Abstract

Printed attractively for ready reference, this compact dictionary surveys some 650 key terms and doctrines of dogmatic theology, alphabetically arranged in articles which range from a few succinct lines of lucid non-pedantic language to ten pages of historico-doctrinal synthesis. Père Bouyer draws upon his mature knowledge of Scripture and Church teaching in a personal exposition of topical relevance, limiting his speculative references usually to the Summa theologiae of St Thomas, illuminated by his grasp of the historical evolution of theology. In our age of religious aggiornamento laymen and students alike will welcome this synthetic introduction to the high topics of theological discussion, which a final systematic table logically relates to the articles of the Apostles’ Creed.