by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon How should we understand the necessity (the dei---Mark 8:31) of Christ's suffering and death? We should begin, I believe, simply by inquiring how we actually know of this necessity. We commence with the fact that this "must" is known to us only through Jesus. Theology … [Read more...]
On Asking The Wrong Question
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon In the Gospel narratives the freedom of Jesus is tested in his assessment of a "must" (dei). We know, for instance, that Jesus "began to teach them that the Son of Man must (dei) suffer many things" (Mark 68:31). In what did that must consist? Was it a physical … [Read more...]
No Old Testament, No Christian Theology
by Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon Understanding Salvation to consist in the union of human beings with God, the Church, rather early in the history of Sacred Theology, perceived (and went on, in her conciliar determinations, to define) an intimate connection between the truth of Salvation and the … [Read more...]
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