Topic Index

To the Translation by William V. Dych of Karl Rahner’s Foundations of Christian Faith

The following index supplies the English word and principal page number of the English edition of the Foundations in which the word appears. The index also provides a fuller treatment to words used in the headings of individual sections of the Foundations. In these cases, the index supplies the German original and identifies the section in which the English word appears in a heading. For example, a reference to section VI.5(b).E means that the word appears in the heading to Chapter VI, Part 5, Section b, Sub-section E. The Introduction is abbreviated “Intr.” The Epilogue is abbreviated “Ep.”

A posteriori [see Knowledge of God, a posteriori].

A priori, apriority, 19 (Apriorität, Intr.3.C).

Absolute commitment, 234 (das absolute Engagement, VI.5(a).G).

Act, free [see Free act].

Action, salvific [see Salvific act].

Adoptionism, 280.

Aetiology, 114, 163, 432.

Afterlife, 273 (Weiterleben, VI.6(c).D).

Amor fati, fate, 51.

Analogy, 73; tension of, 80, 87 (Schwebe der Analogie).

Analysis fidei, 8.

Anamnesis, 164, 319, 337.

Anathema, 382, 452.

Angels, 189.

Animal, rational, 216.

Anointing of the Sick, 421 (Krankensalbung, VIII.2.F).

Anthropology, Christology as, 225; unified, 434 (die einheitliche Anthropologie, IX.1.B), cf. 44, 48 (anthropology and merely biological consciousness).

Apocalyptic [cf. Expectation, apocalyptic], 249, 433.

Apocatastasis, 435.

Apollinarism, 226.

Apologetics [cf. Theology, Catholic fundamental], 204, 206, 351.

Apostles’ Creed, 387-8, 423, 444, 448-9, 453.

Apostolic age, 371 (das apostolische Zeitalter, VII.6.C); succession, 327.

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 384, 387-8.

Atheism, 63.

Atonement, 328.

Authority, levels of, 381; teaching, 381 (Lehrautorität, VII.7.D).

Autonomy, genuine (of the creature), 78 (der echte Selbstand (des Menschen), II.4.C).

Baptism, 415.

Baroque, 287.

Basic Sacrament, 411 (das Grundsakrament, VIII.2.A).

Bearers of Revelation, 158 (Offenbarungsträger, V.4.E). [see Prophets.]

Beatific Vision, 117 (Visio beatifica, IV.2.A), cf. 298.

Becoming, 184, 219; of God, 222.

Being, 31 (Wesen, I.3), cf. 32, 46, 67, 90, 97; absolute, 119; pre-apprehension of, 33 (Vorgriff auf das Sein, I.3.C), cf. 20, 52, 81.

Believers, “mere” or “simple” (Glaubende, “nur,” “einfach”), 160.

Biblicism, 14.

Bishop of Rome, 384 (Bischof, der römische, VII.7.G).

Bush, burning, 217.

Caesura, 168-70, 379.

Canon Law, 393, 397.

Canon, formation of the, 372 (die Kanonbildung, VII.6.D), cf. 341.

Catechism, 383; Tridentine, 450.

Categorical, 96 (kategoriale, III.2.C), cf. 36, 42, 57, 64, 153-5, 158, 172-5, 210, 212.

Catholic Church, as the Church of Christ, 346 (die katholische Kirche, VII.5); its historical continuity, 357 (die geschichtliche Kontinuität der katholischen Kirche, VII.5.I).

Causality, divine [see Causality, formal and sacramental]; formal, 120 (Ursächlichkeit, IV.2.E), cf. 77; formal, the model of [see Self-communication of God as a kind of formal causality]; quasi-sacramental, 211.

Cause, of Jesus (die Sache Jesu), 267; as the abiding validity of a person, 267; efficient (creation as), 122 (Wirkursächlichkeit), cf. 123 [see Salvation, Jesus’ death as cause of; and Spirit, as the efficient cause of Jesus Christ].

Causes, secondary (God’s activity in and through), 86 (Zweitursachen, II.5.D).

Christ Event, its soteriological significance, 292 (die soteriologische Bedeutung des Christusereignisses, VI.7(c).D).

Christ in an evolutionary worldview [see Worldview, evolutionary]; presence of, 316 (Präsenz Christi, VI.10.D).

Christian (adjective), 110 (christliche, III.4.D), cf. 230.

Christian (noun), 389 (der Christ, VII.8).

Christian life, its characteristics, 402 (Charakteristika des christlichen Lebens, VIII.1).

Christian message, presupposition of, 26 (Voraussetzung der christlichen Botschaft, I.2.A).

Christianity, as a religious organization, 342; as an institutional mediation of religion, 322 (Christentum als institutionelle Vermitteltheit von Religion, VII.1.A); as Church, 322 (Christentum als Kirche, VII), cf. 324, 346; as religion of immediacy to God, 125 (Christentum als die Religion der Unmittelbarkeit zu Gott, IV.2.J), cf. 342; as the event of salvation, 342; anonymous, 176, 228, 306, 402, 453; Evangelical, 366 (das evangelische Christentum, VII.5.O), cf. 346, 350, 353, 356-8, 361, 364, 378, 380, 382, 384, 386; fundamental unity of, 367 (die fundamentale Einheit der Christenheit, VII.5.P); its basic substance, 354 (die Grundsubstanz des Christentums, VII.5.F), cf. 359; its fundamental ecclesial nature, 342 (Grundsätzliches zur Kirchlichkeit des Christentums, VII.4), cf. 389; its offer of meaning, 400 (das christliche Sinnangebot, VII.8.E); Orthodox, 350.

Christians, their personal relationship to Jesus Christ, 305 (die persönliche Beziehung des Christen zu Jesus Christus, VI.9).

Christological “is” formulas, 290 (die christologische “ist”-Formeln, VI.7(c).B).

Christologies, 205, 281.

Christology, 178 (Christologie, VI.2), cf. 12, 206-8, 243, 273, 275, 279, 280-2, 287; functional and essential, 281, 301; Son-Logos descending, 281; Christology as a topic, 178 (die Themenstellung der Christologie, VI.1.A), cf. 226; Christology from Below, 298 (Christologie von unten, VI.8(b)), cf. 178, 206; “late” New Testament, 280 (die “Späte” neutestamentliche Christologie, VI.6(f).B), cf. 265; anonymous, 295; appeals by, to a global understanding of existence, 295 (die Appelle der Christologie an ein globales Daseinsverständnis, VI.8(a).B); ascending or “from below”, 301 (Aszendenzchristologie, VI.8(b).D), cf. 177; classical, its content, 285 (Inhalt der klassischen Christologie, VI.7); classical, its limits, 289 (die Grenzen der klassichen Christologie, VI.7(c)); classical, its validity and limits, 285 (die bleibende Gültigkeit und Grenzen der klassischen Christologie, VI.7), cf. 282; Conciliar, 265; descending or “from above,” 177, 213; essential, 212; existentiell, 305 (eine existenzielle Christologie, VI.9.A); functional, 285; historical or categorical, 212; its starting point in the theology of the resurrection, 279 (die Theologie der Auferstehung als der Ansatz für die Christologie überhaupt, VI.6(f)); Johannine, 303; minimal historical presuppositions for, 245 (die geschichtliche Minimalvoraussetzungen für Christologie, VI.5(b).H); official, of the church, 286 (die kirchenamtliche Christologie, VI.7(a).B); ontic, 218, 302; orthodox, 245 (orthodoxe Christologie, VI.5(b).H), cf. 287, 293; orthodox, new approaches to, 293 (Neuansätze einer orthodoxen Christologie, VI.8(a)); searching, 295 (suchende Christologie, VI.8(a).B); of the Son, 301-2; specific dogmatic problems in, 30 (Einzelprobleme, VI.8(c)); transcendental, 206 (transzendentale Christologie, VI.3), cf. 180, 203, 293; transcendental, its development, 208 (zur Durchführung einer transzendentalen Christologie, VI.3.C); transcendental, its importance in our age, 207 (epochale Bedeutung transzendentaler Christologie, VI.3.B), cf. 225, 230, 252, 286; transcendental, its presuppositions, 208 (Voraussetzungen transzendentaler Christologie, VI.3.C), cf. 243, 352; transcendental, its relation to history, 229 (zum Verhältnis der transzendentalen Fragestellung zum geschichtlichen Ereignis, VI.5(a).B); transcendental, objections to, 206 (Einwände gegen die transzendentale Christologie, VI.3.A).

