To the Heart of the Mystery of Redemption

by von Speyr, Adrienne; Balthasar, Hans Urs von; de Lubac, Henri; Nash, Anne Edglund

• ISBN13: 9781586171544
• ISBN10: 1586171542
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-30
• Publisher: Ignatius Press

Summary

In the 1960's, Fr. Hans Urs von Balthasar gave two conferences in Paris on the subject of redemption. One considered the perspective of Christ the Redeemer. The other gave a view of the redemption from the perspective of Mary and the Church, consenting to the sacrifice of Jesus. These two conferences are what Fr. Jacques Servais, S.J., in his foreword calls a lantern of the Word”, shedding light amidst the advancing turmoil of the postconciliar period.These conferences were later collected by the eminent theologian Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J., in a single volume along with an anthology of meditations on the Passion by the mystic Adrienne von Speyr, and selected by von Balthasar.In this new edition, prepared for the centenary of the birth of Hans Urs von Balthasar, Fr. Servais, the director of Casa Balthasar in Rome, provides an extensive postscript illuminating the text along with the original preface by de Lubac.

Author Biography

Hans Urs von Balthsar was a Swiss theologian and is widely considered one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. He wrote over 60 works of theology, spirituality and philosophy, including his great trilogy with the 7-volume work The Glory of the Lord, the 5-volume work Theo-Drama, and the 3-volume work Theo-Logic. His most famous individual works include Prayer, Heart of the World, Mysterium Paschale and Cosmic Liturgy.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Christ the Redeemer
Introduction	p. 15
Jesus before and after the Cross	p. 19
The Beloved Son Handed over by the Father	p. 23
Theories of the Redemption	p. 28
Proclamation of the Mystery Today	p. 39
Replies to Questions	p. 40
Mary and the Church in the Redemption
The Participation of Mary in the Sacrifice of Christ	p. 45
Mary, Mother and Archetype of the Church-Bride	p. 50
Mary Crucified in Faith and Self-Effacement	p. 55
Mary, Model for the Church	p. 60
The Requirement of the Present Time	p. 63
Replies to Questions	p. 65
Flashes of the Passion
The Fire of God Is a Suffering	p. 73
"Let Us Go and Suffer with Him"	p. 75
Nailed to Sin	p. 77
The Resumption of All Suffering in the Cross	p. 78
The One Who Suffers and the Witness	p. 80
The One Who Suffers and the Witness in the Church	p. 82
"Jesus Says: I Thirst"	p. 85
Postscript
The Thomist Doctrine of the Redemption	p. 89
The Pro Nobis in the Consciousness of Jesus	p. 102
Merit, Substitution, Sacrifice of the Church	p. 122
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