Light in Darkness : Hans Urs Von Balthasar and the Catholic Doctrine of Christ's Descent into Hell

by Pitstick, Alyssa Lyra

• ISBN13: 9780802840394
• ISBN10: 0802840396
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-02-28
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

"Alyssa Lyra Pitstick's Light in Darkness - the first comprehensive treatment of Balthasar's theology of Holy Saturday - draws on the multiple yet unified resources of authoritative Catholic teaching on Christ's descent to challenge Balthasar's conclusions. Pitstick conducts a thorough investigation of Balthasar's position that Christ suffered in his descent into hell and asks whether that is compatible with traditional teaching about Christ." "Light in Darkness is a thorough argument for the existence and authority of a traditional Catholic doctrine of Christ's descent as manifested in creeds, statements of popes and councils, Scripture, and art from Eastern and Western traditions. Pitstick's carefully argued, contrarian work is sure to spur debate across the theological spectrum."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Catholic tradition	p. 7
Creeds and catechisms	p. 9
Scripture and the traditional doctrine of Christ's descent	p. 30
Magisterium and sensus fidelium : liturgy and art	p. 61
Hans Urs von Balthasar's theology of Christ's descent into hell	p. 87
The descent event	p. 89
Christ's descent in light of the trinity : the father, active inflictor of the Visio Mortis	p. 115
Christ's descent in light of the trinity : the son, mission as expression of procession	p. 142
Christ's descent in light of the trinity : the spirit, bond of love, bridge of separation	p. 217
The centrality of the descent in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar	p. 244
General comparison and conclusion	p. 279
Global questions about the theological opinion of Hans Urs von Balthasar	p. 281
General conclusion	p. 341
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