The Beauty of Jesus Christ <subTitle>Filling out a scheme of St Augustine</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>O' Collins, Gerald</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:2</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.K</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Oxford University Press</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>163tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations</extent> <extent>21 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>This book anchors its account of the beauty of Jesus Christ to a scheme found in St Augustine of Hippo's Expositions of the Psalms. There Augustine recognized the beauty of Christ at every stage-from his pre-existence ('beautiful in heaven'), through his incarnation, the public ministry ('beautiful in his miracles, beautiful in calling to life'), passion, crucifixion, burial, resurrection ('beautiful in taking up his life again'), and glorious life 'in heaven'. Augustine never filled out this laconic summary by writing a work on Christ and his beauty. The Beauty of Jesus Christ seems to be the first attempt in Christian history to write a comprehensive account of the beauty of Christ in the light of Augustine's list...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Gerald O' Collins</note> <subject> <topic>Christology</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- Biography -- History and criticism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca 30-600</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">232</classification> <classification authority="ddc">G354-C71</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780198853633</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12763/the.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12763/the.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071154.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>