Epilogue
Overview
The great trilogy of theology by Hans Urs von Balthasar includes The Glory of the Lord, Theo-Drama, and Theo-Logic. His Epilogue, a single volume, is the closing of his masterwork, giving final details and overview to the prior volumes in the trilogy.
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Key Features
- Overview of Hans Urs von Balthasar’s trilogy
- Explains why the trilogy presents theology from the perspective of the Platonic transcendentals
Top Highlights
“Here belong all those presumptive world views that proceed from the pre-given empirical data ‘out there’, whether it be the cosmos, whose laws are plumbed by science, or man himself, who is the object of medical, physiological, psychological, and sociological research, research that is rarely pursued for its own sake but more usually in view of ‘changing’ (allegedly ‘improving’) man.” (Pages 19–20)
“And this happens all the more, the more they become conscious and self-conscious—which means they can reflect that light within themselves.” (Page 53)
“Now many Christians are of the opinion (perhaps with Hegel himself?) that they have in this way reached the deepest meaning of their own religion, but they do not see that they have, in so doing, missed God’s freedom in his self-revelation and the ungraspability of the love that freely gives of itself (‘only love is credible’). Without realizing it, they have got beyond this love, have put it behind them or pocketed it away, instead of seeing it always before them as a mystery worthy of their worship.” (Page 16)
“Should we presume to agree with Augustine and Thomas that a dynamism placed within the original form of the created spirit aspires to the vision of God and inspires ‘blindly groping’ attempts (Acts 17:27) to reach God?” (Page 17)
“In no way is it the desire of creation to be spiritualized; nor do we want to live in our bodies alone—rather, we wish to be fully conformed to the Son and to his risen, spiritual body.” (Page 102)
Praise for the Print Edition
Balthasar’s most important works, at least in his own eyes, are not his writings but his foundations.
—Peter Henrici
. . . meeting Balthasar was for me the beginning of a lifelong friendship I can only be thankful for. Never again have I found anyone with such a comprehensive theological and humanistic education as Balthasar . . . and I cannot even begin to say how much I owe to my encounter with him.
—Joseph Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Product Details
- Title: Epilogue
- Author: Hans Urs von Balthasar
- Publisher: Ignatius
- Publication Date: 2004
- Pages: 120