Von Balthasar (1): early work

Hans Urs Von Balthasar (1905-1988)

• Doctoral thesis, German philology, romantic literature and philosophy.
• Entrance into the Society of Jesus in 1929.
• 1934, Jesuit faculty at Lyons, to study theology in preparation for ordination as a priest.

‘[In Lyon] he came into contact with [Henri de Lubac and] the revival of patristic studies then under way, a movement that was to have a powerfully shaping effect on Catholic theology, spirituality, and worship in the decades after World War II and that was to be one of the decisive forces preparing the way for the Second Vatican Council.’[1]

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[1] Hans Urs VonBalthasar, Cosmic Liturgy: The UniverseAccording toMaximus the Confessor (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003),p. 11.

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