Heart to heart : the spiritual christology of Joseph Ratzinger / Peter John McGregor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGregor, Peter John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jesus Christ--History of doctrines.

Jesus Christ.

Benedict XVI, Pope, 1927-.

Benedict.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Pickwick Publications, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"n Behold the Pierced One, Joseph Ratzinger recounts how the composition of a 1981 paper on the Sacred Heart of Jesus had led him to "consider Christology more from the aspect of its spiritual appropriation" than he had done previously. Upon realizing that this same year was the 1300th anniversary of the Third Council of Constantinople, he decided to study the pronouncements of this Council, and came to believe "that the achievement of a spiritual Christology had also been the Council's ultimate goal." Ratzinger's conclusion in attempting to define a spiritual Christology was that "the whole of Christology--our speaking of Christ--is nothing other than the interpretation of his prayer: the entire person of Jesus is contained in his prayer." The spiritual Christology subsequently developed by Ratzinger is one of communio. Indeed, it is one of theosis. Through a personal and ecclesial participation in the prayer of Jesus, exercised in purity of heart, and consummated in the eucharistic celebration, one comes into communion with Jesus Christ and all the members of his Body, so that eventually one can say truly, "It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me" (Gal 2:20)." -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Doctor of reconciliation

Prolegomena to a spiritual christology

The spiritual christology of Behold the Pierced One

theory

Understanding Jesus of Nazareth

The spiritual christology of Jesus of Nazareth

method

content

Questions about Ratzinger's Theoria

Assessing Ratzinger's christological theses

Ratzinger and the Dyothelitism of St. Maximus the Confessor

Human freedom as the terminus of Ratzinger's spiritual christology

Ratzinger's anthropology of the heart

The symbolic theology fo the father's heart

The heart of Jesus Christ and the church

An unfinished symphony

completing Ratzinger's spiritual christology

The last homily.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498224147

1498224148