Pope: The absence of Christ causes total sadness

We should desire nothing but the joy of the truth that is Christ and avoid everything but his absence. This, in fact, should be regarded as the only cause of total and eternal sadness.These words of John Scotus Erigena, a Christian philosopher and 9th century theologian who was born in Ireland and lived in France, inspired Benedict XVIs General Audience catechesis on June 10th in St. Peters Square.The Holy Father acknowledged that even though the scholars work is not widespread, several of his intuitions still yield interesting viewpoints even today, especially for the understanding of Sacred Scripture.According to John, God gave us the Bible with a pedagogical intention so that man could recall ...

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