Spiritual Exegesis and the Church in the Theology of Henri De Lubac

by Wood, Susan K.

• ISBN13: 9780802844866
• ISBN10: 0802844863
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Summary

Henri de Lubac's work on medieval exegesis and his ecclesiological works too often are studied in isolation from each other. In countering this tendency, Susan Wood here argues that de Lubac's work on spiritual exegesis is ultimately not about biblical exegesis and the four different meanings of a text but instead is intimately related to issues within the life of the church. The only study of de Lubac that interprets his theology through the categories of medieval exegesis, this volume shows that the principles of spiritual exegesis provided de Lubac with the intellectual tools for thinking about a theology of history, a theology of symbol and sacrament, and a theology of the church's relationship to Christ and the Eucharist.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
1. De Lubac and the "New Theology"	1	(24)
Henri de Lubac's Life	2	(3)
A Theological Renewal	5	(12)
Spiritual Exegesis and the "New Theology"	17	(8)
2. The Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture	25	(28)
The Principles of the Spiritual Interpretation of Scripture	27	(4)
The Literal Sense	31	(5)
The Allegorical Sense	36	(6)
The Tropological Sense	42	(2)
The Anagogical Sense	44	(3)
A Hermeneutic of the Two Testaments	47	(2)
Limitations and Criteria of Allegorical Interpretation	49	(4)
3. The Euchrist/Church Correlation and Spiritual Exegesis	53	(18)
Clarifications	54	(5)
Memorial, Presence, Anticipation	59	(4)
Shifts in Terminology	63	(8)
4. The Christological Center of de Lubac's Ecclesiology	71	(58)
Part I: The Church and the Mystical Body of Christ	72	(21)
Part II: The Church as the Spouse of Christ	93	(12)
Part III: The Church as the Sacrament of Christ	105	(24)
5. An Organic Unity	129	(26)
The Church: Social Embodiment of Grace	129	(11)
De Lubac's Categories: An Evaluation	140	(12)
De Lubac's Ecclesiological Contribution	152	(3)
Bibliography of Henri de Lubac	155	(26)
Selected Works by Henri de Lubac	155	(10)
Selected Works on Henri de Lubac	165	(6)
Selected Related Bibliography	171	(10)
Index	181