Church, and human liberation, 400; Apostolic, objectified in Scripture, 372; as circle of believers, 401; as founded by Jesus Christ, 326 (Kirche als Stiftung Jesu Christi, VII.2), cf. 329; as founded in Spirit and faith, 332; as subordinate to faith, 324; division of the, 368; founded by Jesus, the principles underlying the thesis, 329 (prinzipielle überlegungen, VII.2.D), cf. 270; in the New Testament, 335 (Kirche im Neuen Testament, VII.3); its necessity, 347 (zur Notwendigkeit der Kirche, VII.5.A); its objective authority, 355 (die objektive Autorität der Kirche, VII.5.G), cf. 395-6; its variety and unity in the New Testament, 340 (das neutestamentliche Kirchenbild, VII.3.E); of Jesus Christ, the oneness of the, 348 (die Einheit der Kirche, VII.5.B); official teaching, 256 (die kirchenamtliche Lehre, VI.5(f).B), cf. 322; the thesis of its foundation by Jesus, 328 (die These und ihre Probleme, VII.2.C); the true, 324 (die wahre Kirche, VII.1.C); understanding of the, 381 (Kirchenverständnis, VII.7.D); unity of the, 369.

Churches, division of, 367 (die Spaltung der Kirchen, VII.5.Q).

Circular Structure of faith knowledge [see Faith knowledge].

Commitment of Faith, 242 (Glaubensengagement, VI.5(b).F). [See Absolute commitment.]

Communicatio idiomatum, 201, 288.

Communication, pantheistic, 123.

Community, religious (Gemeinde), 160; one’s own ecclesial, 350 (das berechtigte Vertrauen in die kirchliche Gemeinschaft, VII.5.C); original Christian community, its self-understanding, 335 (zum Selbstverständnis der Urgemeinde, VII.3.A).

Concept or idea, 14 (Begriff, Intr.3.A), cf. xi, 1, 14, 158, 173, 185, 194.

Confirmation, 415-17.

Consciousness, Christology of, 302 (die Bewußtseinschristologie, VI.8(c).A), cf. 218, 295, 298, 301; biological, 48 [see Anthropology].

Constitution, transcendental, 129.

Correspondence Theory (Abbildtheorie), 17.

Cosmos, the human being’s place in the, 188 (die Stellung des Menschen im Kosmos, VI.1.E), cf. 190, 445

Courage, to believe, 191; unto death, 275.

Course, Introductory, 3 (Einführungskurs, Intr.2).

Covenant, 148, 165, 167, 420.

Created Things, unity of, 181 (die Einheit alles Geschaffenen, VI.1.B).

Creation, 197; as “secondary” possibility for God, 222; through efficient causality (effizientes Schöpfertum), 12.

Creatureliness, as humanity’s transcendental ground, 75 (Kreatürlichkeit als transzendenter Grund, II.4), cf. 77, 157, 198, 202, 205, 235, 251; as radical dependence on God, 77 (Kreatürlichkeit als radikale Abhängigkeit von Gott, II.4.B); as radical difference from God, 77 (Kreatürlichkeit als radikaler Unterschied von Gott, II.4.B); as not a particular instance of a causal relationship, 76 (Kreatürlichkeit als kein Einzelfall eines kausalen Verhältnisses, II.4.A); the experience of, 79 (Kreatürlichkeitserfahrung, II.4.D).

Creed, a brief anthropological, 456 (eine anthropologische Kurzformel, Ep.(ii)); a brief future-oriented, 457 (eine futurologische Kurzformel, Ep.(iii)); a brief theological, 454 (eine theologische Kurzformel, Ep.(I)).

Criterion, for understanding transcendental experience, 157 (Jesus Christus als das Kriterium der Unterscheidung, V.4.D), cf. 85; of continuity with the origin of Christianity, 352 (das Kriterium der Kontinuität zum Ursprung, VII.5.E); of objective authority, 355 (das Kriterium objektiver Autorität, VII.5.G); of preserving the basic substance of Christianity, 354 (das Kriterium der Bewahrung der Grundsubstanz des Christentums, VII.5.F), cf. 359.

Custom, 395.

Datum, 35 (Datum, I.4.A), cf. 151.

Death, 266 (Tod, VI.6(b).A), cf. 265, 276, 278; and eternity, 436 (Tod und Ewigkeit, IX.2.B); of God, 305 (der Tod Gottes, VI.8(c).C), cf. 263; anthropological reflections on, 270 (anthropologische Überlegungen zu Tod, VI.6(c).C), cf. 329; knowledge of one’s own, 269 (das Wissen um den eigenen Tod, VI.6(c)).

Decision against God [see God, the possibility of a decision against].

Denuminising of the world, 80 (Entnuminisierung der Welt, II.4.E).

Desire, natural (for beatific vision), 298.

Development of dogma [see Dogma, development of].

Devotion to the world, 84 (Andacht zur Welt, II.5.C).

Dialectic, 297.

Disciples, the first, 276 (die erste Jünger, VI.6(e)).

Divinization, of man, 118; of the world, 181 (see Elevation, divinizing).

Docetism, Docetists, 196, 226.

Dogma, as propositions of faith, 382; regarding Mary [see Marian Dogmas]; development of, 384 (Dogmenentwicklung, VII.7.F), cf. 382.

Dogmatic, 302 (Dogmatische, VI.8(c)), cf. 312; formulas, their importance and limits, 227 (die Bedeutung und die Grenzen dogmatischer Formeln, VI.4.G); theology and God’s universal salvific will, 146 (Dogmatik, V.3.C), cf. 12.

Dogmatics, Catholic, 146 (kirchliche Dogmatik, V.3.C), cf. 130.

Donatism, 418.

Dualism, 30, 62-3; Platonic, 188, 268.

Ecclesia, 338.

Ecclesial nature of Christianity [see Christianity, its fundamental ecclesial nature].

Ecclesiology, the subordinate nature of, 324 (die Kirchlichkeit nicht das Eigenlichste und Zentralste des Christentums, VII.1.B).

Elevation, divinizing, 123, 129, 172, 207; gratuitous (different from extrinsic), 123 (ungeschuldete Erhebung meint nicht äusserlich, IV.2.H).

Emanation (in Gnosticism), 124.

Encyclopedia, theological, 4 (Enzyklopädie, theologische, Intr.2.B).

Energeia, 287.

Enlightenment, 234, 434.

Entelechy, 317-18.

Epikeia, 395.

Episcopate, 385.

Epistemology, basic problems of, 14 (erkenntnistheoretische Grundprobleme, Intr.3).

Eschatological, event of salvation [see Salvation, event of]; statements, on the hermeneutics of, 431 (zur Hermeneutik eschatologischer Aussagen, IX.1.A); statements, on the interpretation of, 102 (zur Auslegung eschatologischer Aussagen, III.3.F).

