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No Love Without Pain

Josip Ćurić ; Filozofsko-teološki institut Družbe Isusove u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

A statement by Thomas a Kempis inspired the title of this article, but the discussion begins with the Indian saying that suffering is a painful knot in the thread of life. The author first attempts to elaborate the concept of suffering, which he finds enigmatic, and then discusses the sources of suffering which are accessible to our understanding, devoting greatest attention to the purpose of suffering. Suffering is a mystery which evades our attempts at explanation, but for Christians it is a mystical symbol of being chosen by God — the royal way of the cross.

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Hrčak ID:

53165

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/53165

Publication date:

20.12.1989.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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