Word: theologian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...most vital arena was not St. Peter's Basilica, where the prelates gathered for discussion, but a room on the third floor of Rome's college for German seminarians. Scores of cardinals and bishops from Germany, France, Africa and Latin America made pilgrimages there for theological advice. Theologians visited to discuss the issues and events of the council with the sad-eyed, soft-spoken man who occupied the room. He was Karl Rahner, 58, whom many eminent Roman Catholic thinkers regard as the most profound and most exciting theologian their church has produced in the 20th century...
...council ended its first session last week-it is scheduled to reconvene in Rome next September-Rahner's admirers could claim that he had exerted more real influence on the council than any other theologian. Professor of dogmatic theology at Innsbruck University, Jesuit Rahner is personal theologian to both Franziskus Cardinal Konig of Vienna and Julius Cardinal Dopfner of Munich. Despite opposition to Rahner by many Italian churchmen, Pope John named him to the select group of periti, the official council theologians. In Rome's Catholic bookstores, his writings are bestsellers. "We can't keep this...
...Language. Churchmen who know Rahner's work have strong opinions about him. U.S. Jesuit Theologian Gustave Weigel calls him "the world's greatest theologian." Many conservative churchmen, on the other hand, view Rahner's work with suspicion and hostility. Three weeks ago, Monsignor Francesco Spadafora of Rome's Lateran University told a gathering of Mexican bishops that Rahner was a "formal heretic." Cardinal Ottaviani, too, suspects Rahner. has tried three times to get Rahner's work formally condemned, and last month vainly asked Pope John to send Rahner back to Innsbruck...
...Arcs. Nor did Cardinal Ottaviani have any luck in battles outside the council. Last week, he asked Pope John XXIII to order Austria's liberal Jesuit Theologian Karl Rahner out of Rome, and to censure the Jesuit-run Biblical Institute (which by its existence implies critical study of the Scriptures). The Pope's answer quickly spread through Vatican circles: "It is only recently that I have learned of this attack on the Biblical Institute," he told Ottaviani. "Why didn't you let me know sooner? As far as Father Rahner is concerned, I have not been shown...
...strange. Extra honor for Joseph had been discussed inconclusively in the council. Council fathers conjectured that the Pope might be setting an example of liturgical change-or that he might be showing that final authority rested with him. Some saw the inclusion as a minor matter. Complained one theologian during the council discussion: "Half the world doesn't even believe in God, and we worry about St. Joseph...