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Immortal Latin
(Hardcover)
Marie-Madeleine Martin; Translated by Brian Welter
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R685
Discovery Miles 6 850
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The papacy is clearly the greatest difficulty facing ecumenical
dialogue today, and particularly the dialogue between Catholicism
and Orthodoxy. Yet there is a doorway of hope. In his encyclical,
Ut unum sint, John Paul II expressed a desire for common reflection
on the exercise of papal primacy. In You Are Peter the great
Orthodox theologian Olivier Clement brilliantly responds to this
request. He emphasizes the history and experience of the undivided
Church, before recalling the contrasting developments of eastern
and western Christianity and concluding with the tasks that call us
to unity. Professor Clements response to John Paul II is] solidly
rooted in the Orthodox tradition, and] represents the cordial and
open mentality characteristic of the theologians of Saint Sergius.
I would judge that it is almost exactly the kind of response for
which Pope John Paul II was hoping. It is a pleasure to be able to
present to English-speaking readers this concise, learned, and
articulate presentation.... Professor Clements contribution ... is
a sign of the progress in ecumenism] thus far made and a beacon of
hope for the future. From the Foreword by Avery Cardinal Dulles,
S.J. Laurence J. McGinley Professor Fordham University, New York
In November 1989, six members of the Jesuit community of the
University of Central America in San Salvador, including the
rector, Ignacio Ellacuria, were massacred by government troops.
Twenty-five years later, this book provides the definitive account
of the path led to that fateful day, focusing on the Jesuits'
prophetic option for the poor, their role in the renewal of
Salvadoran church and society, and the critical steps that caused
them, as Archbishop Romero would put it, to "share the same fate as
the poor." Drawing on newly available archival materials and
extensive interviews, Robert Lassalle-Klein gives special attention
to the theological contributions of Ellacuria and Jon Sobrino, who
survived the massacre, and the emergence among the Jesuit community
of a spirituality that recognized the risen Christ in what
Ellacuria called "the crucified people of El Salvador." This
insight led, in turn, to the development of the most important
advance in the idea of a Christian university since the time of
Cardinal Newman. Blood and Ink tells a vital story of a religious
and university community's conversion and renewal that speaks to
the ongoing challenge of discipleship today.
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