God Ahead of Us: The Story of Divine Grace
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1451483147 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Pope Francis has stated that his own vocation as a Christian came to him as an awareness that "God is ahead of us," that God thinks about us and looks after us before we even realize it. In an accessible account, the author narrates the doctrine of grace as directed towards and explained by the fact that God has destined humans to spend eternity in communion with the Triune creator.. Within this context, the book explores the issues of the relationship of grace and freedom, the dynamics of justification, the true meaning of merit, life as a son or daughter of God, the action of the Holy Spirit, the sacraments and the Church, the role of the ascetical life, and the eschatological horizon of the life of grace. This is the essence of grace, a love story that begins with God. The present book is an introduction and exploration of that
A Protestant Review of a Catholic Work Daniel Pandolph blogging at danielpandolph . com God Ahead of Us: The Story of Divine Grace by Paul O'Callaghan is probably the toughest book I've ever had to review. Why? Well for one, I am a Protestant and he writes as a Catholic. Therefore our understanding of certain key ideas like justification and (more importantly) grace are going to be different. In some cases the gap between our theologies seems too large to be crossed.Second, I am not totally sure who this book is written fo
Paul O'Callaghan is professor of Christian anthropology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. . He is the author of The Christological Assimilation of the Apocalypse (2004) and Christ Our Hope: An Introduction to Eschatology (2011), as well as other books and numerous articles in six languages t
He is the author of The Christological Assimilation of the Apocalypse (2004) and Christ Our Hope: An Introduction to Eschatology (2011), as well as other books and numerous articles in six languages that have been published worldwide. About the Author Paul O'Callaghan is professor of Christian anthropology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and fellow of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. He has also been a participant in the Lutheran-Catholic dialogue on justification, published the book Fides Christi: The Justification Debate (1997), and was involved in the preparation of the 1999 declaration on justification.