Vorlage:1956 Rezensionen Der Herr

• [1956-121] [Englisch] E. L. Allen: Survey of recent philosophical and theological literature. II. Theology (Rezension zu: Guardini, Der Herr, engl.), in: The Hibbert Journal, London, 54, 1956, S. 290f. [neu aufgenommen] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=9OLRAAAAMAAJ
• [1956-122] [Englisch] Montgomery Belgion: Rezension zu: Guardini, Der Herr, in: Theology, 59, 1956, S. 363 f. [neu aufgenommen] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=M_hWAAAAIAAJ
• [1956-123] [Englisch] Rezension zu: Guardini, The Lord, in: The Dublin Magazine, 31, 1956, S. 53 [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=suzPAAAAMAAJ:
  • S. 53: „Monsignor Guardini, the eminent theologian, says of his meditations on the life and message of Christ: "The auther wishes to point out that he offers nothing 'new' neither a new understanding of Christ nor a better Christological theory. Religion is not a question of new things, but rather of things eternal. If, however, current history were to succeed in re-establishing contact with eternal history, then something new indeed, uncontaminated and free from the dust of usage would appear." It is interesting to observe that, more that the work of some recent Christian apologists concerned with the most modern treatment of religious problems, the firmly orthodox pattern, as much as the interpretative depth, of this book makes it a fruitful commentary on Professor's Jung's assertion: "The fact that the life of Christ is largely myth does absolutely nothing to disprove its factual truth — quite the contrary. I would even go so far as to say that the mythical character of a life is just what expresses its universal human validity". But whether one reads it from this point of view or not, the eloquence, spiritual insight and serenity of Monsignor Guardini's study will be unreservedly appreciated by Christians of every denomination.“
• [1956-124] [Englisch] Gerard Irvine: Eternity in time (Rezension zu: Guardini, Der Herr, engl.), in: Time and tide, London, 37, 1956, 7, S. 182-183 [Mercker 1908] - [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=eocQAAAAIAAJ
• [1956-125] [Englisch] Henry St. John: The Wind and the Fire of the Spirit (Rezension zu: Guardini, The Lord), in: The Month, 16, 1956, S. 248-250 [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=qPlLAAAAYAAJ oder https://books.google.de/books?id=M9nlAAAAMAAJ
• [1956-126] [Englisch] Rezension zu: The Lord, in: The Thomist, 19, 1956, 3 (Juli 1956), S. 408 f. [neu aufgenommen] – [Rezension] - https://books.google.de/books?id=ACQUAAAAIAAJ oder https://isidore.co/misc/Res%20pro%20Deo/Journals/The%20Thomist%20(1941-2024)/1956_Volume19_Number3.pdf
  • S. 408 f.: „The chapters which comprise this book are the "spiritual commentaries of some four years of Sunday services undertaken with the sole purpose of obeying as well as possible the Lord's command to proclaim him, his message and works.“ (p. vi) In his introduction, the author forewarns his readers that they may encounter unaccustomed ideas, turns of thought meant only to stimulate reflection on the mystery of God "which has been hidden for ages and generations, but now is clearly shown to his saints. (Col. 1 : 26-27 )" As the title suggests, Monsignor Guardini is concerned in this book with certain aspects of the life and teaching of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. He explains that these "meditations" (which must be taken in a broad sense) make no claim to completeness nor do they attempt to recount in chronological order or logical sequence the life of Christ. Rather, they select from Christ´s life „this or that teaching, event, trait, miracle for thought, as it happens to warm to life.“ (p. vi) In point of fact, however, the matter covered does correspond, at least in broad outline, to the history of Our Lord's life, as the following section headings will testify: I.The Beginnings; II. Message and Promise; III. The Decision; IV. On the Road to Jerusalem; V. The Last Days; VI. Resurrection and Transfiguration; VII. Time and Eternity. A brief conclusion (two and one half pages) completes the 87 chapters o this large book. No one could reasonably deny that in certain respects, at least, this is a very profound book. It is undoubtedly the work of a man who is both learned and thoughtful. He moves in the world of mysticism and metaphysics, exegesis and history with equal grace. For his study of Christ Guardini has meditated often and long upon the Gospels, but he has also drawn much material from the Acts, the Epistles, and the Apocalypse. Finally, there are his personal reflections, which, more often than not, are "flights of the mind and the imagination to the higher levels of knowledge where the heart, if properly guided by theology, is perhaps more at home than is the mind itself, and where it opens doors to the deeper mysteries oft he gospel story.“ Despite the sublimity of its theme and the general high quality of its expression, The Lord left this reviewer somewhat dissatisfied. Briefly, Guardini, though often profound and always devout, is sometimes annoyingly vague; again, his pen is least facile when there is question of the exposition of scholastic theology. On the question of private property and the nature of man, Guardini, in speaking of the "baseness" of ownership, states: "The baseness lies in the root of property itself. Sin has destroyed the possibility of natural ownership without fetters upon the owner or injustice to others. In the sight of God even the most innocent ownership is unjust." (p. 181) Neither the proximate nor remote context is of much help in clarifying the thought of the author, especially with respect to the word "natural." Passages whose phrases are equally disturbing occur in the chapters on "Christian Marriage and Virginity," (p. 270 ff.) where the expression "natural" again is confusing, and "Destiny and Decision." (p. 208 ff.) The Monsignor promised us „unaccustomed ideas.“ He is, indeed, a man of his word.“