ARTICLES

Paul D. Molnar

Experience and Knowledge of the Trinity
In his attempt to link the immanent and the economic Trinity more closely together, Ted Peters seems to limit the task of the Trinitarian doctrine to that of a hermeneutical device needed to comprehend salvation. This basically Rahnerian approach to the mystery of the Trinity, it is argued, could lead to God's freedom being compromised and his nature being confused with the process of salvation history.

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Thomas J. McGovern

The Edelby Intervention at Vatican II
At the Second Vatican Council, the contribution of the Melchite Archbishop Edelby of Edessa to the drafting of Dei Verbum marked a return to the richness of patristic exegesis. The author outlines some of the implications of Edelby's five theological principles for a new hermeneutics of Scripture.

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John McAreavey

The Formation of a Celibate Clergy
After outlining the origin of Can. 247 of the new Code, and its reception by various Episcopal Conferences, the author engages in a systematic reflection on various theological and practical issues raised by the task of forming seminarians for a life of priestly celibacy.

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Eamon Maher

Jean Sulivan (1913-1980): A Marginal Writer
Marginality characterises Jean Sulivan's later literary style and subject matter. Relentlessly pursuing his search for authenticity in a world of empty fame, he uncovers, it is claimed, a new 'Catholic' spirituality in the midst of modernity: the ineffable Word in the world of letters.

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J. J. Meagher

The Beatified Martyrs of Ireland, III: Dermot O'Hurley, Archbishop of Cashel

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Commentary:

Archbishop Desmond Connell

Reflections on Humanae Vitae
This is a slightly revised text of a paper read to the joint meeting of the University Pro-Life Society and the John Paul II Theological Society held at St Patrick's College, Maynooth on 2nd March, 1999, to commemorate the 30th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.

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BOOK REVIEWS

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