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Ecclesiology and the Franciscan Charism
The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv: Volume 5
by Peter Damian Fehlner OFM Conv.
Edited by J. Isaac Goff
Introduction by Timothy Geiger OFM Conv.
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
434 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.87 in
- Paperback
- 9781532663895
- Published: September 2023
$49.00 / £41.00 / AU$77.00
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Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv. (1931–2018), 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).
“In this volume, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv. (1931–2018), shows how ecclesiology is central to the Franciscan charism. Drawing on the insights of St. Bonaventure and St. Maximilian Kolbe, he sheds light on the Franciscan understanding of history as well as the complementary roles of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Spirit in the Church. This volume contains a brilliant introduction by Fr. Timothy Geiger, OFMConv., and many instructive insights by Fr. Fehlner on the gifts of the Holy Spirit in the life of the individual and the Church.”
—Robert Fastiggi, professor of dogmatic theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“For nearly fifty years, I dialogued with Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner about the Franciscan intellectual tradition. His theological nuance was profoundly impacted by St. Francis of Assisi’s seminal insight that the Blessed Virgin Mary was the ‘Virgin Made Church’ (Virgo facta Ecclesia)—a leitmotif in the unfolding theology of St. Bonaventure—and the coherent ground for the principle of ‘charity’ which serves as the interpretive optic for the whole body of Fr. Fehlner’s ecclesiology. This volume offers a Franciscan ‘blueprint’ for the meaning of Church—ever ancient, ever new.”
—James McCurry, OFM Conv., minister provincial emeritus
“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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