Two points or four?--Rahner and Lonergan on Trinity, incarnation, grace, and beatific vision.(QUAESTIO DISPUTATA)

From: Theological Studies | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

In response to a recent article by Robert Doran, this article compares and contrasts the systematic coherence of Karl Rahner and Bernard Lonergan--how they interrelate the divine mysteries of the Trinity, incarnation, grace, and beatific vision. It argues that on all grounds Lonergan's position provides a more satisfying response to relating these mysteries to one another than does Rahner's. It also examines the possible origins of Lonergan's four-point hypothesis.

IN A RECENT ARTICLE in Theological Studies Robert Doran brought to light developments in the work of Bernard Lonergan that ...

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