Eschatology [cf. Last things], 431 (Eschatologie, IX), cf. 211; the one (as collective), 444 (die eine Eschatologie als Kollective, IX.3).

Essence (of the human), 218; of Jesus (in contrast to function), 251.

Essene, 328.

Eternal Life, as “finality of freedom”, 272; as fulfillment, 309-10.

Eternity, 271 (Ewigkeit, VI.6(c).D); as “mature fruit” of time, 271; as “mode” of spirit and freedom, 271.

Ethics, situation, 394, 396.

Eucharist, 424 (Eucharistie, VIII.2.G).

Event, 116 (Ereignis, IV), cf. 145, 226, 230; of God’s self-communication, 119, 126-7, 132, 138, 193; of divine Self-Communication, humanity as the, 12 (Ereignis der absoluten Selbstmitteilung Gottes).

Evil, and the Gnostic view of freedom, 94; as mystery, 102-3; as a “no” to God, 103; and God’s sovereignty, 105; subjective and objective, 108; as the objectification of freedom, 109 [see Guilt and Original sin].

Evolutionary Worldview, 178 (die evolutive Weltanschauung, VI.1 ), cf. 190, 193. [See Worldview, evolutionary].

Excommunication, 397.

Existence, actualization of, 294 (der gelebte Daseinsvollzug, VI.8(a).A); finality of, 270 (die Endgültigkeit der Existenz, VI.6(c).C); human (freedom’s relation to the whole of), 94 (Freiheit bezieht sich auf das eine Ganze des menschlichen Daseins, III.2.A); reflection upon, 294 (die Reflexion auf den Daseinsvollzug, VI.8(a).A); the question of personal (as a question of salvation), 39 (die personale Daseinsfrage als Heilsfrage, I.5).

Existential (noun), 41, 52, 118, 127-8.

Existentiell, 305 (existenziell, VI.9.A), cf. 29, 33, 59, 111, 227, 231, 233-5, 325, 335, 350, 362, 368, 383, 392, 429

Expectation, apocalyptic, 249.

Experience, of transcendence, 32 (die Transzendenzerfahrung, I.3.B), cf. 57, 66; of transcendence, the possibility of evading the, 32 (die mögliche Abwendung von Transzendenzerfahrung, I.3.B); personal, 26 (Personerfahrung, I.2.B), cf. 39; personal (its hiddenness, risk, and specific character), 27 (die Verborgenheit und Gefährdetheit der Personerfahrung, I.2.B); supernatural and transcendental, 153 (Erfahrung (übernatürlich-) transzendentale, V.4.A); transcendental, 20 (die transzendentale Erfahrung, Intr.3.D), cf. 37, 39, 42-3, 48, 66, 100, 264; transcendental [see transcendental experience], 37 (Wirklichkeit transzendentale Erfahrung, I.4.C), cf. 37.

Expiation, 254 [See Sacrifice, expiatory.]

Faculty of final and definitive validity [see Validity].

Faith, light of, 159; alone (sola fide), 360 (Sola fide – allein aus Glauben, VII.5.L); and theology, Pauline, 361, 402; expressed in propositions, 382; in Jesus as the Christ, 229 (unser Glaube an Jesus als den Christus, VI.5(a).C), cf. 230, 234, 238, 269; in Jesus, our accountability for, 229 (die Verantwortbarkeit unseres Glaubens, VI.5(a).C); knowledge, its circular structure, 230 (die Zirkelstruktur der Glaubenserkenntnis, VI.5(a).D); of the first Christian witnesses, 241 (der Glaube der Erstzeugen, VI.5(b).E); faith relationship to Jesus Christ, 203 (Ausgang vom faktischen Glaubensverständnis, VI.2.A), cf. 51, 139; articulations of the ground of, 243 (glaubensbegründende Aussage, VI.5(b).G); articulations of the object of, 243 (glaubensgegenstandändliche Aussagen, VI.5(b).G), cf. 235; Christian, its historical dimension, 233 (die geschichtliche Dimension des christlichen Glaubens, VI.5(a).E); Christian, its reference to the concrete history of Jesus, 236 (der christliche Glaube ist auf die konkrete Geschichte Jesu verwiesen, VI.5(b).B), cf. 244; its ground, 238 (Glaubensgrund, VI.5(b).C); its object, 238 (Glaubensgegenstand, VI.5(b).C), cf. 240; the importance of Jesus’ miracles to, 255 (die Wunder Jesu und unser Glaubensverhältnis, VI.5(f).A); the searching “memory” of, 318 (die suchende “memoria” jedes Glaubens, VI.10.E).

Fast and abstinence, days of, 391.

Fate [see Amor fati].

Fides qua (act of faith), 268, 294.

Fides quae (content of faith), 268, 294.

Final and definitive validity [see Validity].

Final Cause, 195 [see Cause, of Jesus; and Causes, secondary].

Finality, of existence [see Existence, finality of]; of history, 187 (die Zielgerichtetheit von Geschichte, VI.1.D); of the history of nature and spirit, 187 (die Zielgerichtetheit von Natur- und Geistesgeschichte, VI.1.D).

First level [see Level of reflection].

Forgiveness, 131 [see guilt and forgiveness].

Form criticism, 252.

Foundation, as basic course (Grundkurs), 6, 14, 12; as basis, 148 (Begründung, V.3.C), cf. 6, 12, 153, 180.

Free act as determining one’s relation to God, 98 (Freiheitstat, III.3.A); free human actions, 435 (Freiheitstat, IX.2.A).

Freedom, 93 (Freiheit, III.2), cf. 118; freedom to say “yes” or “no” to God, 100 (Freiheit, III.3.D); and the gratuity of salvation, 360; as non-particular datum, 35 (Freiheit ist kein partikuläres Datum, I), cf. 101, 106-7; of Christians, 402 (die Freiheit des Christen, VIII.1.A), cf. 35, 38, 65, 94-95, 235; reflexive (as a reality of transcendental experience), 36 (reflektierende Freiheit, I.4.B); the concrete mediation of, 36 (die konkrete Vermitteltheit der Freiheit, I.4.B); the realm of its actualization, 106 (der Raum des Freiheitsvollzugs, III.4.A); the transcendental horizon as its real object, 99 (der transzendentale Horizont der Freiheit als ihr eigentlicher Gegenstand, III.3.B), cf. 164.

Fulfillment of the person, statements about, 443 (Vollendungsaussagen, IX.2.D).

Function, of Jesus (in contrast to essence), 251.

Fundamental Theology, 245 (Fundamentaltheologie , VI.5(b).H), cf. 12, 256.

Future of the word “God” [see God, future of the word].

Futurology, 431-2, 434.

Glory, 198, 201.

Gnosticism, 196 [see Emanation].

