Gianluigi Pasquale, an accomplished scholar with doctorates in philosophy and theology, serves as a professor at the Lateran Pontifical University in Rome and leads the Theological Study Center in Venice. His expertise is reflected in his publications, which focus on the letters of Padre Pio and the life of St. Francis of Assisi, showcasing his deep engagement with significant figures in religious history.
"My father was a wandering Aramaean, who went down to Egypt with a small group of men, and stayed there, until he there became a great, powerful and numerous nation." This confession of faith which the book of Deuteronomy (26:5) puts in the mouth of the devout Israelite says that it is not history that belongs to us, but it is we who belong to history. In what sense? Precisely in the sense that man belongs to history, but to the history of salvation. What is meant by "history of salvation?" What relation is there between sacred history and profane history? How can history mediate salvation? This book gives an answer to these questions, presenting the Christian view of the history of salvation. Since the most remote beginnings, when Israel heard the word of its Liberator, it is in history that God has spoken to us as he does to this day, telling us "I am he who is" (Ex 3:14) from the cross of his resurrected Son, raised over history and the world, all by means of the Holy Spirit. History, therefore, is not just any topic for philosophy and theology, but rather a universal, communicable horizon of meaning in which man can establish his relation with God and the world, with himself and others.
History follows a tortuous, at times unfathomable path. Yet there are those who discern a sense, a unifying drive, even, in that intricate tangle of events. They believe a powerful rationality acts within history, which needs to be understood through a seamless conceptual structure. Thus, a science of history becomes possible. Among those who hold this view, some see an immanent principle in the development of events, others see therein God's transcendence. This essay opens up with a radical question: is it possible to find in history the reason that will allow me to be saved? The author's argumentation hinges on a comparative analysis of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, who theorized the Absolute as a dialectical, historical process, and one of his great contemporary interpreters, Wolfhart Pannenberg. According both to Hegel's dialectic and Pannenberg's Christological thought, history does not unfold from the past toward the future, but runs from the future toward the past, so that truth in history may only be reconstructed retrospectively, in the totality of what occurs.§The study is divided into three main chapters, preceded by an ample introduction and followed by a set of conclusions. In the introduction, Pasquale outlines the concept of history in Hegel and Pannenberg, emphasizing common traits and dwelling in particular upon certain figures of Hegel's system - such as 'devotion' and 'unhappy consciousness' - which have been reinterpreted theologically by Pannenberg. The first chapter focuses on the historical-eschatological dialectic of the Christian event, giving a detailed presentation of Pannenberg's position, particularly of its Christological implications. The second chapter analyzes Pannenberg's theme of the 'anticipation of the end', examining it in relation to the logical structure of Hegel's dialectic. The third chapter deals with the delicate relationship between the contingency of historical events - which appear as fragmented, incomplete reality - and the definitive sense given them by the perspective of totality, as expected at the end of the historical process. The conclusions offer interesting applications of the dialectics of anticipation and back-projection of the end of history in ontology and metaphysics, with particular emphasis on the relation between becoming and essence and between finiteness and transcendence.§'Throughout his informative book, P. shows how, paradoxically, Pannenberg sets out to use Hegel's philosophy against Hegel, in order to gain a deeper understanding of some fundamental elements of a 'classic' Christian view' Theological Studies 74 (2)
The principle of non-contradiction (PNC) serves as both a law of being and a law of thought. Drawing from Aristotle's text, this book aims to explore the intuitive understanding of the PNC, highlighting its indemonstrability and foundational role in demonstrative sciences. Through the analysis of contradictory terms and confutational proof, key aspects of the PNC are identified in Aristotle's Metaphysics, particularly in book IV, where it is shown to emerge from being and safeguard the unity of thought against contradiction. The PNC defines being and reflects the non-contradictory nature of reality, indicating that denial of the PNC stems from a lack of understanding rather than an inherent contradiction in reality. The PNC stands as the highest criterion of significance in its ontological context. The book is structured into two main chapters: the first examines the PNC as a law of reality and thought, addressing various aspects such as contradictory beliefs and the nature of being. The second chapter discusses the PNC as an indemonstrable first principle, emphasizing the philosopher's role in understanding it, its unhypothetical nature, and its significance in demonstrations. The conclusion and bibliography provide further insights and references for deeper exploration.
Z dopisů P. Pia vybral a sestavil Gianluigi Pasquale. Výběr úryvků z dopisů patera Pia nabízí čtenářům možnost prožít jeden rok v doprovodu tohoto charismatického a oblíbeného duchovního vůdce. Je to pozvání k bohatě prostřenému stolu moudrosti shůry, která je aktuální a živá i po desetiletích, protože se dotýká věcí nejpodstatnějších. Více než konkrétními radami však otec Pio promlouvá opravdovostí a ryzostí svého života – neustále nás přivádí před Boží tvář, do Boží přítomnosti, v níž je sám „jako doma“.
Podtitul: Tajemství stigmat otce Pia. Podnázev části: první část antologie z listů otce Pia týkajících se tajemství stigmatizace - uspořádal Gianluigi Pasquale. Obálkový podnázev: antologie z listů světce z Pietrelciny. V tomto výběru čtyřiadvaceti nejvýznamnějších listů tohoto světce nacházíme ponaučení, která otec Pio obvykle vkládal do listů adresovaných svým spolubratřím a duchovním synům. Otec Pio reaguje s jemností a zároveň také rozhodně na otázky, které jsou mu kladeny. Nemnoha jasnými slovy sděluje, že těm, kdo milují Boha jako jeho děti, musí nakonec všechno prospívat.
Podtitul: Vzor duchovního života. Podnázev části: první část antologie z listů otce Pia týkajících se tajemství stigmatizace - uspořádal Gianluigi Pasquale. Obálkový podnázev: antologie z listů světce z Pietrelciny. V tomto výběru čtyřiadvaceti nejvýznamnějších listů tohoto světce nacházíme ponaučení, která otec Pio obvykle vkládal do listů adresovaných svým spolubratřím a duchovním synům. Otec Pio reaguje s jemností a zároveň také rozhodně na otázky, které jsou mu kladeny. Nemnoha jasnými slovy sděluje, že těm, kdo milují Boha jako jeho děti, musí nakonec všechno prospívat.
Celopalem ve výhni božské lásky. Setkání s autentickými texty kapucínského mystika. Jeho dopisy jsou fascinujícím a mnohdy také drsným svědectvím o nelehké duchovní cestě tohoto oblíbeného světce.
V úvode knihy je rozhovor autora so Svätým Otcom Františkom, kde sa dozviete podrobnosti jeho väzby k menu František. Ďalej kniha obsahuje životopis sv. Františka i jeho posostvo a aktuálnosť pre všetky generácie, ktoré prichádzajú po ňom už takmer osemsto rokov.
