Saturday, April 16, 2005

Ignatius Insight articles on Balthasar & Speyr

A Résumé of My Thought by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Father Balthasar (1905-88) was a Swiss theologian, considered to be one of the most important Catholic intellectuals and writers of the twentieth century. In this essay, first published in 1988 in Communio, the theological journal he helped found, and later in Hans Urs von Balthasar: His Life and Work, he offers a valuable introduction to his thought and writing.

The Confession of the Saints by by Adrienne von Speyr. In this excerpt from her classic book Confession, the Swiss convert and mystic Adrienne von Speyr contemplates the sacrament of confession in light of the Cross and the example of several great saints.

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