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On the Road to Vatican II : German Catholic Enlightenment and Reform of the Church /

In the present day, there is widespread confusion regarding the theological achievements of the Catholic Enlightenment. This book outlines such contributions in the fields of biblical exegesis, church reform, liturgical renewal, and the move toward a more tolerant view of other churches and religion...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lehner, Ulrich L., 1976- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2016
Colección:Renewal--conversations in Catholic theology.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 1. Introduction
  • part I. Definitions of Catholic enlightenment
  • 2. What is Catholic enlightenment? Some characteristics
  • 3. The "heresy-hunting" of the obscurantists and the "martyrdom" of the enlighteners : forgotten characteristics of anti-enlightenment and Catholic enlightenment
  • part II. Ecumenism and theological pluralism as main tenets of the Catholic enlightenment
  • 4. Ghosts of Westphalia : fictions and ideals of ecclesial unity in enlightenment Germany
  • 5. Enlightenment and ecumenism : Beda Mayr (1742-94)
  • 6. A tolerant theology? Catholic irenicism, pluralism, and indifferentism
  • part III. Church reform
  • 7. Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim's Febronius : a censored bishop and his ecclesiology
  • 8. On the way to sacrosanctum concilium : the liturgical renewal of the eighteenth century
  • part IV. Catholic exegesis and the challenge of enlightenment criticism
  • 9. The Bible among Catholic enlighteners
  • 10. The conundrums of eighteenth-century Catholic biblical scholarship and J.L. Isenbiehl's interpretation of Isaiah 7:14
  • 11. Apocalypse 2014--post-Tridentine Catholic exegesis of Revelation : the futurist commentary of Alphonsus Frey (1762)
  • 12. Apocalypse, enlightenment, and the beginning of salvation history : the ecumenical friendship of J.J. Hess and A. Sandbichler
  • 13. Moses and Apollo : the beginnings of comparative religionsgeschichte in Catholic exegesis.