Beyond the Visible Church

Florian Klug, STD/STL, is a researcher and lecturer at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.

Contents

Foreword: A Tradition-Based Response to the Religious Ideologies of Exclusion    vii
Preface    xi
Introduction: Methodological Approach    xiii

Chapter 1
     The Patristic Applications of the Abel Motif 1
          Augustine’s Struggle for the Conceptual Breadth of Catholicism (354–430)    1
          Gregory the Great and the Meaning of Eschatological Signs (540–604)    105

Chapter 2
     The Abel Motif in Medieval Theology    133
          Bonaventure and the Transparency of the Divine Signs (1221–1274)    133
          James of Viterbo and the Rise of the Nation-States in Europe (1255–1307)    171

Chapter 3
     Appearances of the Abel Motif in the Modern Age    193
          Jan Hus and the Vertigo of the Church’s Authority (1372–1415)    193
          Martin Luther’s Struggles with Righteousness (1483–1546)    226
          Francisco Suárez and the Discovery of the New World (1548–1617)    256 

Chapter 4
     The Abel Motif in Contemporary Theology    275
          The Universal Scope of the Church at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965)    275
          James Alison, Imitation, and the Pattern of Exclusion    342
          Abel and the Church as a Non-Excluding Community    348

Chapter 5
     Conclusion and Constructive Development of the Abel Motif    357
          Summary of the Findings    357
          The Development of the Abel Motif in Constructive Theology    376

Bibliography    393
Index of Names    421
Index of Subjects    423