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Hans Urs von Balthasar made detailed statements about his work on five occasions, mostly on the birthdays that marked the end of a decade of his life. First as a young author, next as publisher and writer. Then, in the midst of the transformations connected with the Council, he wrote an account for himself and his readers, about what had been done, and what was still required. Finally, in a kind...

Why is the first part of this synthesis called The Glory of the Lord (Herrlichkeit)? Because it is concerned, first, with learning to see God’s revelation and because God can be known only in his Lordliness and sublimity (Herr-heit and Hehr-heit), in what Israel called Kabod and the New Testament gloria, something that can be recognized under all the incognitos of human nature and the Cross. This means that God does not come primarily as a teacher for us (“true”), as a useful
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