His faithvision advocates the whole instead of the part, the synthetic rather than the analytic. Incredibly prolific and diverse, he wrote over one hundred books and many hundreds of articles. The office of peter and the structure of the church. Balthasar was born in lucerne, switzerland, on 12 august 1905, to a wealthy family. Representation was for him, as karlheinmenkz e describes, a bridging concept between the im. Though not invited to be present at the second vatican council, balthasar was later awarded the. As a young man, he had considered a career in music or literature, and he was an accomplished pianist. He was also the spiritual leader of a religious community in basel, switzerland. He reexamines the nature of christian believing, drawing widely on such theological figures as anselm, pascal and newman.
Volume ii offers a series of studies of figures from the earlier period of christian theology irenaeus, augustine, denys, anselm, and bonaventura. He wrote over one hundred books, including prayer, heart of the world, mary for today, love alone is credible, mysterium paschale. He was devoted to addressing spiritual and practical issues of his time and resisted reductionism and the human focus of modernity, wanting christians to challenge modern and philosophical assumptions. Named a cardinal by pope john paul ii, he died shortly before being formally inducted into the college of cardinals. Incredibly prolific and diverse, he wrote over one hundred books and hundreds of articles.
Su ultima bibliografia aparecida en johannes verlag. Along with karl rahner, balthasar is one of the most important roman catholic theologians of the 20th century. Pdf download explorations in theology full books pdfbooks. His works include over one hundred books and articles. Mai 1956 in lowen ist ein belgischer romisch katholischer. Balthasar was educated in benedictine and jesuit secondary schools and went on to study in vienna, berlin, and zurich.
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