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Lost in Wonder

Essays on Liturgy and the Arts

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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Lost in Wonder

Essays on Liturgy and the Arts

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

This book explores the Liturgy as the manifestation by cultic signs of Christian revelation, the 'setting' of the Liturgy in terms of architectural space, iconography and music, and the poetic response which the revelation the Liturgy carries can produce. The conclusion offers a synthetic statement of the unity of religion, cosmology and art. Aidan Nichols makes the case for Christianity's capacity to inspire high culture - both in principle and through well-chosen historical examples which draw on the best in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Anglicanism.

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1409481581

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Balthasar for Thomists

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P.

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Balthasar for Thomists

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P.

Students of Catholic theology are often presented with a choice between two great masters: Thomas Aquinas and Hans Urs von Balthasar. What starts as a cordial difference in form and method often morphs into a bitter rivalry. Dominican theologian Father Aidan Nichols sees no need for competition. Balthasar for Thomists gives a panoramic view of Balthasar's thought and spirituality, unearthing many of his innumerable debts to Aquinas and providing context for their points of divergence. The enormous cultural project of Balthasar, writes Father Nichols, differs too much from St. Thomas' pedagogical one "to count as a rival to Thomism on the latter's own ground (and, of course, vice versa)". While constituting an original form of faithful Catholic thought, Balthasar's approach may be regarded as a synthesis of the influences of Thomas and his Franciscan contemporary St. Bonaventure. In its breadth, Balthasar for Thomists serves as a general introduction to Balthasar for those unacquainted with his profound and wide-ranging theology.

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Ignatius Press

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1621643395

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Redeeming Beauty

Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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Redeeming Beauty

Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

Redeeming Beauty explores the richness of orthodox Christian tradition, both Western and Eastern, in matters of 'sacral aesthetics' - a term used to denote the foundations, production and experience of religiously relevant beauty. Aidan Nichols investigates five principal themes: the foundation of beauty in the natural order through divine creative action; explicitly 'evangelical' beauty as a quality of biblical revelation and notably at its climax in Christ; the legitimacy of making and venerating artworks; qualities of the self in relation to objective presentation of the religiously beautiful; and the difficulties of practising a sacral aesthetic, whether as producer or consumer, in an epoch when the visual arts themselves have left behind not only Church but for the greater part the public as well. The thought of theologians such as Augustine, Aquinas, Balthasar, Ratzinger, Bulgakov, Maritain and others is explored.

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

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1409477371

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The Poet as Believer

A Theological Study of Paul Claudel

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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The Poet as Believer

A Theological Study of Paul Claudel

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

This is the first comprehensive study of the theological significance of Paul Claudel, a poet frequently cited by literary-minded theologians in Europe and theologically-minded poets (such as von Balthasar, de Lubac and Eliot). His writing combines cosmology and history, Bible and metaphysics, liturgy and the drama of human personality. His work, which continues to arouse discussion in France, was acclaimed in his lifetime as the 'summa poetica' of a new Dante. Aidan Nichols' study demonstrates how Claudel's oeuvre, which is not only poetry but theatre and prose including biblical commentaries, constitutes a rich resource for constructive doctrine, liturgical preaching, and theological reflection. As the comparable example of Geoffrey Hill, Professor of Poetry at Oxford suggests, Aidan Nichols illuminates how Claudel's synthesis of many dimensions remains an important way of practising poetry in the Christian tradition today.

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1409481484

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Conciliar Octet

A Concise Commentary on the Eight Key Texts of the Second Vatican Council

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols. O.P.

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Conciliar Octet

A Concise Commentary on the Eight Key Texts of the Second Vatican Council

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols. O.P.

A lively debate continues in the Roman Catholic Church about the character of the teaching provided by the Second Vatican Council. Did it represent a decisive rupture with previous doctrine or the continuation of its earlier message under new conditions? In this work Dominican scholar and writer Aidan Nichols maintains that the Council texts must be interpreted in the light of their genesis, not their aftermath. They must be seen in the light of the public debates in the Council chamber not the hopes of individuals behind the scenes. On this basis, he provides a concise commentary on the eight most significant documents produced by the Council, documents which cover rather comprehensively all the major aspects of the Church’s life. The texts that emerged from the often-impassioned debates permit a reading of a classically Christian kind, and that is precisely what Nichols offers in this book.

