Our situation today shows that beauty demands for itself at least as much courage and decision as do truth and goodness, and she will not allow herself to be separated and banned from her two sisters without taking them along with herself in an act of mysterious vengeance. Hans Urs von Balthasar actbanbeauty share on social
The Passion narratives are the first pieces of the Gospels that were composed as a unity. Hans Urs von Balthasar composegospelnarrative Change image and share on social
The inner reality of love can be recognized only by love. Hans Urs von Balthasar loverealityrecognize Change image and share on social
The One, the Good, the True, and the Beautiful, these are what we call the transcendental attributes of Being, because they surpass all the limits of essences and are coextensive with Being. Hans Urs von Balthasar attributebeautifulcall Change image and share on social
To be sure, the response of faith to revelation, which God grants to the creature he chooses and moves with his love, occurs in such a way that it is truly the creature that provides the response, with its own nature and its natural powers of love. Hans Urs von Balthasar choosecreaturefaith share on social
If one does away with the fact of the Resurrection, one also does away with the Cross, for both stand and fall together, and one would then have to find a new center for the whole message of the gospel. Hans Urs von Balthasar centercrossfact share on social
Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection. Hans Urs von Balthasar centercrossdoubt Change image and share on social
Prior to an individual's encounter with the love of God at a particular time in history, however, there has to be another, more fundamental and archetypal encounter, which belongs to the conditions of possibility of the appearance of divine love to man. Hans Urs von Balthasar appearancearchetypalbelong share on social
We no longer dare to believe in beauty and we make of it a mere appearance in order the more easily to dispose of it. Hans Urs von Balthasar appearancebeautydare Change image and share on social
Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is. Hans Urs von Balthasar faithloveunity Change image and share on social