God as “term” of transcendence, 60; as “Word” becoming human, 223 (das “Wort” wurde Mensch, VI.4.E); as absolute future, 445; as an “original” word spoken to humanity, 50 (Gott, das uns aufgegebene ursprüngliche Wort, II.1.F), cf. 87, 115, 273; as author of Scripture, 374; as gift and giver, 120 (Gott als Gabe und Geber, IV.2.D); as highest dynamism of the world, 261; as Immutable, 219 (unveränderlich, VI.4.D); as invitation to transcendence, 48; as making us human, 50; as Person, 71 (Gott als Person, II.3); as the Immutable who “becomes”, 219 (Kann der Unveränderliche etwas “werden”?, VI.4.D); becoming man as a question, 212 (die Frage nach der “Menschwerdung Gottes,” VI.4.A); becoming man, its meaning, 212 (Was heißt “Menschwerdung Gottes”?, VI.4), cf. 212; affirmation or denial of (the incommensurability of the two), 102 (Ungleichartigkeit von Ja oder Nein, III.3.E); analogous language about, 71 (Gott, analogisches Reden von, II.3.A); anger of, 255; divine activity in and through secondary causes, 86 (Gott, sein Handeln durch Zweitursachen, II.5.D); finding God in the world, 81 (Gott, seine Antreffbarkeit in der Welt, II.5); future of the word, 47 (Gott, Zukunft des Wortes, II.1.C), cf. 47; humanity’s difference from, 77 (radikaler Unterschied von Gott, II.4.B); immediacy to, 298 (die Unmittelbarkeit zu Gott, VI.8(b).A); knowledge of [see Knowledge of God]; meaning of the word, 46 (Was sagt das Word “Gott”?, II.1.B), cf. 32, 48, 79, 88, 104, 107, 122, 173, 211, 222; mind of (propitiation changing the), 282; personal being of [see Personal being of God]; radical dependence on, 77 (radikale Abhängigkeit von Gott, II.4.B), cf. p. 52; the abiding sovereignty of, 105 (die bleibende Souveranität Gottes, III.3.H); the becoming “Man” of, 215 (Gott als “Mensch” geworden, VI.4.C); the divine Self-communication [see Self-communication, divine]; the existence of the word, 44 (Es gibt dieses Wort “Gott”, II.1.A); the hiddenness of human decisions regarding, 101 (Verhülltheit der Entscheidung, III.3.D), cf. 135; the mediated immediacy of, 83 (die vermittelte Unmittelbarkeit zu Gott, II.5.B), cf. 131; the possibility of a decision against, 97 (Gott, die Möglichkeit der Entscheidung gegen Gott, III.3); the possibility of an absolute decision against, 99 (Gott, die Möglichkeit des absoluten Widerspruchs, III.3.C), cf. 408; the survival of the word, 49 (das Wort “Gott” bleibt, II.1.E), cf. 49; the word, 44 (Gott, das Wort, II.1); the Word of, 214 (das “Wort” Gottes, VI.4.B); unthematic affirmation of, 98 (unthematische Bejahung Gottes, III.3.A); unthematic denial of, 98 (unthematische Verneinung Gottes, III.3.A); unthematic knowledge of, 21 (unthematisches Wissen von Gott, Intr.3.E), cf. 53, 265.

God-Man, 169, cf. 117, 176-77, 181, 200, 218, 225, 228, 296, 435, 455.

Grace, 273 (Gnade, VI.6(c).D); “sanctifying and justifying,” 172; (as self-communication of God), 190; (forgiving), 123; (supernatural), 123; alone (sola gratia), 359 (Sola gratia -- allein aus Gnade, VII.5.K), cf. 268; of justification, 117 (rechtfertigende Gnade, IV.2.A), cf. 12, 34, 268; experience of, 129 (Gnadenerfahrung, IV.3.D).

Gratuity, absolute, 123 (die absolute Ungeschuldetheit, IV.2.G).

Greek Fathers, 214.

Ground of Faith (fundamental theology), 245; transcendental, 75 (Grund, transzendentaler, II.4), cf. 30.

Guilt, 91 (die Schuld, III.1.A), cf. 408-9, 443; and forgiveness, the circle between the experience of, 93 (Zirkel zwischen Erfahrung von Schuld und von Vergebung, III.1.B), cf. 114-15, 117; of others, each individual’s co-determination by the, 109 (Mitbestimmtheit durch fremde Schuld, III.4.C), cf. 110-11; objectivations of another’s, 108 (Objectivationen fremder Schuld, III.4.B); personal (and original sin), 111 (Erbsünde und persönliche Schuld, III.4.E); threatened by [see Human being as threatened by guilt].

Hearer of the Message, 24 (Hörer der Botschaft, I).

Heaven, 435 [see Fulfillment of the person].

Hell, 435, 437, 443 [see Loss, eternal].

Hellenistic Christianity, 341.

Hermeneutical observations, 235 (das Hermeneutische, VI.5(b)).

Hermeneutics, 114 (Hermeneutik, III.4.G), cf. 13; of eschatological statements, 431 (zur Hermeneutik eschatologischer Aussagen, IX.1.A).

Hierarchy of Truths, 382 (Hierarchie der Wahrheiten, VII.7.E), cf. 367-8, 377, 448, 452.

Historical, 81 (geschichtliche, II.5.A), cf. 40, 145, 157, 230, 233, 243; as a concept, 240 (zu dem Begriff “historisch”, VI.5(b).D); certainty, relative, and absolute commitment, 234 (relative geschichtliche Sicherheit und absolutes Engagement, VI.5(a).G); events, the problem of their universal significance, 233 (das Problem universaler Bedeutung partikulärer geschichtlicher Ereignisse, VI.5.F); self-interpretation [see Interpretation, historical, of experience].

Historicity, 40, 43.

History, profane study of (Historie), 40, 144; of humanity, its culmination, 445 (die Vollendung der Menscheitsgeschichte, IX.3.B); of Nature, 187 (Naturgeschichte, VI.1.D), cf. 51, 147, 185; of revelation [see Revelation history]; of Salvation (universal), 174; of Salvation, particular and categorical, 174; of Spirit, 187 (Geistesgeschichte, VI.1.D), cf. 51, 147; finality of [see Finality of history]; salvation in, 40 (Geschichte, I.5.B).

History of religion, saviour figures in, 321 (die Heilsbringergestalten in der konkreten Religionsgeschichte, VI.10.F).

Holy, 66.

Holy Mystery [see Mystery, Holy].

Holy Spirit, 316 (Heilige Geist, VI.10.D).

Hope, in the future, appeal to in a searching Christology, 297 (der Appell an die Hoffnung der Zukunft, VI.8(a).E), cf. 260; of Christians, 404 (die Hoffnung des Christen, VIII.1.C), cf. 209; eschatological, 269; fulfilled, 269; transcendental, in the resurrection, 268 (transzendentale Auferstehungshoffnung, VI.6(c)), cf. 273-5.

Horizon [see Freedom, the transcendental horizon as its real object].

Human being, 26 (Mensch, I.2), cf. 52, 54, 83, 97, 101, 135, 189, 214, 221, 166, 172; as cipher of God, 224 (der Mensch als die Chiffre Gottes, VI.4.F), cf. 210; as conditioned by world and history, 42 (die welthaft-geschichtliche Bedingtheit des Menschen, I.6.B); as dependent, 42 (der Mensch als der Verfügte, I.6); as event of God’s self-communication, 116 (der Mensch als das Ereignis der Selbstmitteilungen Gottes, IV); as event of God’s self-communication [see Supernatural Existential], 12 (Mensch als das Ereignis der absoluten Selbstmitteilung Gottes); as free, 35 (Mensch als das Wesen der Freiheit, I.4); as oriented towards immediacy to God, 298 (der Mensch als das Wesen der Hinordnung auf die Unmittelbarkeit zu Gott, VI.8(b).A); as rational animal [see Animal, rational]; as person and subject, 26 (Mensch als Person und Subjekt, I.2), cf. 28, 30, 45, 79, 248; as responsible, 35 (Mensch als das Wesen der Verantwortung, I.4); as threatened by guilt, 90 (Mensch als das Wesen der radikalen Schuldbedrohtheit, III); as transcendent being, 31 (Mensch als Wesen der Transzendenz, I.3), cf. 31.

