Summary of Richard Rohr's The Universal Christ

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#1 The first incarnation was the moment when God joined with the physical universe and became the light inside of everything. The incarnation is not only God becoming Jesus, but a much broader event that involves the Christ that we encounter in other human beings.

#2 The first lines of the Bible say that the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters, and the material universe became visible in its depths and meaning. Time has no meaning at this point. The Christ Mystery is the New Testament’s attempt to name this visibility or see-ability that occurred on the first day.

#3 When I know that the world around me is both the hiding place and the revelation of God, I can no longer make a significant distinction between the natural and the supernatural, between the holy and the profane. Everything I see and know is one universe, revolving around one coherent center.

#4 A Incarnational worldview is the recognition of the presence of the divine in literally everything and everyone. It is the key to mental and spiritual health as well as a sense of basic contentment and happiness.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822541504

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#1

The first incarnation was the moment when God joined with the physical universe and became the light inside of everything. The incarnation is not only God becoming Jesus, but a much broader event that involves the Christ that we encounter in other human beings.

#2

The first lines of the Bible say that the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters, and the material universe became visible in its depths and meaning. Time has no meaning at this point. The Christ Mystery is the New Testament’s attempt to name this visibility or see-ability that occurred on the first day.

#3

When I know that the world around me is both the hiding place and the revelation of God, I can no longer make a significant distinction between the natural and the supernatural, between the holy and the profane. Everything I see and know is one universe, revolving around one coherent center.

#4

A Incarnational worldview is the recognition of the presence of the divine in literally everything and everyone. It is the key to mental and spiritual health as well as a sense of basic contentment and happiness.

#5

Christianity has become clannish, to say the least. But it can be saved from this by returning to the full Christian leap of faith, which is trusting that Jesus together with Christ gave us a human but a fully accurate window into the Eternal Now that we call God.

#6

The Christ Mystery anoints all physical matter with eternal purpose from the very beginning. It is a God who is both personal and universal. When we put these two seemingly opposites together, Jesus and Christ give us a God