title: Nouvelle Th&eacute;ologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery
author:  Hans Boersma 
description: <br>"It is clear that Boersma is not simply doing historical theology for its own sake, but recognizes that at the heart of this movement is a theologically rich attempt to recover the heart of theology from the great tradition... Boersma works through several key issues at the heart of of the <em>nouvelle</em> <em>theologie</em> movement and shows that the impulse behind the various interpretative decisions was the recovery of a sacramental ontology." --<em>Journal of Spiritual Formation and Soul Care</em>
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  THE WEAVING OF A SACRAMENTAL TAPESTRY
  Hans Boersma
  
  To the Faculty and Students of Regent College
  In ceternum, Domine, verbum tuum permanet in ccelo.
  In generationem et generationem veritas tua; fundasti terram, et permanet.
  Ps. 118 (rrg):89-go
  Factum audivimus, mysterium requiramus.
  St. Augustine, In epistolam loannis, 5o.6
   
  
  Preface x
  Introduction I
  Ressourcement of Heaven 3
  Ressourcement for Evangelicals and Catholics Together 9
  Ressourcement of Nouvelle Theologie II
  Part z: Exitus: The Fraying Tapestry 17
  i. The Shape of the Tapestry: A Sacramental Ontology 19
  Sacramental Ontology as Real Presence 21
  The Celebration of Creation: Use or Enjoyment? 26
  Christianity and the Platonic Heritage 33
  2. Weaving the Tapestry: The Fathers' Christological Anchor
  40
  Irenaeus: Salvation through Recapitulation 41
  Athanasius: Unity in the Incarnate Logos 44
  Gregory of Nyssa: Universals and Particulars 47
  3. Unraveling the Tapestry: The Medieval Revolt of Nature 52
  Juridicizing of the Church 