Humanity, creatureliness of [see Creatureliness].

Hybris, 417.

Hypostasis, 134, 214, 286, 292, 302.

Hypostatic union, in contrast to “moral” union, 202; and human transcendence, 198 (die menschliche Transzendenz und die hypostatische Union, VI.1.I); its indeterminate point of unity, 292 (die Unbestimmtheit des Einheitspunktes in der hypostatischen Union, VI.7(c).C); the assertion of a, 195 (die Aussage von der hypostatischen Union, VI.1.H), cf. 174, 181, 197-9, 200-01, 218, 228, 278, 285, 287, 289, 299, 455.

Idea [see Concept].

Illative sense, 10.

Immaculate Conception, 384, 387.

Immortality, of the Soul, 190, 273, 434; experience of, 273 (Unsterblichkeitserfahrung, VI.6(c).D).

Imperialism, 451.

Imputation, juridical, 296.

Incarnation, as beginning of divinization, 181, 197-9; and God’s self-communication, 200; of God, 177, 212, 218; of the Eternal (or Divine) Logos, 177, 179, 225-7, 291, 387; classical doctrine of, 288 (die klassische Inkarnationslehre, VI.7(b)), cf. 221; the doctrine, and the event of salvation, 299 (das Heilsereignis und die kirchliche Inkarnationslehre, VI.8(b).C).

Inerrancy of Scripture, 375 (die Inerranz der Schrift, VII.6.F).

Infallibility, papal, 385.

Inspiration of Scripture, 374 (die Schriftinspiration, VII.6.E).

Institution of the sacraments, 413 (Stiftung der Sakramente, VIII.2.B).

Intelligibility of God, 63.

Intercommunication of spiritual subjects, 193.

Interlocking of philosophy and theology, 24 (Verschränkung von Philosophie und Theologie, I.1).

Interpretation, historical, of experience, 153 (die wesensnotwendig geschichtliche Selbstauslegung, V.4.A).

Intervention (Eingreifen), 87.

Irreversible history of salvation, 195, 197.

Irrevocable process of self-communication, 195, 197.

Iuris divini, ius divinum, 327, 331, 391.

Jesus Christ, and the Church, the continuity between them, 331 (die Kontinuität zwischen Jesus und der Kirche, VII.2.E), cf. 352, 354; as absolute saviour, 204 (Jesus Christus als absoluter Heilbringer, VI.2.B); as the Criterion, 157 (Jesus Christus als das Kriterium, V.4.D), cf. 352. 356; as the final cause of God’s salvific will, 284; as the final cause of Spirit, 318; in non-Christian religions, 311 (Jesus Christus in den nichtchristlichen Religionen, VI.10); encounter with as risk, 310 (das Wagnis der Begegnung, VI.9.E); humanity’s relationship to [see Phenomenology]; self-validating relationship to, 206 (das Verhältnis zu Jesus Christus legitimiert sich aus sich selbst, VI.2.C); the Imminent Expectation of his return, 249 (das Problem der “Naherwartung”, VI.5(d).B); the individual and concrete relationship to, 307 (das individuelle, konkrete Verhältnis zu Jesus Christus, VI.9.B); his message, the autonomous character of its claim, 343 (der autonome Anspruchscharakter der Botschaft Jesu Christi, VII.4.B).

Jesus, the history of, 228 (zur Geschichte des vorösterlichen Jesus, VI.5), cf. 237, 251; theological understanding of, 228 (zur theologisch verstandenen Geschichte des Jesus, VI.5); empirical concrete structure of his life, 246 (die empirisch konkrete Gestalt des Lebens Jesu, VI.5(c)), cf. 252; his actions that caused the Church, 327 (ein “kirchenstiftendes” Wirken Jesu, VII.2.B), cf. 332; his actions that founded the Church, 332 (die kirchenstiftenden Akte Jesu, VII.2.F), cf. 327; his basic self-understanding, 249 (über das grundlegende Selbstverständnis des vorösterlichen Jesus, VI.5(d)), cf. 335; his claim to be absolute saviour [see Saviour, absolute]; his death as cause of salvation [see Salvation, cause of]; soteriology of [see Soteriological interpretation]; his relation to his death, 254 (das Verhältnis des vorösterlichen Jesus zu seinem Todesschicksal, VI.5(e)), cf. 210; his truly human self-consciousness, 249 (das wahrhaft menschliche Selbstbewußtsein Jesu, VI.5(d).A); pre-Resurrection, 228 (der vorösterliche Jesus, VI.5), cf. 233, 246, 251; pre-Resurrection, his historical knowledge, 235 (die geschichtliche Erkenntnis des vorösterlichen Jesus, VI.5(b)); the connection between the message and the person, 251 (die Verbindung von Jesu Botschaft und Person, VI.5(d).E); the unity of his death and resurrection, 266 (die Einheit von Tod und Auferstehung Jesu, VI.6(b).A); the validity of his claim and history 279 (der Anspruch und Geschichte Jesu als bleibend Gültig); theses about our historical knowledge, 247 (thesenhafte Zusammenfassung, VI.5(c).B).

Johannine, the “I” Sayings, 265, 303; Christology [see Christology, Johannine]; letters, 340; theology, 441.

Judge, 278.

Justification of Faith, 8 (Glaubensrechtfertigung, Intr.2.E), cf. 124, 172, 193; Church’s teaching on, 124 (Rechtfertigungslehre (kirchliche), IV.2.I), cf. 252.

Kairos, 232.

Kenosis, 222.

Kingdom of God, 327; Jesus’ message about, 250 (Jesu Reich-Gottes-Botschaft, VI.5(d).C), cf. 248.

Knowledge, 17 (Erkenntnis, Intr.3.B), cf. 31, 51, 235; of God, a posteriori, 51 (die aposteriorische Gotteserkenntnis, II.2.A), cf. 53, 312; of God, basic and original, 68; of God, immediate (made possible by divine self-communication), 122 (Gotteserkenntnis, IV.2.F); of God, the different ways, 55 (die verschiedenen Arten der Gotteserkenntnis, II.2.A), cf. 51, 57; of God, thematic and unthematic, 53; of God, transcendental, 51 (die transzendentale Gotteserkenntnis, II.2.A), cf. 53; its transcendent structure, 31 (die vorgreifende Struktur der Erkenntnis, I.3.A), cf. 31; of Jesus, 249; reflexive and scientific, 68; of salvation [see Salvific knowledge].

Language (living by), 49.

Last Judgment, 443.

Last Supper, 333.

Last Things, the hiddenness of the, 434 (die Verhülltheit der Eschata, IX.1.C).

Law, as Torah, 247; and Order, 391 (Recht und Ordnung, VII.8.B); of annulment, 393; of marriage, 393; of Sinai (Decalogue), 392; of the Church, 391; Sacramental, 395; situational, 394, 398; spirit and letter of, 397.

Legalism, 248

Level of Reflection, 8 (Reflexionsstufe, Intr.2.E), cf. 6, 9, 246-7, 325.

Life, eternal [see Eternal life]; of the Church, 389 (Leben der Kirche, VII.8).

Limits of a dogmatic reflection, 312 (Beschränkung auf eine dogmatische Überlegung, VI.10.A).

Logos, of God, 196, 200, 222-3; theology of, 265; divine procession of the, 286; eternal generation of the, 286.

Logotherapy, 59.

Lord, 278.

Lord’s Supper, 340.

Loss, eternal, 443 (die endgültige Verlorenheit, IX.2.E).

