A fellow blogger has some important things (finding God with/in neighbor) to say about de Lubac.
Here is a Communio article by Dr. Marcellino D'Ambrosio on de Lubac's exegesis of the Bible.
Here is an Anglican Theological Review article entitled "The eucharistic ecclesiology of Henri de Lubac."
4 comments:
Did you know that de Lubac accepted the red hat, but asked that he not be ordained bishop? I guess he considered the office of bishop too important to accept it as an honorific.
That's very interesting. Thanks for that little bit of history.
Fred K:
You offered the "optimistic" version of his not accepting the office of "Bishop" on the part of de Lubac...
I am no pessimist, but I wonder if it had anything to do with the reservations that Ratzinger had himself on taking the office?
Sometimes I feel bad for the poor guy... He just wanted to be a theologian, then he is asked to be a Bishop. He just wanted to be a theologian, then he was asked (more than once) to come to the Curia by John Paul, finally accepting the role as Prefect in the CDF. He just wanted to be a theologian and asked three times (at least) to go back to Bavaria and write, but John Paul wouldn't let him...
John Paul passes on to eternal glory, and finally, at 77 (almost 78) he thinks he can go on to be a theologian...
Then he becomes Pope!
(laughing).
I was happy for the Church that he was offered the job, but I couldn't help but feel bad for the poor chap. What a duty! :)
Justin Nickelsen
theologians who live past 80 are sometimes made cardinal and typically also made (presumably titular) bishop of someplace. I think you're right that de Lubac didn't want the burden, but then, those that accept the office usually accept it as an honorific, with little regard to actual pastoral duties. Perhaps someone who understands these sorts of things could enlighten us, here . . .
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