Teilhard de Chardin: The Man and His Meaning

by Henri de Lubac

" Celui à qui il est donné... de voir le Christ "plus réel" que toute autre réalité du Monde, le Christ partout présent et partout croissant, le Christ détermination ultime et Principe plasmatique de l'Univers, celui-là vit vraiment dans une zone où ne parvient le trouble d'aucune multiplicité, et où pourtant se poursuit plus activement l'œuvre de l'universel achèvement. " " Je crois que l'Univers est une Évolution. Je crois que l'Évolution va vers l'Esprit. Je crois que l'Esprit s'achève en du Personnel. Je crois que le Personnel suprême est le Christ-Universel " (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.) Ces deux textes de Teilhard montrent pourquoi ce paléontologue prie, pourquoi il annonce l'Évangile et à la fois en montre la vérité, pourquoi il scrute le dedans des choses en regardant leur dehors, pourquoi il s'intéresse toujours davantage à l'Avant et à l'En-Haut. -- 'He to whom it is given... to see Christ as more real than any other of the World's realities, Christ present and burgeoning everywhere, Christ the ultimate determination and plasmatic Principle of the Universe... such a person truly lives in a zone untroubled by any multiplicity, yet where His work of universal accomplishment is most actively pursued.' 'I believe that the Universe is an Evolution. I believe that this Evolution leads towards the Spirit. I believe that the Spirit concludes in the Personal domain. I believe that the Supreme point of all that is Personal is the Universal Christ' (Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.) These two texts by Teilhard show why this palaeontologist prays, why he preaches the Gospel while revealing its truth, why he scrutinizes the interior of things while looking at their exterior effects, and why his greatest interest lies in 'Before' and 'On High' - or time in all its dimensions, its horizontality and verticality.

Genres: Theology, Philosophy, Anthropology, Biography

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 28, 1964

About the author

Henri-Marie de Lubac, SJ (1896-1991) was a French Jesuit priest who became a Cardinal of the Catholic Church, and is considered to be one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century. His writings and doctrinal research played a key role in the shaping of the Second Vatican Council.

De Lubac became a faculty member at Catholic Faculties of Theology of Lyons, where he taught history of religions until 1961. His pupils included Jean Daniélou and Hans Urs von Balthasar. De Lubac was created cardinal deacon by Pope John Paul II on February 2, 1983 and received the red biretta and the deaconry of S. Maria in Domnica, February 2, 1983. He died on September 4, 1991, Paris and is buried in a tomb of the Society of Jesus at the Vaugirard cemetery in Paris.

Reviews

[Jitse · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically a defense of TdC as a Catholic thinker as opposed to a heretic. Interesting, but not what I was looking for.

[pjr8888 · Rating 4 out of 5]

my copy:
Mentor-Omega Books, First Printing, 1967