Title: History of Theology
Description: "These pages offer a new edition of Yves Congar's A History of Theology, which was originally published in the 1960s This work began as a lengthy article appearing in the originally published in the 1960s This work began as a lengthy article appearing in the multi-volume Dictionnaire de The ologie in 1946 entitled 'The ologie'. Congar wrote multi-volume Dictionnaire de The ologie in 1946 entitled 'The ologie'. Congar wrote that he, Fr M-D Chenu OP, and Fr Henri-Marie Fe ret OP in the 1930s planned to write that he, Fr M-D Chenu OP, and Fr Henri-Marie Fe ret OP in the 1930s planned to write a history of theology. Their work load, World War II, and Chenu's teaching in Canada a history of theology. Their work load, World War II, and Chenu's teaching in Canada interfered. He used some of his notes for that project for the article begun in 1938. The interfered. He used some of his notes for that project for the article begun in 1938. The manuscript was completed by the Dominican priest as he was mobilized for service manuscript was completed by the Dominican priest as he was mobilized for service in the French army because World War II was o beginning. After being captured by in the French army because World War II was o beginning. After being captured by the Germans he attempted to escape; that was punished by internment in the stricter the Germans he attempted to escape; that was punished by internment in the stricter camps of Lu beck and Colditz. Those experiences of repression prepared him-he later camps of Lu beck and Colditz. Those experiences of repression prepared him-he later observed-for the censorious measures to come in the 1950s from the Vatican because observed-for the censorious measures to come in the 1950s from the Vatican because of his advocacy of ecumenism and historical approaches to ecclesiology. Later he did of his advocacy of ecumenism and historical approaches to ecclesiology. Later he did not hesitate to compare the Holy Office with the Gestapo. Returning from the war, not hesitate to compare the Holy Office with the Gestapo. Returning from the war, Congar looked at what had been published in the Dictionnaire and found that his text Congar looked at what had been published in the Dictionnaire and found that his text had been cut considerably. He edited and improved the original text, restoring many of had been cut considerably. He edited and improved the original text, restoring many of the deletions; that work was published translated into English in 1968. Yves Congar's family lived in Sedan in northeast France, although he was of a people whose native land was to the west, Celtic Brittany. Congar's mentor was the great medieval scholar of the structure and synthesis of Thomas Aquuinas, M-D Chenu. He founded a school emphazing historical knowledge as well as contemporary ministry. In that French Dominican seminary of Le Saulchoir Congar studied and then taught. History was the way to bring past ages and thinkers to life and, equally important, let them contribute to contemporary renewal. Aquinas - not only in the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries but in the twentieth century - could be a force for leading the Roman Catholic Church in new directions. Congar spent his life studying the history of structures and institutional theories of ecclesia. He catalogued topics and ideas from publications in ecclesiology appearing in Europe and around the world. He was also a Roman Catholic pioneer of ecumenism with Protestant and Orthodox churches. - Thomas F. O'Meara Yves Marie-Joseph Congar OP (13 April 1904 - 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian. Congar is widely recognised as one of the most important theologians of the twentieth-century and major influence on the theology of the documents of Vatican II. He drew from biblical, patristic and medieval sources important theologians of the twentieth-century and major influence on the theology to revitalise the discipline of contemporary theology. He was an early advocate of of the documents of Vatican II. He drew from biblical, patristic and medieval sources ecumenism and also contributed to shaping the theological agenda of the twentieth-century liturgical movement. He was named a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1994 by the then Pope John Paul II."--
Subjects: Doctrinal Theology, History, Theology, Religious aspects, Practical Theology, Theological anthropology, Christianity, History of doctrines