The fathers of the Church in Christian theology /

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Main Author: Fédou, Michel, 1952- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Book
Language:English
French
Published: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press, [2019]
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE From Yesterday to Today: The Contribution of Patristics to Christian Theology
  • 1. Genesis and History of "Patristics"
  • "Fathers of the Church," "Patrology," "Patristics"
  • Reading the Fathers in the Middle Ages
  • From the Renaissance to the Nineteenth Century
  • Johann Adam Mohler and John Henry Newman
  • 2. Patristic Renewal from the 1930s to the 1960s: Its Contribution to the Life of the Church
  • "Return to the Fathers": The Meaning of This Expression
  • Genesis of the Collection Sources Chretiennes
  • From the 1950s to Vatican Council II
  • Influence of the Patristic Renewal on Vatican Council II
  • 3. Patristic Renewal from the 1930s to the 1960s: Its Fecundity for Christian Theology
  • Henri de Lubac and "Our Fathers in the Faith"
  • From Christian Origins to Gregory of Nyssa: The Patristic Work of Jean Danielou
  • Yves Congar and the Tradition of the Fathers
  • In the German-Speaking Sphere: Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar, Readers of the Fathers
  • 4. From Vatican II to Our Day
  • Publications and Translations
  • Contribution to the History of Dogmas and Christian Theology
  • Patristics Questioned by Human Sciences and Philosophy
  • Patristics and Theology: The Present Difficulties
  • 5. Stakes of Patristic Exegesis
  • Some Misunderstandings to Be Dispelled
  • Spiritual Exegesis according to Origen
  • "Both Testaments"
  • Real Significance of Patristic Exegesis
  • 6. Contribution of the Fathers to Christian Thought
  • Patristics and Human Sciences
  • Philosophical Stakes
  • "Authority" of the Fathers
  • For a Patristic Theology
  • 7. Patristics in the Age of Globalization
  • Latin America, Africa, Asia
  • Patristics and "Contextual" Theologies
  • "Story of the Fathers": Its Importance Outside Europe
  • Return to Europe
  • pt. TWO Reading the Fathers Today: The Present Tasks of Patristic Theology
  • 8. Church of the Fathers
  • Reading of the Scriptures
  • Ecclesial Practices and Institutions
  • Announcement of the Gospel
  • Unity and Diversity
  • 9. Stakes of Patristic Anthropology
  • Athens, Rome, Jerusalem
  • World of Humanity
  • Humanity in the World
  • Belonging to Christ
  • 10. Contribution to Christian Ethics
  • Place of Ethics in the Writings of the Fathers
  • Respect for Life
  • Commitment of the Citizen
  • Concern for the Most Vulnerable
  • 11. Contribution to Christology and Trinitarian Theology
  • Heritage of the Twentieth Century
  • Reference to Scripture
  • Contribution to Philosophical Thought
  • Contribution to Dogmatic Theology
  • 12. Patristics and Ecumenism
  • "Orthodoxy" and "Heresy"
  • Dialogue with the Churches of the Nestorian and Monophysite Traditions
  • Dialogue with Orthodoxy
  • Dialogue with Protestantism
  • 13. Patristics and the Theology of Religions
  • Contribution of the Patristic Renewal of the Twentieth Century
  • Vatican Council II and the Post-Conciliar Years
  • Response to the Present Difficulties
  • Fecundity of Patristics for the Theology of Religions
  • 14. Fathers of the Church and Christian Spirituality
  • Prayer, Martyrdom, a Presence in the World: The Spirituality of the First Centuries
  • Journey of the Soul toward God
  • Spirituality of the Fathers of the Desert
  • Experience of Augustine.