In this Crisis Magazine classic, Edward T. Oakes, S.J. looks at the troubling tendency of theologians to abandon the historic faith. In 1968, a professor of theology at the University of Regensburg wrote a modestly sized treatise on the Apostles’ Creed called Introduction to Christianity. Its impact, however, was anything but modest, for … Read more
Historians are just as susceptible to falling prey to trends as the rest of us. For example, the writing of history used to concentrate on the “Big Events”: wars, battles, diplomacy, and the actions of large figures like heads of state, generals, diplomats, and the like. Now, however, the concentration increasingly falls on the more … Read more
In 1968, a professor of theology at the University of Regensburg wrote a modestly sized treatise on the Apostles’ Creed called Introduction to Christianity. Its impact, however, was anything but modest, for the book so captivated Pope Paul VI that he made its author archbishop of Munich (and later cardinal, one of his last appointments … Read more