Introduction to the Mystery of the Church (Thomistic Ressourcement) - Softcover

De La Soujeolo OP, Benoit-Dominique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081322960X ISBN 13: 9780813229607

Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press, 2017

Synopsis

Introduction to the Mystery of the Church is an ecclesiological survey presenting a doctrinal synthesis of the Church. The author's intention is to propose an overview of this mystery in connection with the entirety of the Christian mystery. The book is divided into two major parts, the first presenting the foundations in the Bible and the tradition up to our day, and the second being an explanatory proposal introducing the reader to the Church's definition and personality and concluding with an exposition of the four properties enunciated in the Creed (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic).

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About the Author

Benoit-Dominique de la Soujeole, OP is a Dominican of the Province of Toulouse, France

Review

"La Soujeole has done an excellent job of emphasizing the mystery of the Church he has done a great service in putting into one volume a very thorough treatment for an introductory course in ecclesiology. This book would serve well eiher as a text for a course or as a source for supplemental reading in the study of ecclesiology."―David Olson, Mundelein Seminary, IL, Thomist

"Birthed as a university course, the book capitalizes on all the advantages offered thereby, setting a high standard in its thoroughness, clarity, and rigor. Happily the scope provided by this genre assists the author in his two-fold intention: 1) of presenting the subject as a unified whole and 2) in explicit relation to the other articles of faith... [de la Soujeole] is instructive in pointing the way toward this kind of an account of the Church. A faithful understanding of the Church is articulated fro mwithin the Nexus of the Mysteries."―Theological Studies

"Achieves a comprehensive systematic doctrinal synthesis that is rare in ecclesiological studies since the [Second Vatican] Council. This lengthy and profound study is the best introduction to ecclesiology that exists today and one that sets the bar high for future synthetic and systematic studies of doctrine on the Church." ―Nova et Vetera"Displays a sensitivity to both the Christological and pneumatological aspects in ecclesiology, and more broadly to ecclesiology's connections with other areas of theology. Such Thomistic attention to the unity of theology must be applauded, rarely being found in today's theological landscape, but yet so crucial to the renewal of authentic Catholic thought." ―from the foreword by Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP, Vatican City"―

Edition details

• Publisher: The Catholic University of America Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 081322960X
• ISBN 13: 9780813229607
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 640