Biblical basics of the Holy Family’s dimension of Christian spirituality according to the teaching of God’s Servant Jean Berthier, founder of the Congregation Missionaries of the Holy Family

Authors

  • Adam Józef Sobczyk Kazimierz Biskupi

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.270

Keywords:

Bible, Holy Family, Jean Berthier, spirituality, obedience, divine will, faith, commandment of love, humility, mortification

Abstract

The analysis of the biblical basics of the Holy Family’s dimension of Christian spirituality drawn by Jean Berthier shows his impressive knowledge of the Holy Bible. God’ Servant uses many quotations to show biblical grounds for Christ’s imitation according to the pattern of the Holy Family. There are a few virtues of the Holy Family which deserve to be highlighted: trust and obedience to God’s Will, love to God and to neighbor, humility and mortification. Berthier not only enumerates those virtues but also encourages everyone to realize them in everyday life, such as the Holy Family did it.

Published

2009-03-31

How to Cite

Sobczyk, A. J. (2009). Biblical basics of the Holy Family’s dimension of Christian spirituality according to the teaching of God’s Servant Jean Berthier, founder of the Congregation Missionaries of the Holy Family. The Biblical and Liturgical Movement, 62(1), 53–65. https://doi.org/10.21906/rbl.270

Issue

Vol. 62 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Articles

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