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Ignatius Press

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1621642860

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The Theologian's Enterprise

A Very Short Introduction

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P.

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The Theologian's Enterprise

A Very Short Introduction

By: Fr. Aidan Nichols, O.P.

In this brief guide, an internationally acclaimed theologian and Dominican priest explains the approach to Catholic theology that he has worked out during his nearly forty years of publishing books and articles in the service of the Church. He looks at the nature of theology, its status as a science that is also a wisdom, its intrinsic principles and methods, its sources, and its subdivisions. He discusses the qualities the budding theologian must make his own if theology is to be authentically Catholic and assist, rather than hinder, the Church's mission. In a time of considerable confusion in the intellectual life of the Church, arising not only from professors but from hierarchs, The Theologian's Enterprise offers comprehensive yet concise counsel to those setting out in the study of their faith, perhaps for the first time.

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1621643034

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The How-To Book of Catholic Theology

Everything You Need to Know But No One Ever Taught You

By: Fr. John P. Cush, S.T.D.

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The How-To Book of Catholic Theology

Everything You Need to Know But No One Ever Taught You

By: Fr. John P. Cush, S.T.D.

Everyone's a theologian, because everyone believes something about God, even those who reject him. So the question is not whether we have a theology but whether that theology is true. And that's what makes this excellent book by Fr. John Cush so needed and helpful: It guides us in forming a true theology." — Brandon Vogt, author of Why I Am Catholic and Content Director at Word on Fire Catholic Ministries "Unlike the authors of most theology texts today, Fr. Cush knows that to understand anything about the divine, one must be properly intellectually, ecclesially, and even mystically conformed to Jesus Christ as encountered through his Mystical Body, the Church. These clear and concise pages outline precisely what that means, to love God by seeking him truly." — Fr. David Meconi, S.J., Director, Catholic Studies Centre, Saint Louis University and Editor, Homiletic & Pastoral Review As you'll learn in The How-to Book of Catholic Theology: Everything You Need to Know But No One Ever Taught You, theology at its core is about encountering God's self-revelation in Christ through the Church. In his clear, conversational style, theologian Father John Cush offers a comprehensive overview of Catholic theology, making it both approachable and actionable. In this complete guide you'll learn: Models (or styles) of being a theologian What you need to start your study of theology How to form a theological method How to use the tools of theology How to reconcile differences in theology How the study of theology leads to holiness of life The How-to Book of Catholic Theology also includes points to remember, recommended reading, and advice for building your personal theological library. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Born in Brooklyn, New York, Father John Patrick Cush is a priest of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Ordained in 1998, he earned the Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, with a specialization in fundamental theology. Father Cush currently serves as academic dean and as a formation advisor at the Pontifical North American College, Vatican City-State. He is an adjunct assistant professor of theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University and an adjunct professor of Church History at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, both in Rome, Italy. Father Cush writes regularly for the National Catholic Register, The Tablet, The Evangelist, and Homiletic & Pastoral Review. He has served as a parish priest, high school teacher, and a Censor of Books for his diocese. This is his first book.

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1681924390

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On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith Vol. One

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

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On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith Vol. One

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

In On Divine Revelation—one of Garrigou-Lagrange’s most significant works, here available in English for the very first time—he offers a classic treatment of this foundational topic. It is an organized and thorough defense of both the rationality and supernaturality of divine revelation. He presents a careful yet stimulating account of the scientific character of theology, the nature of revelation itself, mystery, dogma, the grace of faith, the powers of human reason, false interpretations thereof (rationalism, naturalism, agnosticism, and pantheism), the motives of credibility, and much more. Though written a century ago, On Divine Revelation will restore confidence in theology as a distinct and unified science and return focus to the fundamental questions of the doctrine of revelation. It also serves as a salutary corrective to contemporary theology’s anthropocentrism and concern with what is relative in revelation and religious experience by reorienting our theological attention to what is most certain, central, and sure in our knowledge of divine revelation: the Triune God who has revealed his inner life and salvific will. Readers will see the great splendor of the gift of divine revelation: radiant with credibility before the gaze of reason and drawing our supernatural assent to the mysteries through the gift of faith. As Fr. Cajetan Cuddy, O.P. observes, “On Divine Revelation . . . is a stunning work of inestimable value. No other subsequent work on this topic has come close to meeting it (much less surpassing it).”

