The Incarnational Sense of God’s Mercy

The mercy of God who comes towards man is often equated with the event of the Passover, of Jesus’s suffering and death, where his love of man reaches its fullness. As a result, we often seem to forget about the beginning of God’s presence amongst men, the beginning which makes this presence tangibl...

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Main Authors:	Jakub Józef Woźniak, Sławomir Śledziewski
Format:	Article
Language:	deu
Published:	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie 2020-12-01
Series:	Studia Warmińskie
Subjects:	mercy love Incarnation the Word self-abasement gift
Online Access:	https://czasopisma.uwm.edu.pl/index.php/sw/article/view/4652

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