The ontological and psychological constitution of Christ / translated from the fourth edition of De constitutione Christi ontological et psychologica by Michael G. Shields.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lonergan, Bernard J. F.

Contributor:

Shields, Michael G.

Lonergan Research Institute.

Series:

Lonergan, Bernard J. F. 1988 ; Works. v. 7.

Collected works of Bernard Lonergan ; v. 7

Standardized Title:

De constitutione Christi ontological et psychologica. English & Latin

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Hypostatic union.

Jesus Christ--Natures.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ--Psychology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : Published for Lonergan Research Institute of Regis College by University of Toronto Press, c2002.

Language Note:

Latin

Summary:

Bernard Lonergan's De constitutione Christi was written to accompany a course being taught in Latin at the Gregorian University, Rome during the 1950s and 60s. This little-known treatise, volume seven in the series, is presented in English translation, accompanied by the original Latin text. Here, Lonergan tackles the metaphysical and psychological questions raised by the unique makeup of Christ, who is both fully human and fully divine, according to traditional Christian theology. His analysis falls into two parts: ontological and psychological. In dealing with the ontology of the incarnate Word, Lonergan explores the notion of person, and in doing so provides an interesting treatment of the existential question of personal authenticity raised by Kierkegaard and treated by Lonergan under the heading of Existez. Moving into his psychological analysis, he argues that consciousness is not a matter of introspection, a perception of oneself as object, but rather an awareness of oneself as subject. He then applies this understanding to the self-awareness of Christ, with particular reference to the question of Christ's knowledge of himself as both human and divine. This book is a foundational text in critical areas of contemporary theology; however, it was never widely circulated and has remained effectively unknown to contemporary scholars. With this translation the work will finally be made accessible.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""General Editors' Preface""; ""Translator's Foreword""; ""ENGLISH TRANSLATION""; ""Preface""; ""The Aim of This Supplement""; ""The Nature of the Argument""; ""Rationale of the Division""; ""Part I: The Notion of Person""; ""1 Being""; ""2 Existenz""; ""3 The Meanings of 'One'""; ""4 The Subsistent""; ""5 The Distinct Subsistent or Real Supposit""; ""6 Person""; ""Part 2: The Constitution of a Finite Person""; ""1 Causes""; ""2 The Reality of Intrinsic Causes""; ""3 One as Constituted by Many Causes""; ""4 The Constitution of a Finite Person""

""5 How Other Opinions Differ from Ours""""Part 3: Theological Understanding""; ""1 The Analogy of Methods""; ""2 Ways of Considering Truths about God""; ""3 Concrete Examples of Theological Understanding""; ""Part 4: The Ontological Constitution of Christ""; ""1 The Dogma of the Incarnation""; ""2 Resolution into Causes""; ""3 The Principle of Composition from Causes""; ""4 Deducing the Composite from the Principle of Composition""; ""Part 5: Human Consciousness""; ""1 The Nature of Consciousness""; ""2 The Word 'I'""; ""3 The Ontological Constitution of Finite Consciousness""

""Part 6: The Consciousness of Christ""""1 The Divine Consciousness of Christ""; ""2 The Human Consciousness of Christ""; ""3 The Ontological Constitution of Christ's Human Consciousness""; ""4 The Psychological Unity of Christ, God and Human""; ""5 The Dialectic of Opinions""; ""Conclusion""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""LATIN TEXT""; ""Prooemium""; ""Supplementi Finis""; ""Argumenti Natura""; ""Divisionis Ratio""; ""Pars I: De Notione Personae""

""Sectio Prima: De Ente""""Sectio Secunda: De Ex-sistentia""; ""Sectio Tertia: De Uno""; ""Sectio Quarta: De Subsistente""; ""Sectio Quinta: De Subsistente Distincto seu De Supposito Reali""; ""Sectio Sexta: De Persona""; ""Pars II: De Constitutione Personae Finitae""; ""Sectio Prima: De Causis""; ""Sectio Secunda: An Sint Causae Intrinsecae""; ""Sectio Tertia: Quemadmodum Unum per Multas Causas Constituatur""; ""Sectio Quarta: De Constitutione Personae Finitae""; ""Sectio Quinta: Sententiarum Differentiae""; ""Pars III: De Intelligentia Theologica""; ""Sectio Prima: De Methodorum Analogia""

""Sectio Secunda: Quemadmodum Consideretur Verum Divinum""""Sectio Tertia: Intelligentia Theologica Concrete Illustratur""; ""Pars IV: De Constitutione Christi Ontologica""; ""Sectio Prima: Dogma Recolitur""; ""Sectio Secunda: Resolutio in Causas""; ""Sectio Tertia: Compositionis ex Causis Principium""; ""Sectio Quarta: Ex Principio Compositionis Compositi Deductio""; ""Pars V: De Conscientia Humana""; ""Sectio Prima: Quid Sit Conscientia""; ""Sectio Secunda: Quid Sit 'Ego'""; ""Sectio Tertia: Conscientiae Finitae Constitutio Ontologica""; ""Pars VI: De Conscientia Christi""

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-99611-4

9786611996116

1-4426-8195-0

OCLC:

244767479