Here at last, in one book, is an account of the great movements that swept through Catholic theology since the middle of the nineteenth century. All the great personages are here--Newman, Blondel, Rahner, Chardin, Karl Adam, and the Modernists Loisy and Tyrrell. Fascinating and always readable, this book is a must for any library or person concerned with the development of modern religious thought.
Official exchange of letter and documents in the investigation of Fr. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P. by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1976-1980
Official exchange of letter and documents in the investigation of Fr. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P. by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1976-1980
The Schillebeeckx Case brings together for the first time in English the letters between the prominent Dutch theologian Edward Schillebeeckx and the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic Church's central Vatican office in charge of guarding the orthodoxy of the faith. When the Congregation began to investigate some of the theological statements found in the author's Jesus: An Experiment in Christology, it became a source of intense controversy all over the theological world. These official documents cover a five-year period and include the original questions put to Schillebeeckx by the Congregation, his response, their rejoiner, and the report of the face-to-face meeting that finally took place in Rome in 1979. The book ends with the final letter from the secretary of the Congregation, Cardinal Franjo Seper, giving the findings of the commission of investigation. These documents were not composed for publication but for private exchange between the parties and so breathe the passions of the debate. Book jacket.
Here at last, in one book, is an account of the great movements that swept through Catholic theology since the middle of the nineteenth century. All the great personages are here--Newman, Blondel, Rahner, Chardin, Karl Adam, and the Modernists Loisy and Tyrrell. Fascinating and always readable, this book is a must for any library or person concerned with the development of modern religious thought.
Here at last, in one book, is an account of the great movements that swept through Catholic theology since the middle of the nineteenth century. All the great personages are here--Newman, Blondel, Rahner, Chardin, Karl Adam, and the Modernists Loisy and Tyrrell. Fascinating and always readable, this book is a must for any library or person concerned with the development of modern religious thought.
Here at last, in one book, is an account of the great movements that swept through Catholic theology since the middle of the nineteenth century. All the great personages are here--Newman, Blondel, Rahner, Chardin, Karl Adam, and the Modernists Loisy and Tyrrell. Fascinating and always readable, this book is a must for any library or person concerned with the development of modern religious thought.
Official exchange of letter and documents in the investigation of Fr. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P. by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1976-1980
Official exchange of letter and documents in the investigation of Fr. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P. by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1976-1980
The Schillebeeckx Case brings together for the first time in English the letters between the prominent Dutch theologian Edward Schillebeeckx and the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Catholic Church's central Vatican office in charge of guarding the orthodoxy of the faith. When the Congregation began to investigate some of the theological statements found in the author's Jesus: An Experiment in Christology, it became a source of intense controversy all over the theological world. These official documents cover a five-year period and include the original questions put to Schillebeeckx by the Congregation, his response, their rejoiner, and the report of the face-to-face meeting that finally took place in Rome in 1979. The book ends with the final letter from the secretary of the Congregation, Cardinal Franjo Seper, giving the findings of the commission of investigation. These documents were not composed for publication but for private exchange between the parties and so breathe the passions of the debate. Book jacket.
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