Opera Omnia English 2023

What is Christianity? Christianity is a simple term with a well-defined meaning. This meaning is in fact the ‘concept’ of Christianity; many go no further than this and confuse ‘Christianity’ with the ‘concept’ of Christianity. However accurate, correct and, at least to a certain extent, true this concept of Christianity is, to these people it will always be just a concept, an idea, an ‘essence’. They are never, in any case, able to penetrate this concept to the very heart of the thing, of the res significata. And so, they fail to grasp that vital, mysterious reality a reality that is always transcendent and which, consequently, is mystery - that lies at the heart of the concept itself. To them, Christianity is a doctrine, a Creed, conceived precisely as a series of formulations which they generally call dogmas and interpret as intellectual statements regarding specific aspects.