“[S]ince being is analogical, we are quite correct in using the same words, in particular the word 'being', for both God and his creatures.”

— Henri de Lubac

Part 1. "The Eternal Feminine", Ch. 4, p. 73
The Eternal Feminine (1968)

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Jesuit theologian and cardinal 1896–1991

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