Truth Is a Divine Name: Hitherto Unpublished Papers of Edward A. Synan, 1918-1997 PDF
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“TRUTH” IS A DIVINE NAME Edward A. Synan VIBS Volume 222 Robert Ginsberg Founding Editor Leonidas Donskis Executive Editor Associate Editors G. John M. Abbarno Steven V. Hicks George Allan Richard T. Hull Gerhold K. Becker Michael Krausz Raymond Angelo Belliotti Olli Loukola Kenneth A. Bryson Mark Letteri C. Stephen Byrum Vincent L. Luizzi Robert A. Delfino Adrianne McEvoy Rem B. Edwards J.D. Mininger Malcolm D. Evans Peter A. Redpath Daniel B. Gallagher Arleen L. F. Salles Roland Faber John R. Shook Andrew Fitz-Gibbon Eddy Souffrant Francesc Forn i Argimon Tuija Takala William C. Gay Emil Višňovský Dane R. Gordon Anne Waters J. Everet Green James R. Watson Heta Aleksandra Gylling John R. Welch Matti Häyry Thomas Woods Brian G. Henning a volume in Gilson Studies GS Peter A. Redpath, Editor “TRUTH” IS A DIVINE NAME Hitherto Unpublished Papers of Edward A. Synan, 1918-1997 Introduction and Edition by Janice L. Schultz-Aldrich Amsterdam - New York, NY 2010 Cover Photo: Sacred Heart Altar of Our Lady of Victory Basilica in Lackawanna, New York , by Janice L. Schultz-Aldrich Cover Design: Studio Pollmann The paper on which this book is printed meets the requirements of “ISO 9706:1994, Information and documentation - Paper for documents - Requirements for permanence”. ISBN: 978-90-420-3154-8 E-Book ISBN: 978-90-420-3155-5 © Editions Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam - New York, NY 2010 Printed in the Netherlands To the memory of my dear and gentle parents. CONTENTS frontispiece List of Illustrations xi Preface xiii Introduction xvii Acknowledgments xxxiii Part One MEDIEVAL FIGURES ONE The Innovations of Aquinas 3 TWO The Conversions of Augustine 17 THREE Thomas Aquinas: “Evil is found in the world” 31 FOUR Augustine on War and Peace 47 FIVE The Ecclesiology of Augustine 63 SIX Abelard’s Moslem as a Good Pagan 85 SEVEN Verses and Wisdom in the Twelfth Century 95 Part Two JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS EIGHT Shadows on the Cavern Wall 111 NINE The Church and the Jews: The Dialogue of Yesteryear—As Christians Heard It 121 TEN The Church and the Jews after the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) 135 ELEVEN What Unites Jews and Christians? 151 x “TRUTH” IS A DIVINE NAME Part Three SELECTED TOPICS TWELVE The Theology of Sanctity 157 THIRTEEN The Theology of Suffering and Dying 167 FOURTEEN Captain Dreyfus and the Third Man 175 Part Four CONVOCATION ADDRESSES AND SERMONS FIFTEEN Convocation Addresses 193 SIXTEEN Five Sermons 201 Three Tributes 219 Bibliography of Edward A. Synan’s Published Works 229 About the Editor 239 Illustrations 241 Index 245
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