The Catholic tradition has long insisted that beauty is not a luxury or an ornament added to the spiritual life, but a fundamental dimension of reality itself. It is one of the great transcendentals-alongside truth and goodness-properties that belong to being as such and therefore to God in the highest degree. To say that God is beautiful is not to indulge in poetic metaphor; it is to make a metaphysical claim about the nature of the One who is the source of all that exists. Beauty, in this sense, is not merely what pleases the senses but what reveals the splendor of truth and the harmony of goodness. It is the radiance of being. And because all created things participate in being, they also participate in beauty, each in its own measure.
This book seeks to recover the Catholic vision of beauty as a path to the divine. It is not a nostalgic lament for lost artistic forms, nor a mere academic treatise on aesthetics. Rather, it is an exploration of beauty as a theological reality, a spiritual necessity, and a cultural force. It aims to show that beauty is not peripheral to the Christian life but central to it, because beauty is a revelation of God Himself. The Church has always known this. Her liturgy, her art, her music, her architecture, her saints-all bear witness to the conviction that beauty evangelizes, sanctifies, and elevates the soul.
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Catholic tradition has long insisted that beauty is not a luxury or an ornament added to the spiritual life, but a fundamental dimension of reality itself. It is one of the great transcendentals-alongside truth and goodness-properties that belong to being as such and therefore to God in the highest degree. To say that God is beautiful is not to indulge in poetic metaphor; it is to make a metaphysical claim about the nature of the One who is the source of all that exists. Beauty, in this sense, is not merely what pleases the senses but what reveals the splendor of truth and the harmony of goodness. It is the radiance of being. And because all created things participate in being, they also participate in beauty, each in its own measure.This book seeks to recover the Catholic vision of beauty as a path to the divine. It is not a nostalgic lament for lost artistic forms, nor a mere academic treatise on aesthetics. Rather, it is an exploration of beauty as a theological reality, a spiritual necessity, and a cultural force. It aims to show that beauty is not peripheral to the Christian life but central to it, because beauty is a revelation of God Himself. The Church has always known this. Her liturgy, her art, her music, her architecture, her saints-all bear witness to the conviction that beauty evangelizes, sanctifies, and elevates the soul. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798233746086
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Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. The Catholic tradition has long insisted that beauty is not a luxury or an ornament added to the spiritual life, but a fundamental dimension of reality itself. It is one of the great transcendentals-alongside truth and goodness-properties that belong to being as such and therefore to God in the highest degree. To say that God is beautiful is not to indulge in poetic metaphor; it is to make a metaphysical claim about the nature of the One who is the source of all that exists. Beauty, in this sense, is not merely what pleases the senses but what reveals the splendor of truth and the harmony of goodness. It is the radiance of being. And because all created things participate in being, they also participate in beauty, each in its own measure.This book seeks to recover the Catholic vision of beauty as a path to the divine. It is not a nostalgic lament for lost artistic forms, nor a mere academic treatise on aesthetics. Rather, it is an exploration of beauty as a theological reality, a spiritual necessity, and a cultural force. It aims to show that beauty is not peripheral to the Christian life but central to it, because beauty is a revelation of God Himself. The Church has always known this. Her liturgy, her art, her music, her architecture, her saints-all bear witness to the conviction that beauty evangelizes, sanctifies, and elevates the soul. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Nº de ref. del artículo: 9798233746086
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