Frases de Edith Stein

Edith Stein, de nombre religioso Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz , fue una filósofa, mística, religiosa carmelita descalza, mártir y santa alemana de origen judío.

Nació en el seno de una familia judía y pasó por una etapa de ateísmo. Estudiante de filosofía, fue la primera mujer que presentó una tesis en esta disciplina en Alemania. Continuó su carrera a la vez que trabajaba como colaboradora del filósofo alemán Edmund Husserl, fundador de la fenomenología. Una larga evolución intelectual y espiritual la condujo al catolicismo, al que se convirtió en 1921. Enseñó y dio conferencias en Alemania, desarrolló una teología de la mujer y un análisis de la filosofía de santo Tomás de Aquino y de la fenomenología.

El régimen nacional-socialista le prohibió la enseñanza. Edith Stein decidió entrar en la Orden de Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo, donde tomó los hábitos bajo el nombre de Teresa Benedicta de la Cruz. Detenida por la Gestapo, fue deportada el 2 de agosto de 1942 e internada en el campo de exterminio nazi de Auschwitz, en el territorio polaco ocupado, donde sería asesinada siete días después.

Fue beatificada en 1987 y canonizada el 11 de octubre de 1998 por el papa Juan Pablo II.[1]​ Este pontífice también la nombró copatrona de Europa el 1 de octubre de 1999 en la apertura del sínodo de los obispos denominado Segunda Asamblea especial para Europa, junto con Brígida de Suecia y Catalina de Siena,[2]​ sumándose así a los ya declarados copatronos Benito de Nursia, Cirilo y Metodio. Su fiesta litúrgica se celebra el 9 de agosto. Wikipedia  

✵ 12. octubre 1891 – 9. agosto 1942   •   Otros nombres Edith Steinová, Sv. Edith Steinová, Terezie Benedikta od Kříže (Editha Steinová)
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Frases célebres de Edith Stein

“La nación tiene necesidad no sólo de lo que tenemos, sino también de lo que somos.”

Fuente: Frases de Edith Stein http://grupokarol.blogspot.com.es/2009/09/frases-de-edith-stein.html. Grupo Karol.

Edith Stein: Frases en inglés

“The concept which assumes that everything in the Church is irrevocably set for all times appears to me to be a false one. It would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the Church is a human institution and like all things human, was destined to change and evolve; likewise, its development takes place often in the form of struggles.”

Essays on Woman (1996), Problems of Women's Education (1932)
Contexto: The concept which assumes that everything in the Church is irrevocably set for all times appears to me to be a false one. It would be naive to disregard that the Church has a history; the Church is a human institution and like all things human, was destined to change and evolve; likewise, its development takes place often in the form of struggles. Most of the definitions of dogma are conclusive results of preceding intellectual conflicts lasting for decades and even centuries. The same is true of ecclesiastical law, liturgical forms — especially all objective forms reflecting our spiritual life.

“The true Christian is not obliged to renounce the things of this world or to lessen his natural abilities.”

Essays on Woman (1996), Problems of Women's Education (1932)
Contexto: The true Christian is not obliged to renounce the things of this world or to lessen his natural abilities. On the contrary, inasmuch as he incorporates them into his normal life in a disciplined manner, he develops and perfects them; he thereby ennobles the natural life itself, supplying efficacious values to it not only of the spiritual and eternal world but also of the material and earthly world.

“Only the person blinded by the passion of controversy could deny that woman in soul and body is formed for a particular purpose.”

Essays on Woman (1996), The Ethos of Woman's Professions (1930)
Contexto: Only the person blinded by the passion of controversy could deny that woman in soul and body is formed for a particular purpose. The clear and irrevocable world of Scripture declares what daily experience teaches from the beginning of the world: woman is destined to be wife and mother.

“As a child of the Jewish people who, by the grace of God, for the past eleven years has also been a child of the Catholic Church, I dare to speak to the Father of Christianity about that which oppresses millions of Germans.”

