Hans Urs von Balthasar

In this newly translated book, von Balthasar delves deeper into this exploration of what love means, what comprises the divine love of God, and how we must become lovers of God in the footsteps of saints like Francis de Sales, John of the Cross and Therese of Lisieux.

Love Alone is Credible

Zeke Taylor

Many truths are laid down which surround and “converge” upon the ultimate leap into love. This was the first Balthasar book I read when I read it a few years ago. He is pretty well versed in the history of philosophy, mostly Western, as well as the history of Christian theology and the Bible, and despite his learning he manages to never fall into scholarly verbiage. (I say this less so out of my response to this particular book and much more so from his Glory of the Lord volumes.) He always has a direct purpose even when I don’t know exactly where he is going. He also has a level of devotion which has an encouraging effect. The encouragement is not the same as my experiences with reading canonized saints’ writings, but he trends in that direction.

Christopher McCaffery

This is my third or fourth time reading this book, and each time I revisit it new things jump out at me literally on every page. Absolutely astounding.

Andrey Kravchenko

Небольшая книга Бальтазара, притворяющаяся обманчиво удобной точкой входа в его теологию. На самом же деле там вас встретит концентрированный хайдеггерианский язык, наложенный на богатейшую традицию католической экзегезы, которую, разумеется, вам никто пояснять не будет. Поэтому, если вас вдруг заинтересовала фигура Бальтазара, то лучше начать с первого тома его Богословской эстетики.

Love Alone is Credible

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