Spatio-Temporal Categories in the Abandonment of Jesus

A Theological Reading

Abstract

This article aims at identifying the theological nucleus of the charism of Chiara Lubich. God does not reveal himself through concepts in a charism, but communicates his very Being. In the charism of Lubich the intuition of the abandonment emerges as original within its context. The abandonment is an event that involves the length, width and breadth of christological soteriology, and therefore regards the manifestation of the Mystery of God. Past, present and future are condensed in the abandonment as the advent of the Love of God in history. This study attempts to provide a platform for the understanding of the economic Trinity in Lubich’s thought, so as reach the immanent Trinity by means of an analogical epistemology.