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The Collected Essays of Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv: Volume 6
by Peter Damian Fehlner OFM Conv.
Edited by J. Isaac Goff
Introduction by Louis Maximillian Smith OFM Conv.
Imprint: Wipf and Stock
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).
“Fr. Peter Damien Fehlner clearly ranks as one of the greatest Mariologists in the second half of the twentieth century. One of his numerous Mariological fortes was his masterful grasp and articulation of the genius of St. Maximilian Kolbe. This volume puts forth perennial pearls of Kolbean Marian insight.”
—Mark Miravelle, professor of theology, Franciscan University of Steubenville
“There is a growing interest in the thought and spirituality of St. Maximilian Kolbe (1894–1941). In this volume, Fr. Peter Damian Fehlner, OFM Conv. (1931–2018), proves himself to be a master of Kolbe’s Marian thought. For those wishing a deeper understanding of Kolbe’s theology of the Immaculate, the purpose of total consecration, and the meaning of ‘the slavery of love,’ this book by Fr. Fehlner cannot be recommended enough.”
—Robert Fastiggi, professor of dogmatic theology, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
“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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