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The Authority of the Saints

by Pauline Dimech

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications
  • 15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

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Pauline Dimech explores whether and to what extent we may attribute authority to the saints, but also how we may ensure that it is the saints, and not the scoundrels, whose influence persists and whose memory endures. The thing that drives her research is the thought that history is full of examples of individuals who held positions of official authority that they did not deserve. Dimech is convinced that Hans Urs von Balthasar can help us clarify the issues surrounding the authority of the saints. Besides establishing Balthasar's involvement with the enterprise, this book tries to establish the theological foundations upon which the authority of the saints would have to be based in theory, and, possibly, already, however implicitly, based in practice. ""Students of Balthasar, be they Catholic or not, in leadership positions in the Church, in ministry, following the baptismal call of the faithful, will find this book challenging. Dimech's work stirs up the pot already brewing through contemporary debates on Balthasar. . . . This book daringly advances an important area of research in Balthasar studies which it is hoped will stimulate much more debate and discussion in the academy and Church as a whole."" --Dominic Robinson, SJ, from the foreword ""Pauline Dimech has done something impressive: in the crowded field of von Balthasar scholarship, she has identified a key question which has so far received no sustained study. Many have commented on the significance of the saints for von Balthasar's theology, but no one before Dimech has given sustained attention to the vital question of their
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  • Author

    Pauline Dimech

  • Book Format

    Paperback / softback

  • Publisher

    Pickwick Publications

  • Published

    May 2017

  • Weight

    359g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.7 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781532604034

  • ISBN-10

    1532604033

  • Eden Code

    4530822

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