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...question that he is committed to carrying out the Johannine program as he sees it. One problem may be, paradoxically, that Paul fails, as John did, to understand fully the theological thinking that underlies the council's spirit of renewal. Paul's favorite Catholic thinkers are Mantain and Etienne Gilson, who are radical enough by the standards of Italian textbook theology but outdated in comparison with the present-day work of Schillebeeckx. Yves Congar Karl Rahner and Hans Kiing...
Even translating the Mass into a Latin-based language, such as French, can lead to difficulties. Recently, Philosopher Etienne Gilson publicly complained that in the version of the Nicene Creed used in France, Christ is spoken of as having the same "nature" as God the Father, rather than what the Latin says-of the same "substance." Gilson argues that the change of wording seriously distorts the doctrinal point made by the Creed. There are other complaints about the translation. Many conservative Frenchmen think it undignified to address God with the intimate tu rather than the more formal vous, and wonder...
During a private audience with Pope John XXIII one December afternoon in 1960, the French Catholic philosopher Etienne Gilson touched on the subject of priestly celibacy. "The Pope's face became gloomy, darkened by a rising inner cloud," Gilson later reported. "Then the Pope added in a violent tone, almost a cry: 'For some of them it is martyrdom. Yes, a sort of martyrdom. It seems to me that sometimes I hear a sort of moan, as if many voices were asking the church for liberation from the burden. What can I do? Ecclesiastical celibacy...
Broadening Vistas. Aiding such breadth is St. Mike's proudest claim to intellectual distinction: its Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, launched by French Medievalist Etienne Gilson, who now commutes between Paris and Toronto. Generally recognized as tops of its kind in North America, the institute has produced at least 100 graduates now adding scholarly luster to U.S. Catholic philosophy departments. In addition, the university itself has set up new institutes-Slavic, Islamic, East Asian-sharply broadening St. Mike's vistas...
...Divinity School had hoped to bring the Thomist scholar Etienne Gilson from France to fill the professorship. When a sudden illness prevented Gilson from coming, it was decided to use the funds from the chair to sponsor the conference...