Reciprocal immanence

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Reciprocal immanence ( Latin reciprocus immanere "mutual in-being") describes, according to especially the Johannine theology the trinitarian relationship between God the Father and God the Son, and the relationship of man to God through Jesus Christ (cf.. Jn 14,10  EU and Joh 14.20  EU ).

According to John, Jesus Christ lives and exists exclusively in and out of God. The evangelist transfers this father-son relationship to the relationship between the risen Jesus and his disciples .

“ Revelation was fulfilled in that it opened up this divine mystery to us; Salvation means that man has been drawn into this mystery. The Eternal Son, the Logos , "came into the world", "became flesh" and shared our existence; It is precisely through this that He has drawn us into what is His. He announced to us the secret of rebirth : that the person who has already had his first life should be absorbed into the depths of the divine womb and born to a new existence. He should share in the position that Christ has in God; To become Christ's brother and sister. So he should go with him to the Father, as his son, as his daughter, not through being but through grace. And that should happen in the power of the Holy Spirit , who wants to be his friend and "support" ( Jn 3,3-10  EU ). "

- Romano Guardini : Preschool of Prayer (2nd edition), pp. 128–129

John also never mentions God the Father as the direct recipient of the believers' love. Love for God is therefore only possible through love for Jesus, which in the Gospel according to John is the decisive characteristic of discipleship. However , descriptions of reciprocal immanence can also be found in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke (cf. Mt 10.40  EU and Lk 10.16  EU ).

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  1. ↑ Klaus Scholtissek: "He came into his own property - and his own did not receive him" (Jn 1:11) Spirit and life. Journal for Christian Spirituality 72. Issue 6 1999, pp. 436–451 (PDF; 0.3 MB)
  2. ↑ Margareta Gruber OSF: Friendship as a way of life. Johannine foundation for a diaconal church. Love moves and changes the world, Bonifatius Verlag, Paderborn, 2008, pp. 420–435 (PDF; 0.1 MB)