Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics 4: Sin and the Kingdom of Sin as a Contradiction and a Combat Against the Supernatural Order of the World

by Matthias Joseph Scheeben

Overview

Building on Book 3 of the Dogmatics's consideration of creation and grace and anticipating Book 5's treatment of salvation, Book 4 of Scheeben's Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics presents his theory of sin and its concrete realizations among the angelic order and humankind. Notable is his stress on the character of original sin as an offense against the supernatural order, that is, against our adoptive sonship—and so as the biblical mysterium iniquitatis. Also noteworthy is the nuanced way he handles the relation between sin as a privation of grace and the wounding of human nature, original sin's hereditary character, and the mysterious nature of angelic sin.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940186133483
Publisher:	Emmaus Academic
Publication date:	09/28/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Matthias Joseph Scheeben (1835–1888) was a German priest and scholar whose theology points to the inner coherence of the Christian faith and its supernatural mysteries. Notable in his own time, Scheeben later received praise from Pope Pius XI, who in 1935 encouraged study of the late theologian’s works, reflecting: “The entire theology of Scheeben bears the stamp of a pious ascetical theology.” Hans Urs von Balthasar credited Scheeben as “the greatest German theologian to date.” Scheeben’s works include Nature and Grace, The Mysteries of Christianity, and the unfinished Handbook of Catholic Dogmatics.