There is a facebook post under the Classic FM page which is a flash mob depiction of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". Words are provided - and these explain von Balthasar's positive reference to Beethoven.
Here, it seems von Balthasar lays more of the foundation for understanding revelation. It is the perception of gracious love (freely given). Our part is to focus on the key to the gestalt of it. The process reminds me of the process of seeing the picture, "Wife and Mother-in-Law". In one of my grad school classes, we were presented with this picture and the class was asked who could see both in the picture. One person could not see the Mother-in-Law until he was told to see the chin as a nose; then, it all became clear. In Chapter 4, von Balthasar asks us to see the stone as God's love. But I believe that is only partially correct. It is the removal of the stone with recognized participation from God that reveals any love in the stone. Just as the Resurrection reveals Jesus' identity as the Christ, even on the Cross.
There is a facebook post under the Classic FM page which is a flash mob depiction of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy". Words are provided - and these explain von Balthasar's positive reference to Beethoven.
Here, it seems von Balthasar lays more of the foundation for understanding revelation. It is the perception of gracious love (freely given). Our part is to focus on the key to the gestalt of it. The process reminds me of the process of seeing the picture, "Wife and Mother-in-Law". In one of my grad school classes, we were presented with this picture and the class was asked who could see both in the picture. One person could not see the Mother-in-Law until he was told to see the chin as a nose; then, it all became clear. In Chapter 4, von Balthasar asks us to see the stone as God's love. But I believe that is only partially correct. It is the removal of the stone with recognized participation from God that reveals any love in the stone. Just as the Resurrection reveals Jesus' identity as the Christ, even on the Cross.