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10 great books on Theology recommended by Juan Luis Lorda

The twentieth century has been fertile in theological works. Professor and theologian Juan Luis Lorda has selected the ten most important ones, although he mentions some more. Romano Guardini, one of the authors, summarizes them with this phrase: "the essence of Christianity is Jesus Christ". See the sample here.
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Francisco Otamendi

Ratzinger theologian

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Heidegger and Haecker, dialogue and distance with ideologies.

Heidegger is considered the characteristic thinker of the twentieth century and a point of reference for the Church's dialogue with modernity. But Heidegger had this dialogue embedded in his own history. The comparison with Haecker makes the distances explicit.

Juan Luis Lorda

6 Feb 2020

The influence of John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman, that great English Christian, has been a clear leaven of renewal of Catholic theology in the twentieth century, especially in the areas of Fundamental Theology.

Juan Luis Lorda

12 Oct 2019

The Mystery of the Temple, by Yves Marie Congar

As the subtitle says, this book is about "The economy of the presence of God in his creature, from Genesis to Revelation". Congar was a great Dominican theologian, very important for ecclesiology in the 20th century and at the Second Vatican Council.

Juan Luis Lorda

6 Sep 2019
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The Theory of Theological Principles, by Joseph Ratzinger

In the book entitled Theory of theological principles, As the fruit of a long reflection and in contact with the problems of the Church in the 20th century, Joseph Ratzinger identifies the principles that allow the construction of true theology.

Juan Luis Lorda

10 Aug 2019

Jean Daniélou and the catechesis of the Fathers of the Church

Three major books by Jean Daniélou offer a panorama of biblical types and scenes that serve to illustrate the figure of Christ, the history of salvation, and the sacraments and feasts of the Church.

Juan Luis Lorda

3 May 2019

Étienne Gilson and the frontiers between theology and philosophy

Étienne Gilson (1884-1978) was, above all, a great historian of medieval philosophy. But his work has a high theological interest, because it moves on the frontiers between theology and philosophy.

Juan Luis Lorda

15 Apr 2019

St. John Paul II, theologian

A pontificate as long and as intense as that of John Paul II (1978-2005) left an immense mark on all aspects of the life of the Church and also on theology. But one can go a little further and ask: was he really a theologian?

Juan Luis Lorda

19 Nov 2018

At 50 years of Medellin

On August 24, 1968, Pope Paul VI inaugurated in Medellin the second General Conference of the Latin American Episcopate, which would constitute a milestone in the reflection of the local Latin American Churches on their own evangelization.

Juan Luis Lorda

2 Jul 2018

Eros and agape, by Anders Nygren

Juan Luis Lorda

28 Aug 2017

The theological and human wisdom of Gerard Philips

Juan Luis Lorda

12 May 2017

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