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Systematic Mariology
The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner
by Peter Damian Fehlner OFM Conv.
Edited by J. Isaac Goff
Introduction by Arthur Burton Calkins
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
Peter Damian Fehlner (1931–2018), OFM Conv, was a Franciscan priest and theologian. For nearly forty years he taught theology in Franciscan schools and seminaries in Italy and the United States. He is the author of several books and countless articles in theological and pastoral journals. His final work was published posthumously as The Theologian of Auschwitz: St. Maximilian Kolbe on the Immaculate Conception in the Life of the Church (2019).
J. Isaac Goff is an instructor of dogmatic theology at Saints Cyril and Methodius Byzantine Catholic Seminary. He is coeditor of A Companion to Bonaventure (2014) and author of Caritas in Primo: A Study of Bonaventure’s Disputed Questions on the Mystery of the Trinity (2015).
“The most fitting word to describe Systematic Mariology is ‘brilliant.’ Msgr. Arthur B. Calkins provides a masterful introduction to this volume, which contains some of Fr. Fehlner’s most significant writings on the predestination of Mary, her Immaculate Conception, and her role as Coredemptrix, Mediatrix of All Grace, and Advocate. Systematic Mariology shows how minimizing Mary’s cooperation in the work of redemption undermines the Catholic understanding of the Church, the sacraments, and salvation.”
—Robert Fastiggi, professor of dogmatic theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“In these superb and brilliant studies, Fr. Peter Fehlner proves himself to be the architect of a wholesale renewal of Christian theology through a renewal of Marian theology. The mystery of Mary, Mother of God, leads one to a metaphysics which, far from abstracting for the concrete specificity of incarnation and revelation, guarantees its primacy. We can almost see St. Francis, building the first creche scene, as the ultimate inspiration of this truly magnificent work.”
—John C. Cavadini, professor of theology, University of Notre Dame
“Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner was to me a friend, a teacher, a counselor, and a model of holiness and deep learning, and I am pleased that many more scholars and students can now share his company in the pages of his collected works and essays. Fr. Fehlner is a true master of the Franciscan theological tradition, worthy to share the intellectual company of Bonaventure, Scotus, Kolbe, and Bonnefoy, and has a profound contribution to make to a wide range of related fields, especially cosmology, ecclesiology, pneumatology, and Mariology.”
—Scott W. Hahn, professor of biblical theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville
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