Praelectiones et Quaestiones Disputatae -- On St. Paul's Letter to the
Hebrews. Proceedings of the 2016 AMCSS Summer Theology Program. Ed. John P.
Joy. Strathcona, MN: Libri Albertini, 2017. Paperback, 140pp. $18.99 Amazon.com / £15.99 Amazon.co.uk
The Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies (AMCSS) is an
organization dedicated to the promotion of sacred theology undertaken according
to the mind and method of the great scholastics. The theme of the fifth annual
summer theology program hosted by the AMCSS in Norcia, Italy, in cooperation
with the Benedictine Monks of Norcia, was "The Transcendent Christ: On St.
Paul's Letter to the Hebrews." This volume collects the lectures delivered
over the course of the program as well as the culminating scholastic
disputation, which involved several disputed questions, conducted at a very high level -- but with some entertaining elements, too.
(As one who was present for all the lectures and involved in the disputed questions, I can say that this is a most helpful book for those interested in the theology of the liturgy, the sacrifice of Christ, the Mass as a true and proper sacrifice, and the headship of Christ over the Church.)
CONTENTS
“The Sacrifice of Christ as an Act of Vicarious Satisfaction”
John P. Joy, S.T.L.
“How Is the Mass a Sacrifice?”
Rev. Thomas Crean, O.P., S.T.D.
“The Symbolism of the First Entrance of the Holy Synaxis in the Mystagogy of St. Maximus the Confessor”
Rev. Yosyp Veresh, S.T.D.
“Biblical and Liturgical Typology in the Letter to the Hebrews”
Rev. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B., S.L.D.
“The Christian Liturgy as Sacrificium Laudis in the Epistle to the Hebrews”
Peter Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
“‘Credere oportet accedentem ad Deum’ – On the Nature and Necessity of Faith”
Br. Evagrius Hayden, O.S.B., S.T.M.
“Christ as Head of the Human Race”
Daniel Lendman, S.T.L.
Quæstiones Disputatæ
Rev. Thomas Crean, O.P., S.T.D.
Q. 1. Whether he who performs the rites of the Old Law offends God?
Q. 2. Whether the shedding of blood is necessary for the remission of sins?
Q. 3. Whether to please God it is sufficient to believe that he is and is a rewarder of those who seek him?
Reminder: The AMCSS is currently welcoming applications for the 2017 Summer Theology Program in Norcia, Italy -- "Divine Power in a Hidden Way: Thomas' Commentary on Sentences IV." Read more here.
