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Trinitarian Intimations in Bach’s The Art of Fugue
In his magisterial study Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician, Christoph Wolff treats at length Bach’s The Art of Fugue. He writes: “The Art of Fugue, though linked to...
What Henri de Lubac Would Think of the Synod on Synodality
Henri de Lubac, S.J., one of the twentieth century’s greatest Catholic theologians, was among the prominent figures in the ressourcement movement that prepared the way for Vatican II. Indeed,...
A Bodily Faith
Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego recently published a long and provocative article in America magazine. It has already garnered both grateful praise and pointed criticism. Count me among...
What Benedict Saw
Through successive waves of “downsizing,” and painful parting with many treasured books, I have carefully retained one volume: number 17 of the formidable series published before and during Vatican...
Philosophy Perfected by Christ
The Unchanging Truth of God?Crucial Philosophical Issues for Theologyby thomas g. guarinocua, 264 pages, $34.95 Monsignor Thomas Guarino, emeritus professor of theology at Seton Hall University, is well-known to...
Soli Deo Gloria
Austrian-born conductor Manfred Honeck is the father of six and a devout Catholic. He attends Mass several times a week and prays before each concert. Since 2008, he has...
Praying with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis
In book ten of the Confessions, Saint Augustine explores the mystery of memory. At one point he exclaims: “Great is the power of memory, a thing, O my God,...
The Hour of Jesus
Jesus Becoming Jesus, Volume 2:A Theological Interpretation of the Gospel of John: Prologue and the Book of Signsby thomas g. weinandy catholic university of america press, 484 pages, $34.95 Fr....
The Infidelity of the Present
It did not require great perspicacity to predict some of the fevered negative reactions to the recent statement of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith declaring the...
Revealing God
Engaging the Doctrine of Revelation: The Mediation of the Gospel through Church and Scripture by matthew levering baker academic, 384 pages, $44.99 M atthew Levering’s prodigious scholarly output, his...