The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes. (Hans Urs von Balthasar)

The work with which we embark on this first volume of a series of theological studies is a work with which the philosophical person does not begin, but rather concludes.

Hans Urs von Balthasar

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