Love, for God, immediate (made possible by divine self-communication), 122 (Liebe zu Gott, IV.2.F), cf. 65; of God (directed to Jesus), 310; of God and Neighbor, 398 (Liebe zu Gott und zum Mitmenschen, VII.8.D), cf. 310; of neighbor, appeal to in a searching Christology, 295 (der Appell an die absolute Nächstenliebe, VI.8(a).C), cf. 309

Lukan theology, 336 (lukanische Theologie, VII.3.B), cf. 341, 387.

Marian Dogmas, 387 (Mariendogmen, VII.7.H).

Matrimony, 417.

Matter, and spirit, 180, 445; materiality, 183, 196-7.

Matthaean theology, 336 (mattäische Theologie, VII.3.B), cf. 387; theology of the Church [see Theology of the Church, Matthaean].

Meaning, 195 (Sinn, VI.1.H), cf. 164, 262.

Meaning, the offer of [see Christianity, its offer].

Mediated immediacy, 82 (vermittelte Unmittelbarkeit, II.5.B).

Mediation, historical (of transcendence), 210.

Memoria, Augustine’s teaching on, 319.

Memory of the faith, the “searching” [see Faith, the searching “memory”].

Mere history, 240.

Merits of Christ, intuition of the, 316.

Message, 24 (Botschaft, I), cf. 248, 343; of Jesus Christ, 343 (die Botschaft Jesu Christi, VII.4.B).

Messiah, 278.

Metanoia, 251, 333.

Metaphysics, 216, 235, 279, 285-6.

Method, indirect, for showing the legitimacy of the Catholic Church, 346 (über eine indirekte Methode der Legitimation der katholischen Kirche, VII.5).

Methodology, 3 (wissenschaftstheoretische Methodologie, Intr.2).

Midrash, 376.

Miracle, as call, 261 (das Wunder als Anruf, VI.5(f).F).

Miracles, or signs in the life of Jesus, 255 (Wunder im Leben Jesu, VI.5(f)), cf. 160, 255-60; and laws of nature, 25 (Wunder und Naturgesetze, VI.5(f).D); and the relationship between God and World, 260 (das Wunder vom Gott-Welt-Verhältnis aus gesehen, VI.5(f).E); in comparison to the unique resurrection [see Resurrection, in comparison . . .]; the general concept of, 257 (zum allgemeinen Begriff des Wunders, VI.5(f).C).

Modality of human subjectivity, 129.

Modern Period (Neuzeit), 169.

Modernism, 15.

Monads, 189.

Monophysitism, 226, 249, 287, 290-3, 300, 303.

Monothelitism, 226, 287, 292.

Moral situation or experience, 408.

Mystagogy, 59.

Mystery, experience of, 57 (Erfahrung des Geheimnisses, II.2.C), cf. 57; Holy, 65 (heiliges Geheimnis, II.2.E), cf. 65, 125; presence of in the human being, 42 (Getragensein durch das Geheimnis, I.6.A), cf. 12, 21, 54, 60-1, 67, 73, 85, 205, 217; the absolute (the person in the presence of the absolute), 44 (der Mensch vor dem absoluten Geheimnis, II), cf. 12, 44, 60, 69, 73, 77, 106, 129, 194, 204, 232.

Mysticism, 274.

Mythology, mythological, 39.

Nature, and history, 180; human, 217, 219, 224; laws of, and miracles, 258 (Wunder und Naturgesetze, VI.5(f).D); proceeding from first level of reflection, 246 (Eigenart, VI.5(c).A); pure, 207.

Necessary, 322 (notwendig, VII.1.A), 153.

Nestorian, 287, 302.

Norma non normata [see Scripture as norma non normata].

Object of Faith (in dogmatic theology), 245.

Objectifications, categorical (of transcendental freedom), 96 (transzendentale Freiheit und ihre kategorialen Objektivationen, III.2.C).

Office, Teaching, 377 (Lehramt, VII.6.G), cf. 381.

Old Testament as normative for Christian faith, 371.

Ontic (i.e., categorical), 126, 149.

Ontological, in contrast to ontic, 126 (ontologischer Satz, IV.3.A), cf. 149.

Ontologism, 52, 64, 67.

Openness of the human spirit, essential and a priori, 19 (grundsätzliche Offenheit, Intr.3.C), cf. 83, 332.

Opus Operantis, work operating (on the individual), 413 (VIII.2.C), cf. 429.

Opus Operatum, work that causes (by itself), 413 (VIII.2.C), cf. 412, 427, 429.

Orders, Holy, 417.

Origin of Christianity [see Criterion of continuity].

Original, knowledge of God, 68; possession of self, 14; word of God, 50.

Original Sin, 106 (Erbsünde, III.4), cf. 116, 118, 120-1, 315, 387; Christian teaching about, 110 (die christliche Rede von der Erbsünde, III.4.D), cf. 79, 261; the consequences of, 115 (die “Folgen der Erbsünde”, III.4.H).

Pagan, 449.

Pantheism, 62-3, 219.

Paraclete, 340.

Paradosis, 338.

Participation in the divine nature, 213.

Pastoral Epistles, 338, 341.

Paul, 337 (zur paulinischen Theologie der Kirche, VII.3.C), cf. 265, 285, 302, 348, 372, 433.

Pauline concept of faith [see Faith, Pauline].

Pelagianism, 360.

Penance, 421 (Buße, VIII.2.F).

Pentecost, 336.

Person, 26 (Person, I.2); divine, 134 [see God as Person]; as constituted by pre-apprehension, 34 (der Vorgriff konstituiert Person, I.3.D); human [see Human person].

Personal being of God, 73 (Personsein Gottes, II.3.B).

Personhood, 26 (Personalität, I.2.A), cf. 73.

Petrine office, 325, 331, 357; Primacy, 327, 386; privilege, 329.

Phantasm, 164.

Pharisee, 328, 334.

Phenomenology of humanity’s relation to Jesus Christ, 203 (zur Phänomenologie unseres Verhältnisses zu Jesus Christus, VI.2).

Philosophy, interlocked with theology, 24 (Philosophie, I.1).

Platonism (cf. Dualism, Platonic), 182, 273, 319.

Pluralism, 7 (Pluralismus, Intr.2.D), cf. 179; of Human Existence, 405 (der Pluralismus der menschlichen Existenz, VIII.1.D); of statements about human fulfillment, 443 (über den notwendigen Pluralismus der Vollendungsaussagen, IX.2.D).

Pluralistic society, 400 (der gesellschaftliche Pluralismus, VII.8.E).

Polytheistic, 163.

Pope, office of the, 381, 384, 386.

Possibility, 97 (Möglichkeit, III.3), cf. 134, 160.

Potency, obediential, 218.

Pragmatism, 216.

Prayer, of petition, 317; answers to, 262.

Pre-apprehension (Vorgriff), as constitutive of the person, 34; of being, 33.

Pre-existence, 304 (die Präexistenz, VI.8(c).B), cf. 270.

Presence, of Salvation, in Jesus, cf. 205; of mystery [see Mystery, presence of].

Presuppositions (anthropological), 209.

Principalities and Powers, 124.

Proofs for God’s Existence, 68 (Gottesbeweise, II.2.G).

Prophet, Jesus as final, 279, 299; eschatological, 246.

Prophets, 158-9, 161, 167, 224, 370.

Psychology (Psychologie), 35.

Purgatory, 441 (Fegfeuer, IX.2.C); cf. 431.

Purification, place of, 441 (Reinigungsort, IX.2.C).

Question, 9 (Frage, III.1.A), cf. 227, 252, 287.

Rationalism, 15.

Readiness for death, appeal to in a searching Christology, 296 (der Appell an die Bereitschaft zum Tode, VI.8(a).D), cf. 254.

