Christocentrism of Charism – Buggert - CarmelStream

only through death that one can totally dispose of oneself or
"sum one's self up" before God. This act of total selfdispossession
cannot occur prior to death since one's history is
not yet complete. Prior to death, one's history is still "outstanding."
Only at the end can a person collect one's total
history and dispose of it.
cxxxviii. See "Salvation," in Sacramentum Mundi, vol, III, ed.
Karl Rahner et al. (New York: Herder and Herder, 1969), p. 428.
cxxxix. "Jesus Christ, IV: History of Dogma and Theology," in
Sacramentum Mundi, vol. III, p. 208. Needless to say the importance
of Jesus' obedience, death and resurrection for his being
Son, Christ, Lord or High Priest is clearly indicated in the New
Testament itself. See e.g. Heb. 2:9-10; 3:2,6; 4:14-16; 5:7-10;
Rom. 1:3-4; 10:9; Acts 2:32-36; 5:29-31; 10:42-43. In John's
Gospel Jesus is the "Son" not because of a divine nature which he
has, but because of his perfect obedience towards and love of his
Father. The Father and Jesus are "one" because Jesus always does
the will of his Father. See e.g. Jn. 4:34; 5:30; 6:38; 8:28,
10:25-38. Perhaps the clearest statement is that found in the
Philippians hymn (Phil. 2:5-11) in which Jesus' obedience,
obedience unto death and exaltation or resurrection are all
constitutive of his being given the name above every other name,
Yahweh's own name, "Lord."
cxl. "Dogmatic Questions on Easter," Theological Investigations,
vol. IV, pp. 130-31; translation and emphases mine.
cxli. "Jesus Christ," Sacramentum Mundi, III, 208.
cxlii. See especially Rahner's "Christology Within an
Evolutionary View of the World," Theological Investigations, vol.
V, trans. Karl-H. Kruger (Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1966), pp.
157-192.
cxliii. Heb. 4:15, 5:2.
cxliv. See Heb. 3:2, 3:6, chapter 11 and chapter 12:2.
cxlv. Heb. 5:7.
cxlvi. Heb. 5:8-10.
cxlvii. By "personal way" I mean here 'person' in the
contemporary sense of person, that is, as a center of
consciousness, self-consciousness, and freedom.
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