The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

The Path Before Us, with Matthew Lee Anderson

#719: Discovering Sin through the Cross

On von Balthasar's Fourth Thesis on Christian Ethics

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Matthew Lee Anderson
Nov 14, 2025
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“It is only where God’s love goes ‘to the end’ that human guilt manifests itself as sin, its inner disposition arising from a spirit that is positively inimical to God.” — Hans Urs von Balthasar

If Jesus Christ is the concrete norm of all action, then the negative corollary must be that his death and resurrection determine the content and nature of sin. …

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