Freedom and Human Fulfillment
“There is something which saves Christianity from cheapness. It does promise a pearl of great price, but it is a pearl for which one has to sell all the other pearls in the collection (and the other pearls are valuable). Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’ Kierkegaar...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1971
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Theology today
Year: 1971, Volume: 28, Issue: 3, Pages: 295-308 |
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| Summary: | “There is something which saves Christianity from cheapness. It does promise a pearl of great price, but it is a pearl for which one has to sell all the other pearls in the collection (and the other pearls are valuable). Jesus said, ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.’ Kierkegaard adds a gloss: Purity of heart is to will one thing. It is very difficult to will one thing. It is saved from cheapness too by the fact that what one has is promises, not certainties. One is promised a great deal, but to be attained much must be lost without any guarantee that the losses will be made up. The price is a venture on an uncertainty, a price that is one's life and affections.” |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057367102800303 |