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| 3 | Dies nat. S.P.N. Pauli a Cruce, anno 1694. | |
| 5 | Alb. | S. CAROLI HOUBEN A S. ANDREA. Off. ut in Prop. C.P., vel Comm. Sanct. (Relig.) et feriae. Missa ut in Proprio vel Comm. Sanct. (Relig.). L 1. Is 58,6-11; Ps. 111, 1-2.7-8.9; Ev. Lc 6,27-38. |
| 6 | Dies bapt. S.P.N. Pauli a Cruce, anno 1694. | |
| 30 | Rub. | Missa et officium votivum Passionis (I). “Christus flagellis caeditur”. L 1. Is 63, 1-9; Ps 21, 8-9. 17-18a. 19. 20. 23. 24; Ev. Io 18,3 8 – 19, 1. |
The Cross as Theological Language:
Spiritual Convergences between John Henry Newman and Domenico Barberi.
by Maurizio Buioni, CP
The Cross, the central mystery of Christian faith, traverses the centuries as theological language, grammar of love, and prophetic sacrament. This study analyzes the spiritual convergence between John Henry Newman and Blessed Domenico of the Mother of God (Barberi), with particular attention to the Cross of Christ as hermeneutic key, epistemic principle, and shared theological locus. In a time marked by ecclesial transitions and doctrinal polarizations, the witness of these two protagonists emerges as a living response to the crisis of meaning and identity fragmentation. Their theology is mystical, lived, redemptive, and finds in suffering its central paradigm (von Balthasar, Theo-Drama, Jaca Book, 2005, vol. II, pp. 67–75).
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