The theologicaljournalCommunio was founded in 1972 by Joseph Ratzinger (later elected Pope Benedict XVI), Hans Urs von Balthasar, Henri de Lubac and others. Communio, now published in seventeen editions (German, English, Spanish and many others), has become one of the most important journals of Catholic thought. Theology is literally rational discourse concerning God (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογος, logos, rational discourse). By extension, it also refers to the study of other religious topics. ... A journal (through French from late Latin diurnalis, daily) is a daily record of events or business. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI (in Latin Benedictus XVI) was born Joseph Alois Ratzinger on April 16, 1927. ... Hans Urs von Balthasar was a Catholic theologian. ... Henri de Lubac ( 1986- 1991), a French Jesuit, can be considered to be one of the most influential theologians of post-modern time. ...
Communio is at the centre of theological renewal in 'creative fidelity' to the Church.
Part of the purpose of Communio has been to try to overcome the polarization between 'modernists' and 'traditionalists' in the Church, by offering a central forum where there may be both reconciliation and creativity.
It covers topics from catechesis and education to economics and society, from Eastern Christianity to biblical exegesis, from eschatology to gender, from religious communities to the dialogue with science, from Thomism to Tolkien.
That is how David Schindler, editor in chief of the theologicaljournalCommunio and academic dean at the John Paul II Institute, assesses the man who is now Benedict XVI.
"Communio" does not so much contradict this notion as transform it, emphasizing the initiative of God, who established and maintains the unity of the Church through Jesus Christ with the cooperation of his mother Mary, whose fiat made her person the first home of God on earth -- hence the basic "figure" of the Church.
Schindler: Communio was founded for the purpose of assisting in the ecclesial and cultural renewal called for by the Council.
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