The Path (Tao) is Jesus

Last year I purchased a used book at the local Good Will, with a 1959 copyright, titled, Jung and St. Paul: A Study of the Doctrine of Justification By Faith and Its Relation to the Concept of Individuation. I recently received a question from a friend through Facebook about whether Jungian ideas are compatible with Christianity, and Catholicism in particular. Here were my comments:

"I'm not so sure yet how much or to what extent Jung has influenced him (Dr. Jordan Peterson). I've never really read his work; I just know it from generalities. I do believe that his ideas could be used as a way of replacing religion with a new age spirituality. But I think historically Christianity has been able to transform ideas of pagan origin and Christianize them. So I think if this guy has good core Catholic or Christian values then I don't see how he couldn't do the same thing with Jung."

So, this got me to start reading this book again. As I read through the preface, the author was making the point that there may be parallel concepts between psychology and theology and we could perhaps reconcile the concepts by translating the term from the one discipline and translate it to the other, or create a new third language to synthesize the ideas. The author uses a phrase from Jung "the union of opposites through the middle path" which he parallels closely with the Chinese concept of Tao. This term has many meanings: 

²dào 道 N. [noun] road; path ◆M. [nominal measure word] ① (for rivers/topics/etc.) ② (for a course (of food); a streak (of light); etc.) ◆V. [verb] ① say; speak; talk (introducing direct quote, novel style) … ② think; suppose ◆B.F. [bound form, bound morpheme] ① channel ② way; reason; principle ③ doctrine ④ Daoism ⑤ line ⑥〈hist.〉 [history] ⑦ district; circuit canal; passage; tube ⑧ say (polite words) … See also ⁴dǎo, ⁴dāo

⁴dǎo 导/道[導/-] B.F. [bound form] ① guide; lead … ② transmit; conduct … ③ instruct; direct …

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao#Etymology 

The author then suggests that a Christian theological parallel to the concept is "Justification by Faith" because he claims the Protestant doctrine is also "the union of opposites through the middle path". Since I am committed rather to the Catholic theological system, I am not therefore committed to the doctrine of "Justification by Faith", if by "faith" we mean in the absence of works. Nevertheless, I think both Catholic and Protestant could agree that it seems hat Jesus (Word/Logos/Way/Gate) Himself is a closer parallel to the meaning of Tao. See here:

Tao te ching
The Tao, considered as unchanging, has no name. 

All-pervading is the Great Tao! It may be found on the left
hand and on the right. 

To him who holds in his hands the Great Image (of the invisible
Tao), the whole world repairs. Men resort to him, and receive no
hurt, but (find) rest, peace, and the feeling of ease. 

Christian New Testament
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.

But this I confess to thee, that according to the way, which they call a heresy, so do I serve the Father and my God, believing all things which are written in the law and the prophets. 

Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

If nothing else, you may now have a point of departure when you engage in conversations with those who follow the Tao.