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- Title
Sacramental Realism and the Historicity of the Faith.
- Authors
HAUSER, DANIEL
- Abstract
This paper is about the historicity of the faith as discussed in the writings of Donald Keefe, S.J. From its very beginning, Christianity has struggled with the issue of the historical nature of the faith. Gnostic interpretations of the faith and various other heresies have threatened Christianity from the first century up until the present day. In many instances, these dualisms called into question the historical nature of the faith. Yet it is precisely the scandal of the Incarnation and the Cross and Resurrection that are the very heart of Christian faith. It is the event character of the faith, as revealed in the Eucharistic worship of the Church, that alone can provide a Catholic framework that represents the true historical nature of the faith. For Donald Keefe, recapturing this historical a priori is essential to a recovery of theology today. Only in the recognition of the free covenantal presence of Christ in history is one able to overcome the cosmological thinking that challenges the faith in every age.
- Subjects
JESUITS; FAITH; HISTORICITY; REALISM; HERESY; THEOLOGY; DUALISM
- Publication
Saint Anselm Journal, 2020, Vol 15, Issue 2, p63
- ISSN
2689-6230
- Publication type
Article