Realism of Christians, 403 (der Realismus des Christen, VIII.1.B), cf. 17, 403.

Reality, and concept, 14 (zum Verhältnis von Sache und Begriff, Intr.3.A); without the word “God”, 47 (die Wirklichkeit ohne das Wort Gott, II.1.D), cf. 47

Redaction criticism, 252.

Redemption, mythological (changing God’s mind), cf. 211, 288.

Reductio in mysterium, 430 (Reductio in mysterium, VIII.2.J).

Reflection, and original self-possession, 14 (Reflexion, Intr.3.A); preliminary, 1 (Vorüberlegung, Intr.1).

Reformation, 91, 353, 360, 378, 384, 386.

Reformation era controversies, 359 (die reformatorischen Bestreitungen, VII.5.J).

Reincarnation, 442.

Relativism, ecclesiological, 352 (der ekklesiologische Relativismus, VII.5.E).

Relativity of the Law, 392 (Relativität des Rechtes, VII.8.C).

Religion, of absolute value, 138; historical (in tension with a transcendental starting point), 81 (Religion, geschichtliche, II.5.A), cf. 131; its authoritative element; 343; its necessary institutional mediation, 322 (die notwendige institutionelle Vermitteltheit von Religion, VII.1.A).

Religions, the non-Christian, 312 (die nichtchristlichen Religionen, VI.10.A).

Remarks, Preliminary, 3 (Vorbemerkungen, Intr.2).

Responsibility, 93 (Verantwortlichkeit, III.2); as a reality of transcendental experience, 37 (Verantwortlichkeit, I.4.C), cf. 101; of Christians, 407 (die Verantwortung des Christen, VIII.1.E).

Resurrection, 263 (Auferstehung, VI.5(f).G), cf. 211, 260-2, 264-5, 269, 276; and the theology of the death of Jesus, 282 (zur Theologie des Todes Jesu von der Auferstehung Jesu her, VI.6(g)); as salvation, 267; in comparison to the other miracles of Jesus, 263 (die verschiedenen Wunder Jesu und das einzigartige Wunder seiner Auferstehung, VI.5(f).G); intellectual presuppositions for discussing, 264 (Verstehensvoraussetzungen für die Rede von der Auferstehung, VI.6); into the faith of disciplies, 268; not “historical,” 277; of Jesus, faith in it as a unique fact, 274 (der Glaube an die Auferstehung Jesu als einmaliges Faktum, VI.6(d).A); of Jesus, on understanding the, 274 (zum Verständnis der Auferstehungserfahrung Jesu, VI.6(d).B), cf. 271; of Jesus, one’s own experience of it, 274 (die eigene Auferstehungserfahrung, VI.6(d).B); of the flesh, 441; Pharisaic belief in, 278; the Apostolic experience of it, 274 (die apostolische Auferstehungserfahrung, VI.6(d).B); the experience of the first disciples, 276 (die Auferstehungserfahrung der ersten Jünger, VI.6(e)); the horizon for our experience of, 268 (der Horizont der Erfahrung der Auferstehung Jesu, VI.6(c).B); the meaning of, 266 (der Sinn der “Auferstehung”, VI.6(b).B).

Revelation, “public, official, particular and ecclesial,” 174; “real” in contrast to “natural,” 171; natural, 145, 149, 170; history outside the Old and New Testaments, 156 (Offenbarungsgeschichte außerhalb des Alten und Neuen Testaments, V.4.C); the structure of the actual history of, 162 (zur Struktur der faktischen Offenbarungsgeschichte, V), cf. 203; the notion of a categorical history of, 154 (zum Begriff einer kategorialen Offenbarungsgeschichte, V.4.B); history of, 138 (Offenbarungsgeschichte, V), cf. 138, 142, 144, 157-61, 164, 173-75; natural, 170 (natürliche Offenbarung, V.6.A), cf. 268; primeval, 162 (Uroffenbarung, V.5.A), cf. 143, 173, 175, 177; the concept of a special history of, 154 (zum Begriff einer besonderen Offenbarungsgeschichte, V.4.B); the categorical, historical aspect, 172 (die kategoriale, geschichtliche Seite der Offenbarung, V.6.C); the transcendental aspect, 171 (der transzendentale Aspekt der Offenbarung, V.6.B); the unsurpassable climax of all, 174 (der unüberbietbare Höhepunkt aller Offenbarung, V.6.D); unity of transcendental and historical, 370, 374.

Revelation history, its orientation toward universality, 161 (der Richtungssinn auf Universalität in der geglückten partikularen Offenbarungsgeschichte, V.4.F), cf. 53, 196; particular and successful, 161 (die geglückte partikuläre Offenbarungsgeschichte, V.4.F); special and categorical, 153 (Offenbarungsgeschichte, kategorial-besondere, V.4), cf. 154; structure of the entire, 164 (eine Struktierung der ganzen Offenbarungsgeschichte, V.5.B), cf. 165; summary of the notion, 170 (Zusammenfassendes zum Begriff der Offenbarung, V.6), cf. 244, 264; universal and transcendental, 153 (Offenbarungsgeschichte, allgemeine transzendentale, V.4).

Revelations, new, 381.

Revolutionary, religious, 247.

Sacramental life, 411 (das sakramentale Leben, VIII.2), cf. 306.

Sacraments of Initiation, 415 (Initiationssakramente , VIII.2.D).

Sacraments of States of Life, 417 (Standessakramente, VIII.2.E).

Sacrifice, correct understanding of, 282.

Sacrifice, expiatory [see Expiation], cf. 254, 282

Sadducees, 278.

Saints, 444.

Salvation, as a question, 39 (Heilsfrage, I.5); for everyone, 276; in history, 40 (Heil in Geschichte, I.5.B); cause of, Jesus’ death as, 282 (die Interpretation des Todes Jesu als Heilsursache, VI.6(g).A); definitive proclamation of, 250 (endgültige Heilsverkündigung, VI.5(d).D); event of, eschatological, 298 (Heilsereignis, VI.8(b).B), cf. 39, 116, 190, 205, 301; history of, 240; history of (and the history of revelation), 138 (Heilsgeschichte, V), cf. 144, 411; history of (and the Trinity), 136 (Heilsgeschichte, IV.4.C), cf. 138, 142, 145, 147, 149, 157, 158, 160, 164-5, 226, 238; history of (and world history), 142 (Heilsgeschichte, V.3), cf. 136, 149; its necessarily historical and social mediation, 345 (Geschichtlichkeit und Gesellschaftlichkeit gehören zur Vermittlung des Heils hinzu, VII.4.C); meaning of, 230, 309; the starting point for understanding, 39 (der Ansatz zum Verständnis von Heil, I.5.A); understanding of, 39 (Verständnis von Heil, I.5.A), cf. 139, 269; universal history of (and history of revelation), 144 (universale Heilsgeschichte, V.3.B), cf. 164, 230.

Salvation-historical as a concept, 240 (Zu dem Begriffspaar (heils-)geschichtlich, VI.5(b).D).

Salvific Act, existentiell, 429 (das existientielle Heilstun, VIII.2.I); official-Ecclesial, 429 (das amtlich-kirchliche Heilstun, VIII.2.I).

Salvific Knowledge, 242 (Heilserkenntnis, VI.5(b).F).

Salvific will, God’s (Jesus as final cause of), 284 [see Will, salvific].

Satisfaction theory of redemption, 288, 296.

