| Author Quoted | Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus |
| Title Quoted | De Resurectione Carnis |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1965/04/19 |
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| Quotation | "Fiducia Christianorum resurrectio mortuorum-illam credentes hoc sumus." ["The confidence of Christians is in the resurrection of the dead-we are those who believe this to be so."] (Tertullian, De Res, 1.1) (Study of Medieval exegesis-is a way of entering into the Christian experience of that age, an experience most relevant to us, for if we neglect it we neglect part of our own totality in De Lubac, Von Balthasar, etc.). But it must not be studied from the outside. Same idea in Nishida on Japanese culture and the Japanese view of life. I have a real sense this Easter, that my own vocation demands a deepened and experiential study, from within (by connaturality) of the Medieval tradition as well as of, to some extent, Asian tradition and experiences, particularly Japanese, particularly Zen: i.e., in an awareness of a common need and aspiration with these past generations. |
| Quotation Source | Dancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 232 |
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