Study the essential wisdom of one of the greatest theologians of the last century—Hans Urs von Balthasar. Writing over 100 books and articles, he was devoted to addressing spiritual and practical issues of his time and resisted reductionism and the human focus of modernity, wanting Christians to challenge modern and philosophical assumptions. In this collection, you’ll find 27 volumes that sample the breadth of von Balthasar’s remarkable ability to address diverse and relevant topics. Examine his treatises on fellow theologians such as Henri de Lubac and Karl Barth. Walk with him through the mysteries of the Rosary and meditate on the Apostle’s Creed. Delve into his treasure trove of meditations and reflections on Mass readings, prayer, the writings of the great saints, and more. Hans Urs von Balthasar is lauded equally by Catholics and Protestants for his theological works and his response to Western modernism. Read his extensive writi...

In this book we have one of the indispensable sources for understanding Hans Urs von Balthasar’s Catholic Christocentrism. Here we find elaboration of the striking statement that Jesus Christ is “the Idea made concrete, personal, historical: universale concretum et personale”—which means that Christ is the universally valid in the here and now. Von Balthasar follows Saint Irenaeus in viewing theology through the drama of history, and presents Jesus Christ as the norm by which all history—secula...

This book takes its place within an impressive array of attempts to wrestle with Karl Barth’s theology from a Catholic point of view. Hans Urs von Balthasar presents an exposition of “the whole of Barth’s thought,” for the purpose of a confessional dialogue among theologians. Not to be construed as an “introduction” to Barth’s theology, this effort provides a Catholic response which, though not “official,” nonetheless seeks to express a common direction and movement within Catholicism. The Theo...

Hans Urs von Balthasar prepared this overview of the theology and spirituality of Henri de Lubac, whom he calls friend and master, on the occasion of the de Lubac’s eightieth birthday. Beginning with personal reflections drawn from the then unpublished pages of “memoirs” which de Lubac placed in his hands, von Balthasar offers a review of all de Lubac’s major works. Von Balthasar illustrates here the wonderful synthetic power for which he is justly known: bringing the range as well as the organ...

Hans Urs Von Balthasar presents a serious study on the thought of one of the most important—yet most neglected—Fathers of the Church, Gregory of Nyssa. He was the most profound Greek philosopher of the Christian era, a mystic and an incomparable poet whom St. Maximus designated as the “Universal Doctor” and the Second Council of Nicaea declared him “Father of Fathers.” Less prolific than Origen, less cultivated than Gregory Nazianzen, less practical than Basil, Gregory of Nyssa nonetheless outs...

Written in the 1950s, this book defines and anticipates, in a prophetic way, the role of the laity in the Church, and the intimate relationship between the Church and the world. These two themes were recognized by the Second Vatican Council especially in the two constitutions “On the Church” and “The Church in the Modern World.” Hans Urs Von Balthasar’s “bastions” are barriers erected over the centuries which separated the laity from the clergy and the Church from the world. He pleads for a Chu...

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Perhaps the twentieth century’s most influential theologian, Karl Barth cannot be overlooked. This updated collection will prove an invaluable resource for scholars examining his theological development and the perfect access point for newcomers to Barth. Examine Barth’s works on an array of subjects—from the church in wartime, to ethics, to Mozart. These shorter works offer compelling new insights for Barth enthusiasts as well as a springboard for studying the formidable Church Dogmatics which is also included with this collection.

Hans Urs von Balthasar made detailed statements about his work on five occasions, mostly on the birthdays that marked the end of a decade of his life. First as a young author, next as publisher and writer. Then, in the midst of the transformations connected with the Council, he wrote an account for himself and his readers, about what had been done, and what was still required. Finally, in a kind of pause, as one already looking toward the close of his life, he gave once again an account of what...

Romano Guardini (1885–1968) was one of the greatest Catholic minds of the twentieth century. He helped shape Catholic theology between the two world wars and after, as well as the thinking of many non-Catholics of the period. His influence contributed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council through the papacy of Benedict XVI. Romano Guardini: Reform from the Source, was written by another great theological mind, Hans Urs von Balthasar. It presents a kind of “roadmap” to Guardini’s thought....

This book is a double-treat: it combines the genius of the towering theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar and his ability to make his subject come alive before the reader, along with the focus of that genius on someone with the spiritual depth and creative stature of Georges Bernanos, considered by many to be the greatest Catholic creative writer of the twentieth century. Bernanos was a deeply prayerful, practicing sacramental Catholic whose profound love for the Church made everything he created o...

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Study the essential wisdom of one of the greatest theologians of the last century—Hans Urs von Balthasar. Writing over 100 books and articles, he was devoted to addressing spiritual and practical issues of his time and resisted reductionism and the human focus of modernity, wanting Christians to challenge modern and philosophical assumptions.

This book describes the common task which Balthasar and Adrienne von Speyr undertook, the founding of a secular institute: the Community of St. John. He also describes their common theological work and explains the theology and role of secular institutes.

Overcoming the dualism between the Church and the world requires a decisive engagement: the yeast must disappear into the dough in order to become bread, but this bread must in turn be consecrated to God. With his characteristic theological depth and historical breadth, Hans Urs von Balthasar discusses the development of secular institutes—groups of lay people who live the life of the counsels, poverty, chastity, and obedience, in the world—as a response to the problems of our time. In the proce...

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