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Henri de Lubac, S.J. | Ignatius Insight Author Page 
NEW! Meet Henri
de Lubac: His Life and Work
by Rudolph Voderholzer This work traces the life and writings of this French Jesuit priest, revealing the importance and brilliance of de Lubac's works, the holiness of his life, and his deep love for the Church, which sometimes persecuted this faithful son and devoted priest. Pope John Paul II, who had the highest esteem for de Lubac, stopped his address during a major talk and acknowleged the presence of de Lubac saying, "I bow my head to Father Henri de Lubac." Subsequently, the Pope appointed the holy and beloved theologian a Cardinal. This book reveals who this great Churchman and theologian was, and the importance of his writings. 130 pages | Paperback | More information Henri de Lubac, S.J. (1896-1991) was a French Jesuit and one of the greatest theologians of the twentieth century. Born in Cambrai, France on February 20, 1896, he joined the Society of Jesus in Lyon on October 9, 1913. He served in the French army during the First World War, suffering severe wounds in combat. He was educated at the Jesuit Houses of study at Jersey and Fourvière. De Lubac was ordained a priest on August 22, 1927, pursued further studies in Rome until 1929, and then became a faculty member at Catholic Faculties of Theology of Lyons, where he taught history of religions until 1961. His pupils included Jean Daniélou and Hans Urs von Balthasar. In 1942 he co-founded, with Daniélou, Sources chrétiennes, a series of patristic texts with translations. During the Second World War he fought against Naziism and anti-Semiticism through his writings; he would recount those efforts and the efforts of the Church at large in Christian Resistance to Anti-Semitism: Memories from 1940-1944. He was finally forced to leave Lyon because of his involvement in the Resistance; he took refuge in Vals, near Puy. During the 1950s de Lubac came under suspicion from the Vatican for his teachings about the supernatural and grace. He was eventually obligated to stop publication of his works because of doctrinal objections against his controversial book, Surnaturel. However, he continued his prolific output of other work, including studies on atheism, Buddhism, medieval biblical exegesis, ecclesiology, and the sacramental nature of Catholicism.  He became a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1957 and a faculty member at the Catholic Institute of Paris two years later. He would then participate in Vatican II as a peritus, or theological expert, from 1962-5. The Oxford Dictionary of the Catholic Church states: "De Lubac was one of the thinkers who created the intellectual climate that made possible the Second Vatican Council, largely by opening up the vast spiritual resources of the Catholic tradition which had been cramped by post-Tridentine 'baroque' theology." De Lubac was created cardinal deacon by Pope John Paul II on February 2, 1983 and received the red biretta and the deaconry of S. Maria in Domnica, February 2, 1983. He died on September 4, 1991, Paris and is buried in a tomb of the Society of Jesus at the Vaugirard cemetery in Paris. His reflections on his life and writings are captured in his book, At the Service of the Church: Henri de Lubac Reflects on the Circumstances that Occasioned His Writings. Books by Henri de Lubac translated and published by Ignatius Press: • NEW! History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture According to Origen • At the Service of the Church: Henri de Lubac Reflects on the Circumstances that Occasioned His Writings • Brief Catechesis on Nature and Grace • Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man • The Christian Faith • Christian Resistance to Anti-Semitism: Memories from 1940-1944 • The Drama of Atheist Humanism • More Paradoxes • The Motherhood of the Church • Paradoxes of Faith • The Splendor of the Church • Theology in History • Dr. Tracey Rowland, who is Dean and Associate Professor of Political Philosophy and Continental Theology at the John Paul II Institute (Melbourne) provides a helpful overview of (most of) de Lubac's books that have been translated into English. Related Books: • Meet Henri de Lubac: His Life and Work, by Rudolph Voderholzer • The Theology of Henri De Lubac, by Hans Urs von Balthasar Related IgnatiusInsight.com Articles and Book Excerpts: • The Cardinal | Rudolf Voderholzer | From Meet Henri de Lubac: His Life and Work • Motherhood of the Entire Church | Henri de Lubac, S.J. • Origen and Allegory | Introduction to History and Spirit: The Understanding of Scripture According to Origen | Henri de Lubac • The Tragic Misunderstanding of Atheist Humanism | From Chapter One of The Drama of Atheist Humanism | Henri de Lubac • Getting started with the work of Henri de Lubac, S.J. | Carl E. Olson Other Articles about Henri de Lubac: • Henri de Lubac: In Appreciation | Avery Dulles, S.J. | America, Sept. 28, 1991 |
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