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Olivier Clement Biography

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Olivier Clement, born on November 17, 1921, in France, passed away on January 15, 2009. He was a philosopher, theologian, and writer, known for his research on Christian mysticism and Eastern philosophy.

Two Fall Animal Saws Creation Bears One Day Conversation Forests Adam Terrified Nun

Author:Olivier Clement

“The kenosis of the Son reveals the mystery of God who is Love. This gift of life is an extension of a mysterious exchange at the heart of the Deity. In God himself the One does not exclude the Other, it includes it. The Unity of God is so complete, so rich, that it is not solitude enclosed in itself, but rather the fullness of communion. And thereby, the source of all communion.”

Heart Doe Life Is Rich Mystery Son Source Solitude Unity Mysterious Communion Extensions Deities Fullness Gifts Of Life Mystery Of God

Author:Olivier Clement

“Our nature is to worship, but unless that element is directed towards God it becomes "a senseless impersonal force, carrying us away in its momentum. It becomes a search for ecstasy - no matter what kind achieved through destruction...The worshipful integraton of nature in the person is inverted in a hellish imprisonment of the individual in nature."”

Kind Persons Matter Spiritual Individual Force Elements Worship Destruction No Matter What Ecstasy Momentum Imprisonment Inverted

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“It is therefore essential to let the 'heart spirit' settle like calm water. Then it becomes a tranquil lake in which the sky is reflected, in which the face of Christ can be seen.”

Heart Faces Spiritual Spirit Christ Water Sky Essentials Calm Settling Lakes Tranquil Calm Water

Author:Olivier Clement

“For every person is a gaping space waiting to be filled with God.”

Persons Inspiration Faith Waiting Space Filled Christian Inspirational

Book:On Human Being: A Spiritual Anthropology

Source: On Human Being: A Spiritual Anthropology

“Prayer and Theology are inseparable. True Theology is the adoration offered by the intellect. The intellect clarifies the moment of prayer, but only prayer can give it the fervor of the Spirit. Theology is light, prayer is fire.”

Giving Moments Light Spirit Prayer Fire Intellect Theology Adoration Inseparable Fervor

Author:Olivier Clement

“People never cease to project on to God their individual and collective obsessions, so that they can appropriate and make use of him. But they ought to understand that God cannot be apprehended from without, as if he were an object, for with him there is no outside nor can the Creator be set side by side with the creature.”

People Ifs Use Individual Sides Objects Ought Creatures Projects Creator Cease Obsession Appropriate Collectives

Author:Olivier Clement

About the Author

Born: November 17, 1921
Died: January 15, 2009
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