Dogma and Ecumenism: Vatican II and Karl Barth's Ad Limina Apostolorum
The conversation of this book is structured around five major documents from the Second Vatican Council, each of which Barth commented upon in his short but penetrating response to the Council, published as Ad Limina Apostolorum. In the two opening essays, Thomas Joseph White reflects upon the contribution that this book seeks to make to contemporary ecumenism rooted in awareness of the value of dogmatic theology; and Matthew Levering explores the way in which Barth’s Ad Limina Apostolorum flows from his preconciliar dialogues with Catholic representatives of the nouvelle théologie and remain relevant to the issues facing Catholic theology today. The next two essays turn to Dei Verbum, the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation; here Katherine Sonderegger (Protestant) reflects on scripture and Lewis Ayres (Catholic) reflects on tradition. The next two essays address the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium, which touches upon central differences of Catholic and Protestant self-understanding. Christoph Schwöbel (Protestant) analyzes visible ecclesial identity as conceived in a Protestant context, while Thomas Joseph White (Catholic) engages Barth’s Reformed criticisms of the Catholic notion of the Church. The next two essays take up Nostra Aetate: Bruce Lindley McCormack (Protestant) asks whether it is true to say that Muslims worship the same God as Christians, and Bruce D. Marshall (Catholic) explores the implications of the Council’s reflections on the Jewish people. The next two essays take up the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, Gaudium et Spes: John Bowlin (Protestant) makes use of the thought of Aquinas to consider the promise and perils of the document, while Francesca Aran Murphy (Catholic) engages critically with George Lindbeck’s analysis of the document. The next two essays explore Unitatis Redintegratio: Hans Boersma (Protestant) asks whether the ecumenical intention of the document is impaired by its insistence that the unity of the Church is already present in the Catholic Church, and Reinhard Hütter (Catholic) systematically addresses Barth’s questions regarding the document. The noted ecumenist and Catholic theologian Richard Schenk brings the volume to a close by reflecting on "true and false ecumenism" in the post-conciliar period.
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- Presupposes that doctrine matters integrally to Christian arguments about the truth of revelation
- Treats Catholic-Protestant ecumenism as a subject of both fraternal encounter In Christ and rigorous doctrinal argument
- Presents exchanges that take their inspiration from two major influences in modem theology: the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the dogmatic work of Karl Barth
- Introduction: Vatican II and the Future of Catholic Protestant Ecumenism - Thomas Joseph White, OP
- Biblical Renewal and Vatican II: Karl Barth's Contributions - Matthew Levering
- Holy Scripture as a Mirror of God - Katherine Sonderegger
- Totius Raditionis Mira bile Sacramentum: Toward a Theology of Tradition in the Light of Dei Verbum - Lewis Ayres
- "The Kingdom of Christ Now Present in Mystery" and the Question of the "Distance between Christ as Lord, King, and Judge and His Church" - Christoph Schwöbel
- The Humanity of God and the Mediation of the Church: Lumen Gentium as Christocentric Ecclesiology - Thomas Joseph White, OP
- The Same God? The Voice of Karl Barth in the Maelstrom of Current Debates over the Relation of Islam to Christianity - Bruce L McCormack
- The Diversity of Religions and the Paschal Mystery - Bruce D. Marshall
- Dignity and Domination: A Thomistic Sketch - John It Bowlin
- Gaudium et Spes and the Narrative Theology of George Lindbeck - Francesca Aran Murphy
- Meeting par cum pari: Unttatis Redintegratto and Ecumenical Progress - Hans Boersma
- Catholic Ecumenical Doctrine and Commitment—Irrevocable and Persistent: Unitatis Redintegratio as a Case of an Authentic Development of Doctrine - Reinhard H Ütter
- True and False Ecumenism at an Apostolic Threshold of the Church - Richard Schenk, OP
Makes a creative and substantive contribution to several fields: Barth studies, theological engagement with Vatican II, and ecumenical dialogue. Additionally, the overall effect of the volume certainly increases knowledge and analysis of Barth's Ad Limina Apostolorum, his understanding of Roman Catholicism and Vatican II, and the five documents under discussion themselves.
Kenneth Oakes, University of Notre Dame
With its focus on Karl Barth’s reception of Vatican II, this collection of essays provides an incisive series of reflections on five of the central conciliar issues. Written by a distinguished group of Protestant and Catholic scholars, the volume provides a wide-ranging and important contribution to continuing ecumenical conversation.
David Fergusson, University of Edinburgh
The insightful essays in this striking volume engage with the documents of Vatican II and with Karl Barth’s response to them. The combination of reflective voices from Catholic and Protestant traditions makes for a rewarding and stimulating read. If there is ecumenical ground to be gained in the seasons ahead, then profound scholarship that searches for theological truth in precisely this robust yet charitable way will be not only desirable but necessary.
Paul T. Nimmo, University of Aberdeen
- Title: Dogma and Ecumenism: Vatican II and Karl Barth's Ad Limina Apostolorum
- Authors: Matthew Levering, Bruce L. McCormack, Thomas Joseph White
- Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
- Print Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 384
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9780813232409, 9780813232416, 0813232406, 0813232414
- Resource ID: LLS:DGMCMNSMLPSTLRM
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:35:14Z