About the Authors
Emery de Gaál
Emery de Gaál a is a priest of the Catholic diocese of Eichtätt, Bavaria, Germany. He is chairman and professor of dogmatic theology at the University of St. Mary of the Lake/ Mundelein Seminary. He studied philosophy and theology in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Munich. De Gaál is the author of O Lord, I Seek Your Countenance: Explorations and Discoveries in Pope Benedict XVI’s Theology, The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI: The Christocentric Shift, and numerous articles on Benedict XVI’s theology.
Matthew Levering
Matthew Levering holds the James N. Jr. and Mary D. Perry Chair of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He is the author or co-author of over thirty-five books, including Newman on Doctrinal Corruption (Word on Fire Academic, 2022) and Proofs of God: Classical Arguments from Tertullian to Barth (Baker Academic, 2016). His many co-edited books include most recently John Henry Newman and Joseph Ratzinger: A Theological Encounter (with Emery de Gaál, CUA Press, 2025). He is the co-editor of two theological quarterlies, Nova et Vetera and the International Journal of Systematic Theology; and he is the senior editor of The New Ressourcement. He is the past president of the Academy of Catholic Theology.
What People Are Saying
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This honest and hopeful volume merits careful reading by Catholic and Protestant scholars seeking deeper communion in Christ. The contributors outline areas of mutual enrichment without papering over ongoing major differences. The editors are to be commended for guiding this volume to reflect Ratzinger’s patient, preserving, and reforming spirit. I hope this collection will fuel further productive biblical-theological collaboration.
Paul House
Beeson Divinity School of Samford University
This book is a testimony to true ecumenical dialogue. Rather than engage in a bland ‘ecumenism of negotiation,’ De Gaál and Levering put on display an ‘ecumenism of mutual gift.’ The high caliber of both Catholic and Protestant contributions, along with the friendship among the contributors, are the guarantee that this dialogue will in fact yield the desired mutual enrichment. This book is a major accomplishment and deserves prayerful reading and reflection with a hopeful eye to full doctrinal and ecclesial unity.
Hans Boersma
Nashotah House
Here is a collection of timely essays on the ecumenical legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the most consequential Catholic theologian since the Second Vatican Council. An important contribution to the ongoing journey toward Christian unity.
Timothy George
Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
This volume represents an important step forward in Ratzinger scholarship, exploring as it does a remarkable range of topics germane to the emeritus pontiff’s ecumenical vision. The authors follow Ratzinger in rejecting a dead-end ecumenical approach that would marginalize questions of doctrinal truth—and thereby the reason anyone would want to be Christian in the first place. What is more, by including both Catholic and Protestant scholars in the endeavor, the editors have produced a volume which not only speaks with erudition on the subject of ecumenism but—just as importantly—puts it into practice.
Matthew J. Ramage
Benedictine College
This honest and hopeful volume merits careful reading by Catholic and Protestant scholars seeking deeper communion in Christ. The contributors outline areas of mutual enrichment without papering over ongoing major differences. The editors are to be commended for guiding this volume to reflect Ratzinger’s patient, preserving, and reforming spirit. I hope this collection will fuel further productive biblical-theological collaboration.
Paul House
Beeson Divinity School of Samford University
This book is a testimony to true ecumenical dialogue. Rather than engage in a bland ‘ecumenism of negotiation,’ De Gaál and Levering put on display an ‘ecumenism of mutual gift.’ The high caliber of both Catholic and Protestant contributions, along with the friendship among the contributors, are the guarantee that this dialogue will in fact yield the desired mutual enrichment. This book is a major accomplishment and deserves prayerful reading and reflection with a hopeful eye to full doctrinal and ecclesial unity.
Hans Boersma
Nashotah House
Here is a collection of timely essays on the ecumenical legacy of Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the most consequential Catholic theologian since the Second Vatican Council. An important contribution to the ongoing journey toward Christian unity.
Timothy George
Beeson Divinity School, Samford University
This volume represents an important step forward in Ratzinger scholarship, exploring as it does a remarkable range of topics germane to the emeritus pontiff’s ecumenical vision. The authors follow Ratzinger in rejecting a dead-end ecumenical approach that would marginalize questions of doctrinal truth—and thereby the reason anyone would want to be Christian in the first place. What is more, by including both Catholic and Protestant scholars in the endeavor, the editors have produced a volume which not only speaks with erudition on the subject of ecumenism but—just as importantly—puts it into practice.
Matthew J. Ramage
Benedictine College
This honest and hopeful volume merits careful reading by Catholic and Protestant scholars seeking deeper communion in Christ. The contributors outline areas of mutual enrichment without papering over ongoing major differences. The editors are to be commended for guiding this volume to reflect Ratzinger’s patient, preserving, and reforming spirit. I hope this collection will fuel further productive biblical-theological collaboration.
Paul House
Beeson Divinity School of Samford University
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