Communio Theology
71 posts
What is Communio Theology? An interview with faculty at St. Bernard's School of Theology
Podbean Podcast audio version:
Larry Chapp
A Meditation on Christ Crucified and our Therapeutic Culture: My Latest in the Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/christ-crucified-and-resurrected-vs-the-therapeutic-jesus
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The Legacy of Pope Benedict: My Latest in the Register
https://www.ncregister.com/commentaries/joseph-ratzinger-breathtakingly-brilliant-theologian
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My latest in Catholic World Report: Advent and the cult of Mammon
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2022/12/17/the-cult-of-mammon-and-the-culmination-of-advent/
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Book Review: Henri de Lubac's "The Church: Paradox and Mystery"
Linked below is my latest in Catholic World Report which is a review of a book by Henri de Lubac which was republished last year by Ignatius Press. The book,
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Communio at Fifty Years: An Interview with Matthew Kuhner, Lisa Lickona and Daniel Drain
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Flipping the Script: The False Immanence of Modernity
During many of my video interviews, especially on the topic of education, I have frequently mentioned the absolute necessity for the teacher of Catholic theology, in order to be effective,
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Louis Bouyer’s Ecclesiology of Service and the “Credibility” of the Church: An Advent Meditation.
In the light of twenty centuries of Christian life and ecclesiology … one point seems obvious, and is, in fact, found beneath most reform suggestions of Vatican II: what most encumbers
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The Wrath of the Lamb: A Critique and Retrieval of Gaudium et Spes
Hi to all. I want to begin by offering my thanks to all who wrote to my during my Covid illness and who offered their prayers. You have no idea
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So-Called “Synodality” and the Myth of “Hyper Papalism.”
“’Structure,’ which because of its impersonality seems immune to scandal, can become the prime seat of infection.” Hans Urs von Balthasar, (“The Anti-Roman Attitude,” Communio, Winter, 1981, p. 315)
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David Bentley Hart’s Universalism: Part two. Some Reflections on “That All Shall Be Saved”
“Once upon a time there was a woman, and she was wicked as wicked could be, and she died. And not one good deed was left behind her. The devils
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David Hart’s Universalism: Part One: The Drama of Dogma
“It is the dogma that is the drama — not beautiful phrases, nor comforting sentiments, nor vague aspirations to loving-kindness and uplift, nor the promise of something nice after death
Larry Chapp
Ressourcement Theology: A Personal Narrative
Blog Master’s note: My apologies for the long time since my last post. My travels to California for my interview with Bishop Barron have consumed my time and my
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A Handful of Sand Thrown into the Sea
Blogmaster's Note I am back from vacation and ready to rumble! I will be posting several new blog posts in the coming week(s) but need a few
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Balthasar’s “Dare We Hope That All Men Be Saved”: A Defense
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all men, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead
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Podcast Interview with Larry Chapp and Kris McGregor on “Love Alone” by Hans Urs von Balthasar. Parts Three, Four, and Five
Many thanks to Kris McGregor for inviting me to discuss this wonderful text. I will be posting a new blog post soon on Balthasar and the question of “universalism.” So
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The Universal Call to Holiness: Part Three. The non-heroic Church and the False Accusation that Holiness is a Sectarian Perfectionism
“To live together as brother and sister? Of course, I have high respect for those who are doing this. But it is a heroic act, and heroism is not for
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Interview with Dr. Larry Chapp and Kris McGregor on Balthasar’s Love Alone: part two
Here is the next installment of my interview with Kris McGregor. It looks like there is also going to be a part three. And there will be a new blog
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A podcast interview between Larry Chapp and Kris McGregor on the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. Part One: “Only Love is Credible.”
Love Alone is Credible with Dr. Larry Chapp pt. 1 - "Balthasar: Beauty, Goodness, Truth" Podcast Linked above is a podcast I did with Kris McGregor which is part
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Evangelization from Within Guardini’s “Threshold”
“There are those who experience profoundly the mystery of life at the threshold. They live decisively neither here nor there. They live in a no-man’s-land. They experience
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The Universal Call to Holiness: The Eucharistic Liturgy and the Unity of Sanctity and Sacrifice
“The profession ‘There is only one God’ is, precisely because it has itself no political aims, a program of decisive political importance: through the absoluteness that it lends the individual
Larry Chapp
A Christmas Meditation: The Vulnerability of God
“In the child Jesus, the defenselessness of God is apparent. God comes without weapons, because he does not wish to conquer from outside but desires to win and transform us
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The Universal Call to Holiness: Five Kids and a Goldendoodle
I begin this post, as I sometimes like to do, with an admission. As I thunder and bluster about the bourgeois worldliness of the modern Church, and the need for
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