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Contents ForewordbyPopeFrancis  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
PrefacebyBishopMaximVasiljević  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction ........................................... 1 I. Between the “Already” and the “Not Yet” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
II. The Eucharistic Remembrance of the Future III. God’s Remembrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IV. The Light of the Post-Easter Experience . . . . V. The “Earnest” of the Future Kingdom . . . . . .
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VI. The Reversal of the Direction of Time VII. From the Omega to the Alpha . . . . . . VIII. An Epiphanic Ontology . . . . . . . . . . . IX. Eschatological Hermeneutics . . . . . . . . X. Death and Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XI. Toward an Eschatological Ethics . . . . . XII. Toi, tu ne mourras pas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Chapter One
EschatologyandOntology .......................... 63
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 1. Ontology and Theology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 2. Ontology and Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
The Birth of Eschatological Ontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 1. From “de principiis” to “ex nihilo”:
The Will as “Cause” of Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 2. From Teleology to Eschatology:
The End as the Cause of Being . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Appendix: The Eschatologization of History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter Two
EschatologyandCreation ........................... 113
Introduction: The Ontological Content of the Eschata . . . . . . . . . 113 I. The mortality of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 II. The sustainment of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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