Joseph Ratzinger: Evangelical Ecumenist or How to Argue With a Traditional Protestant Over the Immaculate Conception

• Authors: Tim Perry

Title variants

PL

Joseph Ratzinger jako ewangeliczny ekumenista, czyli jak spierać się z tradycyjnym protestantem o niepokalane poczęcie

Abstracts

PL

Niniejszy artykuł opisuje tendencję zauważalną wśród niektórych tradycyjnych teologów protestanckich, którzy obserwując wytrwałe wprowadzanie w życie tekstów Soboru Watykańskiego II przez Josepha Ratzingera/Benedykta XVI, jego oryginalne podejście do dialogu ekumenicznego i skupienie na biblijnych podstawach w obronie niepokalanego poczęcia w książce Córa Syjonu, postrzegają go jako pełnego zrozumienia towarzysza podróży i partnera dialogu ekumenicznego. Niezachwiana katolicka postawa Ratzingera/Benedykta w połączeniu z przemyślaną egzegezą kanoniczną czyni go cennym partnerem dialogu z tymi protestantami, którzy wykazują podobne do niego zaangażowanie na rzecz swojego Kościoła i teologii po drugiej stronie sporu zapoczątkowanego w okresie reformacji.

EN

This paper presents a trend among some traditional Protestant theologians to regard Joseph Ratzinger/Benedict XVI as a sympathetic fellow-traveller and ecumenical dialogue partner, focusing on his implementation of the texts of the Second Vatican Council throughout his career, his unique approach to ecumenical dialogue, and his biblical focus when defending the Immaculate Conception in Daughter Zion. His robust Catholic commitment coupled with his thoughtful canonical exegesis makes him a valuable dialogue partner with those Protestants who have similar ecclesial and theological commitments on the other side of the Reformation.

Keywords

PL

Joseph Ratzinger; Benedykt XVI; ekumenizm; ewangelikalizm; protestant; katolik; dialog; Maryja; Niepokalane Poczęcie; mariologia; Sobór Watykański II

EN

Joseph Ratzinger; Benedict XVI; ecumenism; evangelicalism; Protestant; Catholic; dialogue; Mary; Immaculate Conception; Mariology; Vatican II

• Publisher: Papieski Wydział Teologiczny we Wrocławiu
• Journal: Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 281-296

Dates

published

2023

Contributors

author

Tim Perry

• Providence Theological Seminary, Otterburne, Canada

• https://orcid.org/0009000395586920

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Identifiers

DOI

10.34839/wpt.2023.31.2.281-296

Biblioteka Nauki

31343725