The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom

Autores
McDermott, John M.
Año de publicación
1995
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: McDermott, John M. Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana; Italia
Resumen: That Bernard Lonergan stands as one of the theological masters of twentieth century Catholicism is beyond doubt. Even during his lifetime internacional conferences were assembled, dissertation and books written, joumals established to penetrate, apply, and perpetuate his thought: Most scholarly attention has been directed to his heuristic theory, a well plowed field of intellectual endeavor, that many other philosophers and theologians have harrowed in the second half of this century. Surely Lonergan' s interest in scientific, historical, philosophical, and theological method, begun when he was a Jesuit scholastic, accompanied all his reflections long before flowering in Method in Theology. Yet beyond his concern for the proper way of discovering and presenting truth Lonergan devoted most of his life to actually explaining the truth in various dogmatic and philosophical treatises. Ultimately the thinker, especially the Christian theologian, must be more concerned with the truth than with his manner of thinking it. The scholarly neglect of Lonergan's theological treatises is to be regretted. That neglect, however, becomes difficult to justify with regard to Grace and Freedom, a revised version of Lonergan's doctoral thesis on gratia operans published in the newly nascent Theological Studiesl. This work deserves attention for many reasons. First, it was introduced by Lonergan's first developed reflections on theological method2. Second, it devotes prolonged reflection to conversion, a central notion in Lonergan's later heuristic theory. Third, Lonergan refers to it repeatedly in his later works; indeed Method not only employs it as a paradigmatic illustration of theological progress but also admits «profound affinities» with its positions despite «severa! significant differences».
Fuente
Sapientia. 1995, 50 (195-196)
Materia
Lonergan, Bernard J. F., S.I., 1904-1984
GRACIA
LIBERTAD
TEOLOGIA
CATECISMO
FILOSOFIA
HEURISTICA
Gracia y libertad
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Repositorio
Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
Institución
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
title The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
spellingShingle The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
McDermott, John M.
Lonergan, Bernard J. F., S.I., 1904-1984
GRACIA
LIBERTAD
TEOLOGIA
CATECISMO
FILOSOFIA
HEURISTICA
Gracia y libertad
title_short The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
title_full The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
title_fullStr The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
title_full_unstemmed The sacramental vision of Lonergan's Grace and freedom
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Lonergan, Bernard J. F., S.I., 1904-1984
GRACIA
LIBERTAD
TEOLOGIA
CATECISMO
FILOSOFIA
HEURISTICA
Gracia y libertad
topic Lonergan, Bernard J. F., S.I., 1904-1984
GRACIA
LIBERTAD
TEOLOGIA
CATECISMO
FILOSOFIA
HEURISTICA
Gracia y libertad
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Resumen: That Bernard Lonergan stands as one of the theological masters of twentieth century Catholicism is beyond doubt. Even during his lifetime internacional conferences were assembled, dissertation and books written, joumals established to penetrate, apply, and perpetuate his thought: Most scholarly attention has been directed to his heuristic theory, a well plowed field of intellectual endeavor, that many other philosophers and theologians have harrowed in the second half of this century. Surely Lonergan' s interest in scientific, historical, philosophical, and theological method, begun when he was a Jesuit scholastic, accompanied all his reflections long before flowering in Method in Theology. Yet beyond his concern for the proper way of discovering and presenting truth Lonergan devoted most of his life to actually explaining the truth in various dogmatic and philosophical treatises. Ultimately the thinker, especially the Christian theologian, must be more concerned with the truth than with his manner of thinking it. The scholarly neglect of Lonergan's theological treatises is to be regretted. That neglect, however, becomes difficult to justify with regard to Grace and Freedom, a revised version of Lonergan's doctoral thesis on gratia operans published in the newly nascent Theological Studiesl. This work deserves attention for many reasons. First, it was introduced by Lonergan's first developed reflections on theological method2. Second, it devotes prolonged reflection to conversion, a central notion in Lonergan's later heuristic theory. Third, Lonergan refers to it repeatedly in his later works; indeed Method not only employs it as a paradigmatic illustration of theological progress but also admits «profound affinities» with its positions despite «severa! significant differences».
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