The Catholic Church: Nature, Reality and Mission

ISBN-13: 9781441187093 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 488 str.

Walter Kasper

Opis

Walter Kasper is already well-known and loved throughout the English-speaking world. He has held high office in the Vatican but until his recent retirement has felt constrained from publishing what he really thinks and his vision of the Church for the future.
Kasper brings to conclusion a project that has been pursued for years, as it joins together his greatest monographs on the subject of God's teaching and Christology. The book covers three main topics: Nature, Reality and the Mission of the Church.
The introductory section is autobiographical and the reader can see Kasper's personal and theological way in to and with the Church. He develops the actual ecclesiological exegesis - for Kasper the representation of the Being of the Church is not about empirical description, but rather a testimony of being. He emphasizes that nobody is able to apply the stereotypical and idealistic image of the heavens to the critical acknowledgement of the church's present. The program of the Church is ultimately not self-directed but rather remains oriented towards the finalization of the arrival of the kingdom of God and the spiritual healing of the human race.

Recenzje

More than any other work currently available, Kasper's book covers the needs of courses in ecclesiology ... [It] provides the richest and most accessible ecclesiology available at present. Journal of Theological Studies 20151022

Spis treści

Introduction1. My Way Into and My Way With the Church2. Basics of Catholic Ecclesiology3. Determining Factors in the Life of the Church4. The Church's Essential Qualities5. The Communion-shape of the Churches6. A Missionary Church in DialogueBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Cardinal Walter Kasper was President of The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity. A German by birth, he spends much time lecturing and giving conferences in the English-speaking world.