Dear William,
Thank you for Trinity heaven searching.For the moment the PDF is not attachable in Blogspot, only as graphic..
It is good of you to revise it to Word format.
Your COMMENT keeps us up 'to awaken clarity of thought!'
Donald
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Reflection on Conceptual Knowledge
and Contemplation OF GOD
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KNOWLEDGE (taken from the world, developed by sense,
imagination)
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Quiddity (of nature)
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I AM A
HUMAN BEING
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GOD
IS THE ETERNAL BEING
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the inherent nature of someone or
something.
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REASON (progression of conceptual knowledge)
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Essential (of essence)
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I AM
HUMAN
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GOD IS
ETERNAL
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fundamental to the nature of
something or someone
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CONTEMPLATION (end of discursive reason)
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Existential (of existence
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. I AM .
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GOD IS .
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affirming or implying the existence
of a thing
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[# limited #]
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< no limit >
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the essence limits
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the essence of God
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the existence of
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is identical to
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the creature
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His existence
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Exodus 3:14
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And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I
AM
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GOD IS
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and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto
the children
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EXISTENCE ITSELF
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of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto
you.
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"I AM THAT I AM”
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by creation > originating from > whence I came
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by divinisation >
absorbed into > hence I AM
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----- Forwarded Message -----
From: William Wardle
To: Dom Donald.Nunraw
Sent: Monday, 18 June 2012, 12:18
Subject: [Blog] Breviary illustration - Exodus 3:14 (diagram)
Dear Father Donald,
Your Trinity Breviary etchings fascinate me, and I ponder the attached most lovingly for it represents the greatest mystery of all, and has me mesmerized! It sent me back into my RCIA folder for another diagram to awaken clarity of thought! I wonder if I might attach it to share with you. In it I tried to order my thoughts from reading an inspiring book on the Mysticism of the Cloud of Unknowing by William Johnston, in order to express the Existence of God alongside that of humanity, and in conclusion - by arriving at who we are, to consider Who God is.
From a gentle meander across a horizontal plain I ended up at a virtual cliff face!
Still wandering around the cloisters in the silent hours before dawn...
With my love in Our Lord,
William
PS. The breviary psalm at Lauds this morning set me before your burnished tabernacle, with the words "How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord God of hosts".
When I go for the shopping today, a little bit of the housekeeping will be spent in Boots Photoshop on prints of the Exposition I witnessed!
