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| Table of Contents | ||||||
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| Abbreviations | ix | |||||
| Introduction: Theological Virtues | 1 | |||||
| 1. | Pope Benedict XVI | 7 | ||||
| Cautious Reformer | 10 | |||||
| Move to Rome | 13 | |||||
| Becoming Pope | 18 | |||||
| Conclusion | 24 | |||||
| 2. | Deus Caritas Est | 27 | ||||
| Unity of Love in Creation and in Salvation History | 29 | |||||
| Practice of Love by the Church as a "Community of Love" | 36 | |||||
| Models of Social Charity | 43 | |||||
| Reception of the Encyclical | 43 | |||||
| Conclusion | 51 | |||||
| 3. | Spe Salvi | 55 | ||||
| Trustworthy Hope | 56 | |||||
| Prayer as a School of Hope | 65 | |||||
| Action and Suffering as Settings for Learning Hope | 66 | |||||
| Judgment as a Setting for Learning and Practicing Hope | 68 | |||||
| Reception of the Encyclical | 72 | |||||
| Conclusion | 80 | |||||
| 4. | Lumen Fidei | 83 | ||||
| We Have Believed in Love (cf. 1 John 4:16) | 85 | |||||
| Unless You Believe, You Will Not Understand (cf. Isa 7:9) | 89 | |||||
| I Delivered to You What I Also Received (cf. 1 Cor 15:3) | 94 | |||||
| God Prepares a City for Them (cf. Heb 11:16) | 96 | |||||
| Reception of the Encyclical | 99 | |||||
| Conclusion | 102 | |||||
| 5. | Concluding Reflections | 105 | ||||
| Benedict's Augustinianism | 106 | |||||
| Faith and Reason | 112 | |||||
| Church and Its Mission | 120 | |||||
| Conclusion | 126 | |||||
| Notes | 131 | |||||