The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar

Download or read book The Eschatology of Hans Urs von Balthasar written by Nicholas J. Healy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-06-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unifying centre of Nicholas J. Healy's book is an analysis, in dialogue with the metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas, of Balthasar's understanding of the analogy of being. This discussion of analogy is framed by an interpretation of Balthasar's trinitarian eschatology. Healy shows that the ultimate form of the end, and thus the measure of all that is meant by eschatology, is given in Christ's eucharistic and pneumatic gift of himself - a gift that simultaneously lays bare the mystery of God's trinitarian life and enables Christ to 'return' to the Father in communion with the whole of creation.