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Compassionate Presence: The Trinitarian Spirituality of Adrienne von Speyr

  • Hardback
  • 228 pages
  • Publisher: Angelico Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

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In the ancient Christian Apostles' Creed, we speak the fourth line that Jesus Christ "suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he went down to the dead (ad inferno-to hell)." This mysterious line of Christ's descent to hell generated a deep mystical spirituality in Adrienne von Speyr (d. 1967), a Swiss laywoman, physician, wife, mother, and spiritual writer. Her extensive, speculative mysticism influenced the critical work of the Catholic theologian, Hans Urs von Balthasar, who had a profound influence on Catholic theology in the late twentieth-century, and even today. In this book, Matthew Lewis Sutton offers a profound encounter with Adrienne's mystical encounter with the inner life and intense love of the Trinity. This mystical spirituality of Holy Saturday-the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday-guides us away from our age of loneliness, isolation, and alienation toward a new restoration of compassion, love, and reconciliation. The ancient Christian doctrine of Christ descended to hell can be a rediscovery of the extreme compassion of God to rescue us back to his compassionate presence.
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  • Title

    Compassionate Presence: The Trinitarian Spirituality of Adrienne von Speyr

  • Author

    Matthew Lewis Sutton

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Angelico Press

  • Published

    October 2022

  • Weight

    863g

  • Page Count

    228

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9781621388692

  • ISBN-10

    1621388697

  • Eden Code

    6077245

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