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02937aam a2200325K 4500 001 049A2AD0423911E9AF80DE6297128E48 003 SILO 005 20190309010018 008 160201s2016 cau b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781621640363 (pbk. : alk. paper) 020 $a 1621640361 (pbk. : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)936344603 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d PCJ $d OCLCO $d OCLCA $d OCLCF $d TEF $d BHA $d OCLCO $d DPL $d GGB $d CNUTO $d LNT $d JIU $d SILO 100 1 $a Spitzer, Robert J., $d 1952- 245 10 $a God so loved the world : $b clues to our transcendent destiny from the revelation of Jesus / $c Robert J. Spitzer, S.J., Ph.D. 264 1 $a San Francisco : $b Ignatius Press, $c [2016] 300 $a 439 pages ; $c 23 cm 490 0 $a Happiness, suffering and transcendence ; $v 3 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 505 0 $a The supremacy of love -- The unconditional love of God -- The unconditional love of Jesus -- Resurrection and history -- Jesus' miracles and spirit -- Jesus' identity and mission -- Our transcendent destiny -- Conclusion: Our journey to transcendence, thus far 520 $a Even if we accept that God is real, why believe that he has personally revealed himself to mankind? In God So Loved the World, Fr. Robert Spitzer, S.J., probes this major question. He shows how it is reasonable to believe that the Creator has revealed himself because he is completely intelligent and completely positive. As such, he is in possession of a completely positive virtue - namely, love. Fr. Spitzer then explores whether it is rational to believe that God is unconditionally loving, and if so, whether it follows to believe that God would want to make a personal appearance to us in a perfect act of empathy. He then reviews all of the world religions to see if there is one that presents such a God. This leads us to the extraordinary claim of Jesus Christ, who taught that God is the unconditionally loving Father. Jesus' claims go further, for he said that he himself is also unconditional love, and that his mission is to give us that love through an act of complete self-sacrifice. He also claimed to be the exclusive Son of the Father, sent by God to save the world, and the one who possesses divine power and authority. Fr. Spitzer does an in-depth examination of Jesus' forgiveness of sinners, his teachings, his miracles, and his rising from the dead. He also examines Jesus' gift of the Holy Spirit, which enabled his disciples to perform miracles in his name and is present among us today. - back of the book 650 0 $a God (Christianity) 650 0 $a God $x Proof. 650 0 $a Physics $x Christianity. $x Christianity. 650 0 $a Philosophical theology. 650 0 $a Transcendence (Philosophy) 941 $a 1 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20190309010535.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=049A2AD0423911E9AF80DE6297128E48 994 $a C0 $b JIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search