Spiritual Exercises Based on Paul’s Epistle to the Romans

by Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Publisher:

Paulist Press

, 1995

Overview

Spiritual Exercises, based on Scripture passages of Jesus’ life and early Christian legends, were first introduced by Ignatius of Loyola in the sixteenth century. Joseph A. Fitzmyer notes that Ignatian Spiritual Exercises, while beneficial, lack teaching on Pauline texts and the Holy Spirit. To remedy this, Fitzmyer recasts the Pauline text of Romans into the form of 24 meditations, making it suitable for use in a retreat of eight days or less.

Contents

Top Highlights

“the love of God.’ This will be the attribute that dominates chapters 5 to 8. This shift” (Page 79)

“Paul begins to develop the thesis that he set forth in vv. 16–17, but he develops it first in a negative sense. He describes what happens to humanity when it is bereft of God’s gospel. He will treat this negative approach in three ways before he sets out the positive development of his thesis. The first of these ways concerns pagans or heathens who are without the gospel; the second concerns the Jewish people, also without the gospel; and the third considers the wickedness of all human beings.” (Page 32)

“Freedom from self and unruly attachment is nothing else but an openness to God who himself will reveal that ‘different attitude,’ and to the grace that is now inviting us to consider it.” (Page 11)

“All such factors in Christian life are brought into harmony for those who love God, because they are all elements in the implementation and execution of the divine plan of salvation.” (Page 146)

“Jesus is Lord and believe in one’s heart that God raised him from the dead in order to be saved” (Page 20)

Product Details

• Title: Spiritual Exercises Based on Paul’s Epistle to the Romans
• Author: Joseph A. Fitzmyer
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Print Publication Date: 1995
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 235
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. N.T. Romans › Commentaries; Spiritual exercises
• ISBNs: 0809135809, 9780809135806
• Resource ID: LLS:SPRTLXRCSSPRMNS
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:55:49Z

About Joseph A. Fitzmyer

Joseph A. Fitzmyer (1920–2016), SJ, was professor emeritus of biblical studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He was a noted scholar of New Testament and Aramaic, and taught at Woodstock College, University of Chicago, Fordham University, and Weston School of Theology. In 1984 he was awarded the Berkitt Medal for Biblical Studies by the British Royal Academy. He was the American member of the Biblical Commission, president of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, and past president of both The Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. He authored over 20 books, including The Dead Sea Scrolls and Christian Origins, and he was coeditor of the New Jerome Biblical Commentary.