Yves Congar and his Sources for the Understanding of Baptismal Priesthood Cover Image

Les sources de la pensée sur le sacerdoce baptismal chez Yves Congar
Yves Congar and his Sources for the Understanding of Baptismal Priesthood

Author(s): Irenej Fintor
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Sociology of Religion, History of Religion
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: baptismal priesthood; Augustine; Thomas Aquinas; theology of laity; sacrifice; christology; pneumatology;

Summary/Abstract: The study offers Congar’s understanding of the topic of baptismal priesthood. The theologian draws much on biblical sources, touching also the era of systematization of theology in which the highest authorities are Augustine and Thomas Aquinas. These writers, as Congar argues, introduce many distinctions into theological reflection which helps them to form a coherent and balanced system in theological work. For the French Dominican the return to the sources helps him to avoid the unilateral approach of modern theology which often tries to accent that shape of reflection which is the strongest or which seems to be the most useful for solving some particular problem.

  • Issue Year: XV/2016
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 39-49
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French