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l'essenza del cristianesimo
In den beiden hier in einem Band zusammengefassten Schriften wendet sich Guardini dem Herzstuck des christlichen Glaubens zu. Dessen Argernis und Uberzeugungskraft bestehen gerade darin, dass er sein 'Wesen' in einer geschichtlich greifbaren Person hat. Der konkrete Mensch Jesus - und nicht eine von Ihm ablosbare Lehre - ist die unuberbietbare Selbstoffenbarung Gottes. Guardini nimmt das Menschsein Jesus radikal ernst und zeichnet behutsam und ohne falsche Psychologisierung das Bild seiner Personlichkeit, ohne ihr letztes Geheimnis auflosen zu wollen. Die 'menschliche Wirklichkeit des Herren' ist letztlich nicht historisch, soziologisch oder psychologisch ableitbar, nicht unter eine Idee subsumierbar. Vielmehr stellt umgekehrt er selbst das Dasein und die Wirklichkeit insgesamt radikal in Frage. Eine konsequent am Neuen Testament orientierte Spiritualitat findet in diesem Guardini - Band einen an Klarheit und Tiefe uberzeugenden Ausdruck.
96 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1993
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Romano Guardini
381 books163 followersRomano Guardini was a Catholic priest, author, and academic. He was one of the most important figures in Catholic intellectual life in the 20th century.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885. His family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he decided to become a priest. After studying Theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen, he was ordained in Mainz in 1910. He briefly worked in a pastoral position before returning to Freiburg to work on his doctorate in Theology under Engelbert Krebs. He received his doctorate in 1915 for a dissertation on Bonaventure. He completed his “Habilitation” in Dogmatic Theology at the University of Bonn in 1922, again with a dissertation on Bonaventure. Throughout this period he also worked as a chaplain to the Catholic youth movement.
In 1923 he was appointed to a chair in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Berlin. In the 1935 essay “Der Heiland” (The Saviour) he criticized Nazi mythologizing of the person of Jesus and emphasized the Jewishness of Jesus. The Nazis forced him to resign from his Berlin position in 1939. From 1943 to 1945 he retired to Mooshausen, where his friend Josef Weiger had been parish priest since 1917.
In 1945 Guardini was appointed professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and resumed lecturing on the Philosophy of Religion. In 1948, he became professor at the University of Munich, where he remained until retiring for health reasons in 1962.
Guardini died in Munich on 1 October 1968. He was buried in the priests’ cemetery of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Munich. His estate was left to the Catholic Academy in Bavaria that he had co-founded.
Guardini was born in Verona, Italy in 1885. His family moved to Mainz when he was one year old and he lived in Germany for the rest of his life. After studying chemistry in Tübingen for two semesters, and economics in Munich and Berlin for three, he decided to become a priest. After studying Theology in Freiburg im Breisgau and Tübingen, he was ordained in Mainz in 1910. He briefly worked in a pastoral position before returning to Freiburg to work on his doctorate in Theology under Engelbert Krebs. He received his doctorate in 1915 for a dissertation on Bonaventure. He completed his “Habilitation” in Dogmatic Theology at the University of Bonn in 1922, again with a dissertation on Bonaventure. Throughout this period he also worked as a chaplain to the Catholic youth movement.
In 1923 he was appointed to a chair in Philosophy of Religion at the University of Berlin. In the 1935 essay “Der Heiland” (The Saviour) he criticized Nazi mythologizing of the person of Jesus and emphasized the Jewishness of Jesus. The Nazis forced him to resign from his Berlin position in 1939. From 1943 to 1945 he retired to Mooshausen, where his friend Josef Weiger had been parish priest since 1917.
In 1945 Guardini was appointed professor in the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Tübingen and resumed lecturing on the Philosophy of Religion. In 1948, he became professor at the University of Munich, where he remained until retiring for health reasons in 1962.
Guardini died in Munich on 1 October 1968. He was buried in the priests’ cemetery of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Munich. His estate was left to the Catholic Academy in Bavaria that he had co-founded.
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December 1, 2025
Según este autor, lo que distingue al catolicismo del resto de religiones es la existencia y la vida de Jesús de Nazaret. Pero no se trata de un guía que enseña un camino que se puede recorrer sin él o que podría haber sido descubierto por cualquier otra persona bajo unas determinadas circunstancias (como puede ser el caso de Buda), sino que su persona histórica es el único camino y no hay posibilidad ni espacio para la voluntad autónoma.
"Jesús exige explícitamente que los hombres le sigan. Que le sigan no en el sentido de estar dispuestos a reconocer como ejemplar su figura de Maestro sino en el sentido mucho más profundo de negarse a sí mismos".
La relación directa con Dios es imposible y la única manera de acercarse a él es a través de Jesús como mediador indispensable. "Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida. Nadie se acerca al padre sino por mí; si me conocéis a mí conoceréis también a mi padre" (Jn 14, 6-9).
Es una imagen de un Jesús déspota que te obliga a elegir entre seguirle ciegamente o no poder salvarte.
"La tesis de que el cristianismo es la religión del amor solo puede ser exacta en el sentido de que el cristianismo es la religión del amor a Cristo y, a través de él, del amor dirigido a Dios, así como a los otros hombres".
"Jesús exige explícitamente que los hombres le sigan. Que le sigan no en el sentido de estar dispuestos a reconocer como ejemplar su figura de Maestro sino en el sentido mucho más profundo de negarse a sí mismos".
La relación directa con Dios es imposible y la única manera de acercarse a él es a través de Jesús como mediador indispensable. "Yo soy el camino, la verdad y la vida. Nadie se acerca al padre sino por mí; si me conocéis a mí conoceréis también a mi padre" (Jn 14, 6-9).
Es una imagen de un Jesús déspota que te obliga a elegir entre seguirle ciegamente o no poder salvarte.
"La tesis de que el cristianismo es la religión del amor solo puede ser exacta en el sentido de que el cristianismo es la religión del amor a Cristo y, a través de él, del amor dirigido a Dios, así como a los otros hombres".
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