Letter to Pope Pius XI (1933) as translated in Inside the Vatican (2003), p. 27
Contexto: As a child of the Jewish people who, by the grace of God, for the past eleven years has also been a child of the Catholic Church, I dare to speak to the Father of Christianity about that which oppresses millions of Germans. For weeks we have seen deeds perpetrated in Germany which mock any sense of justice and humanity, not to mention love of neighbor. For years the leaders of National Socialism have been preaching hatred of the Jews. But the responsibility must fall, after all, on those who brought them to this point and it also falls on those who keep silent in the face of such happenings.
Everything that happened and continues to happen on a daily basis originates with a government that calls itself "Christian." For weeks not only Jews but also thousands of faithful Catholics in Germany, and, I believe, all over the world, have been waiting and hoping for the Church of Christ to raise its voice to put a stop to this abuse of Christ’s name.

“What is meant by "the Law of the Lord"?”

Collected Works Vol. IV. Part 1 : Before the Face of God, Ch.1 : "On the History and Spirit of Carmel" http://www.karmel.at/ics/edith/stein_9.html
Contexto: What is meant by "the Law of the Lord"? Psalm 118 which we pray every Sunday and on solemnities at Prime, is entirely filled with the command to know the Law and to be led by it through life. The Psalmist was certainly thinking of the Law of the Old Covenant. Knowing it actually did require life-long study and fulfilling it, life-long exertion of the will. But the Lord has freed us from the yoke of this Law. We can consider the Savior's great commandment of love, which he says includes the whole Law and the Prophets, as the Law of the New Covenant. Perfect love of God and of neighbor can certainly be a subject worthy of an entire lifetime of meditation. But we understand the Law of the New Covenant, even better, to be the Lord himself, since he has in fact lived as an example for us of the life we should live. We thus fulfill our Rule when we hold the image of the Lord continually before our eyes in order to make ourselves like him. We can never finish studying the Gospels.

“To be a mother is to nourish and protect true humanity and bring it to development.”

Essays on Woman (1996), The Significance of Woman's Intrinsic Value in National Life (1928)
Contexto: To be a mother is to nourish and protect true humanity and bring it to development. But again, this necessitates that she possess true humanity herself, and that she is clear as to what it means; otherwise, she cannot lead others to it. One can become suitable for this double duty if one has the correct personal attitude.

“We can consider the Savior's great commandment of love, which he says includes the whole Law and the Prophets, as the Law of the New Covenant.”

Collected Works Vol. IV. Part 1 : Before the Face of God, Ch.1 : "On the History and Spirit of Carmel" http://www.karmel.at/ics/edith/stein_9.html
Contexto: What is meant by "the Law of the Lord"? Psalm 118 which we pray every Sunday and on solemnities at Prime, is entirely filled with the command to know the Law and to be led by it through life. The Psalmist was certainly thinking of the Law of the Old Covenant. Knowing it actually did require life-long study and fulfilling it, life-long exertion of the will. But the Lord has freed us from the yoke of this Law. We can consider the Savior's great commandment of love, which he says includes the whole Law and the Prophets, as the Law of the New Covenant. Perfect love of God and of neighbor can certainly be a subject worthy of an entire lifetime of meditation. But we understand the Law of the New Covenant, even better, to be the Lord himself, since he has in fact lived as an example for us of the life we should live. We thus fulfill our Rule when we hold the image of the Lord continually before our eyes in order to make ourselves like him. We can never finish studying the Gospels.

“Everything that happened and continues to happen on a daily basis originates with a government that calls itself "Christian."”

Letter to Pope Pius XI (1933) as translated in Inside the Vatican (2003), p. 27
Contexto: As a child of the Jewish people who, by the grace of God, for the past eleven years has also been a child of the Catholic Church, I dare to speak to the Father of Christianity about that which oppresses millions of Germans. For weeks we have seen deeds perpetrated in Germany which mock any sense of justice and humanity, not to mention love of neighbor. For years the leaders of National Socialism have been preaching hatred of the Jews. But the responsibility must fall, after all, on those who brought them to this point and it also falls on those who keep silent in the face of such happenings.
Everything that happened and continues to happen on a daily basis originates with a government that calls itself "Christian." For weeks not only Jews but also thousands of faithful Catholics in Germany, and, I believe, all over the world, have been waiting and hoping for the Church of Christ to raise its voice to put a stop to this abuse of Christ’s name.

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