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PATH TO ABUNDANT LIFE

IN THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

Designed to be read as a guide or companion to John’s Gospel, this book intends to enable its readers to discover the inexhaustible spiritual treasure of the Gospel namely, the fullness of life here and hereafter. “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly” (Jn 10,10). in this Gospel the Beloved Disciple presents the progressive revelation of Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God and the life-giver (20,30-31), The present book also guides its readers along the path of faith and love to abundant life.

It “is meant primarily for persons like seminarians (specially students of theology), priests (particularly parish priests, pastors, retreat preachers), religious (men and women), and educated lay-persons (Bible study groups, charismatic prayer groups) with a view to assist them to grasp the Gospel of the Beloved Disciple from the perspective of life and to help them to five and witness, pray and preach the life-giving “good news” in today’s context, This book could also be used for making or giving a Johannine retreat.”

George Mlakuzhyit S J . is a Professor at the Faculty ra^ |

of Theology, Vidyajyoti, Delhi, India. His doctoral thesis on if^Mttk

the Gospel of John (The Chistocentric Literary Structure of

the Fourth Gospel) was defended in the Gregorian University J&^tij^S

with distinction and published in 1987 in the “Analecta 5p«9

Biblica” series (117) of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in

Rome. It has been acclaimed as “a thought-provoking study of i^L*

this unique gospel” and “a very important contribution to the

Johannine studies.” It has helped “the literary merits and the inexhaustible

spiritual riches of the Johannine Gospel to be ever more appreciated.”

For the last twenty years he has been teaching John’s Gospel and Christology, giving Johannine courses, workshops and seminars, and preaching Johannine retreats, in Delhi and in other parts of India. From 1988 he has been an active member of the Indian Theological Association (ITA) and the Catholic Biblical Association of India (CBAI). He was the Principal of Vidyajyoti, College of Theology (1995-98).