Christocentrism of Charism – Buggert - CarmelStream

the Alpha and Omega, the all-embracing in whom, as the one who
has become man, creation finds its stability. He who sees him,
sees the Father, and whoever does not see him - God become man -
also does not see God." Ibid., p. 43.
lxxxii. Edwards, The Dynamism in Faith, pp. 91-92.
lxxxiii. Barron, A Study of St. John of the Cross's Theology of
Transformation, p. 151.
lxxxiv. Edwards, The Dynamism in Faith, p. 92.
lxxxv. Barron, A Study of St. John of the Cross's Theology of
Transformation, p. 152.
lxxxvi. Ibid., 152.
lxxxvii. Edwards, The Dynamism in Faith, p. 93.
lxxxviii. See Edwards, Ibid., 93-99; Barron, A Study of St. John
of the Cross's Theology of Transformation, pp. 153-158.
lxxxix. See The Ascent of Mount Carmel, 1.13.3, 4, in The
Collected Works of St. John of the Cross, trans. Kieran
Kavanaugh, O.C.D. and Otilio Rodriguez, O.C.D., Washington, D.C.:
ICS Publications, 1979, p. 101. Edwards claims that the call to
imitate Christ and the constant references to the life of Jesus
are such constant themes in the Ascent that there can be no
argument on this point. He cites the following from the Ascent
as examples: 1.5.2; 2.7.4-12; 2.22.6-7. See The Dynamism in
Faith, p. 94.
xc. See Barron, A Study of St. John of the Cross's Theology of
Transformation, pp. 153-154.
xci. Ascent, 2.7.8.
xcii. Ascent, 2.7.9.
xciii. Ascent 2.7.4.
xciv. Not all John of the Cross scholars would agree with this
statement of Barron. A puzzling problem for these scholars is why
it is that in The Dark Night John does not hold up the suffering
Christ as a model. He makes no reference to Jesus and his passion.
Nor does he make reference to the Suffering Servant texts
of Isaiah. Rather, his references are to Job, Jeremiah and the
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