JPI 969
Rich in Mercy: Fatherhood and Sonship
In light of John Paul II's Trinitarian encyclicals, this seminar seeks to address the following questions:
(1) How is "fatherhood" to be elucidated if, in Christ, the "beginning without beginning" has revealed itself as a Father who gave his Son up for our salvation?
(2) What does mercy disclose of the divine logic of love? Does love cost too much (for God)?
(3) What metaphysical and theological account of Sonship does this revelation of the Father require?
Authors read in this seminar are: Origen, Maximus the Confessor, Aquinas, G. Hegel, F. Schelling, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, H. U. von Balthasar, L. Giussani, F. Ulrich.