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1645851567

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The Sense of Mystery: Clarity and Obscurity in the Intellectual Life

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.

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The Sense of Mystery: Clarity and Obscurity in the Intellectual Life

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P.

The Sense of Mystery highlights what is clear and what retains the character of mystery in the traditional and Thomistic solution concerning the great problems pertaining to our knowledge in general, to our knowledge of God (whether naturally or supernaturally attained), and to questions pertaining to grace. St. Thomas has fear neither for logic nor for mystery. Indeed, logical lucidity leads him to see in nature those mysteries that speak in their own particular ways of the Creator. Likewise, this same lucidity aids him in putting into strong relief other secrets of a far superior order—those of grace and of the intimate life of God, which would remain unknown were it not for Divine Revelation.

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1947792342

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Redeeming Beauty

Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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Soundings in Sacral Aesthetics

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Thomistic Common Sense: The Philosophy of Being and the Development of Doctrine

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

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Thomistic Common Sense: The Philosophy of Being and the Development of Doctrine

By: Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange

Despite living in an “information age,” we are confronted by the clash of ideologies and a crisis of universal knowledge. The Church is not unaffected by the world’s weariness and similarly faces what Fr. Mauro Gagliardi describes as “the lack of truth, or perhaps better, the disinterest in it.” Today’s philosophical and doctrinal decline are the results of the loss of first principles and a relativistic view of doctrinal development. As Matthew Levering writes in the Foreword, this first-time English translation of Fr. Réginald Garrigou-Lagrange’s Le sens commun: La philosophie de l’être et les formules dogmatiques by the acclaimed translator Matthew Minerd “arrives at an auspicious time.” This book sees the great Dominican master address a variety of fundamental topics that we need to return to and relearn in our day: the relationship between common sense and both philosophy and faith; the proper defense for philosophical realism; the subordination and coordination of philosophical first principles; our natural capacity for knowing God’s existence; and, at length, the problem of dogmatic development. Although originally written during the Catholic Modernist crisis at the turn of the twentieth century, Thomistic Common Sense is no mere relic of past controversies. Jacques Maritain, for example, while reflecting on his formation as a Thomist, cited it as particularly influential. In our own time, this book serves as a foundational textbook of Thomistic philosophy, communicating its wisdom with clarity, power, and perennial resonance.

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The Poet as Believer

A Theological Study of Paul Claudel

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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A Theological Study of Paul Claudel

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Lost in Wonder

Essays on Liturgy and the Arts

By: Fr Aidan Nichols O P

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Essays on Liturgy and the Arts

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Lost in Wonder

Lost in Wonder

Balthasar for Thomists

Balthasar for Thomists

Redeeming Beauty

Redeeming Beauty

The Poet as Believer

The Poet as Believer

Conciliar Octet

Conciliar Octet

The Theologian's Enterprise

The Theologian's Enterprise

The How-To Book of Catholic Theology

The How-To Book of Catholic Theology

On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith Vol. One

On Divine Revelation: The Teaching of the Catholic Faith Vol. One

The Sense of Mystery: Clarity and Obscurity in the Intellectual Life

The Sense of Mystery: Clarity and Obscurity in the Intellectual Life

Redeeming Beauty

Redeeming Beauty

Thomistic Common Sense: The Philosophy of Being and the Development of Doctrine

Thomistic Common Sense: The Philosophy of Being and the Development of Doctrine

The Poet as Believer

The Poet as Believer

Lost in Wonder

Lost in Wonder

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