Jesus and His Times, Volume II spo-default “it was metaphysically impossible…to have

“it was metaphysically impossible…to have intelligent and free creatures immune from the possibility of falling into sin

Constantly refreshed by his triumphant common sense

For Peter Rush

and the reign of God which will follow the Last Judgment

and Viva Pio Nono

Jesus and His Times, Volume II spo-default “it was metaphysically impossible…to haveBy Henri Daniel Rops Jesus is at once of history and beyond it. To write a life of Jesus Christ, to chronicle his sayings and his works, to study him in the context of his historical time and place, is not simply to compose a biography. It is to encounter a unique and tremendous mystery: the mystery of the Incarnation, in the words of Henri Daniel Rops: of the enigma posed by this man, like one of ourselves, whose words and gestures bring into