RT Article
T1 Hans Urs von Balthasar and Adrienne von Speyr's Ecclesial Relationship
JF New blackfriars
VO 94
IS 1049
SP 50
OP 63
A1 Sutton, Matthew Lewis
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1780353464
AB Many systematic theologians acknowledge the relationship between Hans Urs von Balthasar, the significant twentieth-century Catholic theologian, and Adrienne von Speyr, the Swiss physician and Catholic mystic. There is, however, difficulty understanding the actual character and purpose of this relationship. I argue in this paper that Paul's theology of charism, particularly dealing with double mission charisms, will help us understand correctly the ecclesial relationship between von Balthasar and von Speyr. After an overview of von Balthasar's statements regarding the relationship and the three main interpretations of it, I offer my own interpretation of this relationship by using Paul's theology of charism. The ramifications will be a reinterpretation of central aspects of von Balthasar's theology including but not limited to his theology of Holy Saturday, Trinitarian theology, and theology of the communion of saints.
K1 Theology of Holy Saturday
K1 Theology of Charism
K1 theology of mission
K1 Adrienne von Speyr
K1 Hans Urs Von Balthasar
K1 Catholic Mysticism
DO 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2012.01499.x