Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Notion of Person
Journal Title: Studia Gilsoniana - Year 2019, Vol 8, Issue 2
Abstract
The author outlines how Hans Urs von Balthasar, via his interpretations of Maximus the Confessor and Thomas Aquinas, approaches the understanding of the word “person.” He notes that Balthasar believes that “the word ‘person’ . . . receives its special dignity in history when it is illuminated by the unique theological meaning,” the God-man Jesus Christ. The author then discusses Balthasar’s: (1) incarnational metaphysics, (2) distinction between person and being, (3) difference between philosophical and theological personhood, (4) division between person and conscious subject, (5) correlation between person and intersubjectivity, (6) idea of the personalizing address of God, and (7) understanding of Jesus Christ as the archetypal Person.
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Edward Ray
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