In this 1971 article, the late theologian Gerald O’Collins, S.J., treats the search for the “historical Jesus”—and its potential shortcomings and pitfalls.
Gerald O'Collins
Gerald O’Collins, S.J., was an Australian Jesuit priest, a longtime professor at the Gregorian University in Rome and a prominent systematic theologian. He died on Aug. 22, 2024.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The Nativity’s reminder: God isn’t just for us. God is with us.
At Christmas we can rejoice in a uniquely rich and mysterious gift, the new personal presence of “God with us.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Remembering John Meier, the ‘dean of Jesus research’
As an outstanding student of the Gospels, the Rev. John Meier set himself to present the historical Jesus to the world, producing in five volumes one of the longest works ever published on the life and person of Jesus.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
‘I’m only trying to help people love Jesus more’: memories of Hans Küng from a Jesuit theologian
Hans Küng was only 34 years of age when a visit to the United States firmly established him as the leading theologian of the time.
Posted inFaith, Features
Why the Catholic Church needs cathedrals
Cathedrals express our solidarity with the universal church: with those who worship in the cathedrals of Ireland and Italy, of England and Gennany, of France and the Philippines.
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Sharing the Vision
These two books come from cultured and urbane Catholic professors of theology one at Boston College Imbelli and the other at St Mary rsquo s University Twickenham London Bullivant Neither needs to raise his voice to make his case effectively Both are concerned albeit in different ways to
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An Ongoing Renewal: How the council is still shaping the church
How the council is still shaping the church
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Easter Herald: Pope Benedict and Peter’s proclamation
Pope Benedict and Peter's proclamation
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Saved by Hope: Insights from Pope Benedict’s new encyclical.
Pope attacks the cruelty of Atheism” and Pope Replies to The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins were two of the headlines that greeted Benedict XVIs second encyclical, Saved by Hope (Spe Salvi). An Anglican bishop was more on target when he told me: I welcome this encyclical on Christian hope. Hope is