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Published: February 16, 2012

A new series of dynamic talks led by Biblical theology and hilosophy scholars

Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 7:00pm
John Paul the Great Catholic University • 10174 Old Grove Road, San Diego

Discover the treasure of Scripture!
Dr. Christine Wood on “Opening the Book of Mark”

Dr. Wood received her Ph.D. in Systematic Theology from Marquette University, Milwaukee in 2011.

Her dissertation was on “The Metaphysics and Intellective Pscychology in the Natural Desire for Seeing God: Henri de Lubac and Neo-Scholasticism.”

She has an M.A. in Theology, as well as a Certification in Catechetics, both from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

For more information, contact Colleen Monroe at John Paul the Great Catholic University, by phone (858.653.6740 ext. 1713) or cmonroe@jpcatholic.com.

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 3:21 AM By ANNE

I don’t know Ms. Wood, but I went to Marquette University. This is a ‘Catholic’ University in name only – like many other Jesuit institutions. Read your CCC to make sure you know when and if the truth is spoken.

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:45 AM By FHKJ

Another “catch word” which must go: “Scriptures Unlocked”! My Catholic Bible does not have a lock on it!

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:57 AM By JMJ

Sounds as though Miss Wood might be missing something. Hilosophy? How about Jesus and obeying Him? Much easier and not so corny. +JMJ+

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:43 AM By John F. Maguire

In reply to Anne: The Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) is a catechism. As such, the CCC does not directly, let alone extensively, discuss questions on the order of those addressed by Christine Wood in her Marquette University doctoral dissertation on “The Metaphysics and Intellective Psychology in the the Natural Desire for Seeing God: Henri de Lubac and Neo-Scholasticism” (2011). For comparative purposes, I would recommend Lawrence Feingold’s study, _The Natural Desire to See God According to St. Thomas and His Interpreters_, second edition (Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University, 1910). For my part, I look forward to reading Christine Wood’s dissertation as well. In the meantime, for the simple purpose of evoking the daunting character of the truly difficult terrain Christine Wood has chosen to explore, I’ll confine myself to quoting from Steven A. Long’s review of Lawrence Feinberg’s book on the question of the natural desire to see God. “Lawrence Feinberg,” Long writes, “has perfomed an invaluable service to all who seek to understand the profound and difficult question of the character of the natural desire to see God. His magisterial command of the doctrinal tradition, exegetic care, and capacity to unfold an argument while appreciating all the delicate reticulations of commentatorial interpretation highly commend this book.” That Feingold’s book is directly relevant to Christine Wood’s dissertation on Henri de Lubac is conveyed incidentally by Stephen Long’s comment that the scope of Lawrence Feinberg’s book includes “all the principle commentators engaged with this question, up to and including Laporta and de Lubac.”

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 10:49 AM By Paul

OK. I was at the first presentation in this series of studies that is being offered at the John Paul the Great University. It wasn’t great, but it did offer me some food for thought.

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 2:46 PM By Clinton

de Lubac perpetuated a “new theology’ that has lead to the loss of Catholic tradition after Vatican II. We instead should be focusing on Pius XII’s encyclical humani generis which condemns falsehoods that undermine Catholic Doctrine.

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Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 6:02 PM By John F. Maguire

In reply to Clinton: Pope Pius XII’s Encyclical Letter HUMANI GENERIS is a splendid document, and Henri de Lubac’s work should — need I say? — be studied in the light of HUMANI GENERIS. At the same time, we need to keep in mind that theology advances as a science in its own right, that is, on analogy to the empirical sciences, which is also to say, by way of the collaborative critique and revision of one’s fellow theologians’ work. On this point, Fr. de Lubac would have been the first to agree. ~ Pope John Paul II, in acknowledging the work and the ethos of Henri-Marie de Lubac, “appointed the holy and beloved theologian a Cardinal” on February 2, 1983 (Tracey Rowland [book notice], Rudolf Voderholzer, _Meet Henri de Lubac: His Life and Work_ [San Francisco: St. Ignatius Press, 2007], Ignatius Insight, online).

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