Ratzinger, Joseph and Langer, Michael and Kronawetter, Karl Heinz
The Divine Project: Reflections on Creation and Church
- San Francisco Ignatius Press 2022
- 177p
"In the Beginning, God Created Creation and Reason Man, the Divine Project Sin and Redemption The Ecclesiology of Vatican II Unity and Pluralism
"From the introduction: Creation and Redemption, the two themes deeply symphonic in their relation to one another, come up again and again in the work of Joseph Ratzinger, the professor and the cardinal, who discusses them in a way that connects faith with beauty. Ratzinger repeatedly notes how indispensable it is to speak about God as Creator, particularly as we live in a society that increasingly denies the category of creatureliness, thus undermining man as man. This conviction continues to appear woven throughout the work of Joseph Ratzinger, Benedict XVI, today: God, in his love, created man and "stooped down" into history"--