Principles of Christian morality
By: Heinz Schürmann, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Hans Urs von Balthasar ; translated by Graham Harrison.
Contributors: Schürmann, Heinz.; Balthasar, Hans Urs von, 1905-
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Christian ethics -- Catholic authors
Description: A collection of essays by three giants of twentieth-cenutry theology: Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Heinz Schurmann. Balthasar's and Schurmann's essays were written for the International Theological Commission. Schurmann examines how the New Testament's teaching provides enduring moral norms for Christian conduct. Balthasar presents nine basic principles of the Christian moral life. Ratzinger, who originally wrote this essay as a series of articles for L'Osservatore Romano, addresses the relationship between faith and morality, and the place of the Church's teaching authority with regard to moral issues.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Translation of: Prinzipien christlicher Moral.
Table of contents: title: How normative are the values and precepts of the New Testament? a sketch / Heinz Schürmann; title: The Church's teaching authority; title: faith; title: morals / Joseph Ratzinger; title: Nine propositions on Christian ethics / Hans Urs von Balthasar.