CREATED EIGHTH ARTICLE: WHETHER UNION IS THE SAME AS ASSUMPTION NINTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE TWO NATURES IN CHRIST IS THE GREATEST OF UNIONS TENTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE UNION OF THE TWO NATURES IN CHRIST TOOK PLACE BY GRACE ELEVENTH ARTICLE: WHETHER ANY MERITS PRECEDED THE UNION OF THE INCARNATION TWELFTH ARTICLE: WHETHER THE GRACE OF UNION WAS NATURAL TO THE MAN CHRIST file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior5.htm (2 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER V: QUESTION 3...THE UNION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON ASSUMING , Index. CHAPTER V: QUESTION 3: THE MODE OF THE UNION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON ASSUMING Index PROLOGUE FIRST ARTICLE: WHETHER IT IS FITTING FOR A DIVINE PERSON TO ASSUME SECOND ARTICLE: WHETHER IT IS BEFITTING TO THE DIVINE NATURE TO ASSUME THIRD ARTICLE: WHETHER THE NATURE ABSTRACTED FROM THE PERSONALITY CAN ASSUME FOURTH ARTICLE: WHETHER ONE PERSON WITHOUT ANOTHER CAN ASSUME A CREATED NATURE FIFTH ARTICLE: WHETHER EACH OF THE DIVINE PERSONS COULD HAVE ASSUMED HUMAN NATURE SIXTH ARTICLE: WHETHER SEVERAL DIVINE PERSONS CAN ASSUME ONE AND THE SAME INDIVIDUAL NATURE SEVENTH ARTICLE: WHETHER ONE DIVINE PERSON CAN ASSUME TWO HUMAN NATURES EIGHTH ARTICLE: WHETHER IT WAS MORE FITTING THAT THE PERSON OF THE SON RATHER THAN ANY OTHER DIVINE PERSON SHOULD file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior6.htm (1 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER V: QUESTION 3...THE UNION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON ASSUMING , Index. ASSUME HUMAN NATURE file:///D|/Documenta%20Chatolica%20Omnia/99%20-%20Pr...%20-Da%20Fare/1-GarrigouLagrangeChristTheSavior6.htm (2 of 2)2006-06-02 21:34:00 GARRIGOULAGRANGECHRISTTHESAVIOR: CHAPTER VI: QUESTION...ION ON THE PART OF THE
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    prevailed in certain fringes of the eastern church. Else- where, though officially and nominally the greater majority of the church, both East and West, held faith- fully to the declarations of Chalcedon, a pronounced uneasiness concerning the relationship of the human and divine in Christ began to exist. It has remained a constant undercurrent in theology to this day. Today it is the vogue to read or hear of “the crisis of Chalcedon” or of “Chalcedon abandoned,” as modern theologians cast away allegiance to their fifth-century forebears in search of new Christologies. It appears that at the root of the discontent is the feeling that the Chalcedonian settlement is merely a Hellenic construct that far surpasses both the explicit statements and the im- plicit concepts of the New Testament.1 Considering the banner declaration of Chalcedon, that is, “one hypostasis in two natures,” we can easily sympathize with the com- plaint. Chalcedonian hypostasis is perhaps far from the New Testament conceptually, and nature can only justifi- ably be said to appear once in the New Testament with the kind of denotation that the Chalcedonian bishops un- derstood (2 Pet. 1:4), and in that one instance Peter does not use it in reference to the person of Christ. However, by Kerry S. Robichaux while I do not feel that Chalcedon goes beyond the New Testament conceptually, even though it necessarily goes beyond it linguistically, it is not my intention here to t has been the task of the Christian church for the last come to its defense. For all its propriety regarding the Ififteen hundred years to hold in mind, singly and cohe- person of Christ, Chalcedon suffers from some inherent sively, the dual affirmations of Christian faith concerning weaknesses.
  • Alpha and Omega Rosary for the Salvation of Souls

    Alpha and Omega Rosary for the Salvation of Souls

    Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty. Revelation 1:7–8 Alpha and Omega Rosary for the Salvation of Souls 08/09/2017 Charles Pritchard The Holy Triune God – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit – is asking us to pray the Rosary as often as possible. This booklet outlines the richness and Biblical foundations of this powerful prayer, together with suggestions on how we can pray the Rosary to help our Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour of the world, in bringing maximum souls to heaven in minimum time. To do this, it is important to pray with our Blessed Mother Mary for the salvation of both the living and the dead1. By reflecting on the meditations and prayers in this booklet, you will gain a greater understanding of God’s salvation plan for us, his living Word, his Church and his call to sanctity and prayer. Care has been taken to combine the Old Testament with the New Testament and the living Word of God today, to bring a greater understanding of the mysteries of Christ and the role of his Blessed Mother Mary in his salvation plan for us. Love God and pray the Rosary every day so that Jesus can use your prayers with those of his Blessed Mother to water the dry fields and bring more souls to salvation.