Saviour, absolute, and the event of salvation, 298 (die Einheit von eschatologischem Heilsereignis und absolutem Heilsbringer, VI.8(b).B), cf. 39, 116, 193, 211-12, 298; Jesus’ claim to be, 279 (der Anspruch Jesu als des absoluten Heilsbringers, VI.6(f).A), cf. 252; the “searching” memory directed toward [see Faith, the searching “memory”]; the concept of, 193 (Heilbringers, zum Begriff des absoluten, VI.1.G), cf. 104, 274.

Scholastic tradition, 52.

Schools, philosophy of the, 72, 219; theology of the (“scholastic”), cf. 56, 149, 172, 214, 219, 316.

Scientific knowledge (Wissenschaft), 4.

Scripture, alone, 361 (Sola scriptura -- die Schrift allein, VII.5.M); analogy of, 376; as norm for Magisterium, 365; as norma non normata, 363-4; as objectification of God’s will, 376; as the Church’s Book, 369 (die Schrift als das Buch der Kirche, VII.6), cf. 371; as Word of God, 370; verbal inspiration of, 362, 375.

Self-communication of God, supernatural, 127; according to the model of formal causality, 120 (das Modell formaler Ursächlichkeit, IV.2.E); and justification [see Justification]; as a notion, 116 (Selbstmitteilung Gottes als Begriff, IV.1.A); as an offer to human freedom, 118 (Selbstmitteilung als Angebot, IV.2.B); as the human response to God’s offer, 118 (Selbstmitteilung als Annahme, IV.2.B); its abiding presence as mystery, 119 (bleibende Geheimnishaftigkeit, IV.2.C); or devotion to the world, 84 (“Andacht zur Welt” oder wahre Selbstmitteilung Gottes, II.5.C), cf. 118, 122, 128, 131, 134, 445; and original sin, 112 (Erbsünde im Lichte der Selbstmitteilung Gottes, III.4.F); Christian starting point, 117 (Ausgang von der christlichen Botschaft, IV.1.B); condition for the acceptance of, 128 (Bedingung der Annahme der Selbstmitteilung, IV.3.B); enabling immediate love for God [see Love for God]; free and forgiving, 116 (die frei, vergebende Selbstmitteilung Gottes, IV); Jesus as cause of, 317; offer of, 126 (Angebot der Selbstmitteilung, IV.3) [see Supernatural Existential]; twofold modality of, 118 (die doppelte Modalität der Selbstmitteilung Gottes, IV.2.B), cf. 85; the full, 445 (die vollendete Selbstmitteilung Gottes, IX.3.B); miracle as, 261; ontological, 116.

Self-Interpretation, failed or unsuccessful, 154; successful, 154, 159; the essential and necessary historical (of supernatural, transcendental experience), 153 (die wesensnotwendig geschichtliche Selbstauslegung (übernatürlich-) transzendentaler Erfahrung, V.4.A), cf. 154.

Self-Possession, 14 (Selbstbesitz, Intr.3.A).

Self-Revelation, God’s real, 170 (die eigentliche Selbstoffenbarung Gottes, V.6.A), cf. 143, 173, 175, 177.

Self-Transcendence, active, 183 (die aktive Selbsttranszendenz, VI.1.C), cf. 42, 70, 73, 145, 198.

Sign (semeion), 258.

Simul justus et peccator, 411.

Sin, 104 (Sünde, III.3.G), cf. 409.

Son of man, 248.

Sonship, eternal and divine, and ascending Christology, 301 (zum Verhältnis von Aszendenzchristologie und der der Frage nach der ewigen Gottessohnschaft, VI.8(b).D), cf. 279

Soteriological interpretation of the death of Jesus, 283 (die Grundlage der soteriologischen Interpretation des Todes Jesu, VI.6(g).B), cf. 286.

Soteriology, classical, 288 (die klassiche Soteriologie, VI.7(a).C), cf. 265, 283; classical, its validity and limits, 285 (die bleibende Gültigkeit und Grenzen der klassischen Soteriologie, VI.7(c)).

Spirit (Geist), humanity as, 183-184, cf. 32; as the efficient cause of Jesus Christ, 122, 284, 318; of Christ, 316-18; human, its essential openness [see Openness]; universal efficacy of the, 318.

Starting Point, theological and anthropological, 39 (der theologische und anthropologische Ansatz, I.5.A), cf. 81, 279.

Statements, brief creedal, 448 (Kurzformeln des Glaubens, Ep.); requirements for, 452 (Anforderungen an eine Kurzformel, Ep.C); the need for, 448 (die Forderung nach Kurzformeln, Ep.A); their multiplicity, 449 (die Pluralität möglicher Formeln des Glaubens, Ep. B).

Subject, humanity as person and, 26 (Subjekt, I.2); self-presence of the, 17 (Selbstgegebenheit des Subjekts, Intr.3.B), cf. 26, 28, 30.

Subjectivity, as transcendence, 58; transcendental, 140.

Subsume, 297.

Suicide, 106.

Supernatural Existential, 126 (übernatürliche Existential, IV.3), cf. 52, 141, 306.

Teaching Office (Magisterium), 381 [see Authority, teaching].

Temporal Sequence of sin and redemption, 90, 194.

Term of transcendence, 61 (Woraufhin der Transzendenz, II.2.D), cf. 33, 58, 60, 68, 454; as Holy Mystery, 65 (Woraufhin der Transzendenz als heiliges Geheimnis, II.2.E), cf. 65.

Thematic knowledge of God, 53.

Theodicy, 368.

Theo-logical, 308 (theo-logisch, VI.9.C).

Theologies of the Church, other New Testament, 339 (Theologien (der Kirche), VII.3.D).

Theology, as testimony to Jesus Christ, 177; existential-ontological and transcendental, 176; of demythologizing, 365; of the Church, Lukan and Matthaean, 336 (zur lukanischen und mattäischen Theologie der Kirche, VII.3.B), cf. 44, 337; of the Church, Pauline, 337 (paulinische, VII.3.C); of the death and resurrection of Jesus, 266 (die Theologie des Todes und der Aufersteheng Jesu, VI.6(b).A); Catholic fundamental, as apologetics, 351; contemporary, addressee of, 5 (Addressat der heutigen Theologie, Intr.2.C); ecumenical, 324; fundamental and dogmatic (unity of), 294 (die Notwendigkeit einer größeren Einheit von fundamentaltheologischer und dogmatischer Christologie, VI.8(a)); fundamental, observations from, 235 (das Fundamentaltheologische, VI.5(b)); interlocked with philosophy, 24 (Theologie, I.1); original, of the resurrection, 279 (die ursprüngliche Theologie der Auferstehung, VI.6(f)); political, 248.

Theses, about hope in the resurrection, 268 (zusammenfassende These um der Auferstehungshoffnung, VI.6(c) A); about Jesus’ self-knowledge, 235 (Thesen zum Problem der geschichtlichen Erkenntnis Jesu, VI.5(b)); regarding the historical life of Jesus, 247 (thesenhafte Zusammenfassung des Lebens Jesu, VI.5(c).B).

Thesis about God’s salvific will, 146 (These, V.3.C).

Titles of Jesus, 248.

Tradition, 377 (Tradition, VII.6.H), cf. 361, 378.

Transcendence, human, 34, 42 [see Self-Transcendence]; term of [see Term of transcendence].

Transcendent being, 31 (Wesen der Transzendenz, I.3), cf. 34, 70, 73, 145, 198.

Transcendental experience [see Experience, transcendental].

Transcendental starting point in tension with historical religion, 81 (transzendentaler Ansatz und die Spannung mit geschichtlicher Religion, II.5.A), cf. 31, 48, 157, 174, 264.

Transcendentality, gratuitous, 243; historical (or institutional) mediation of, 140 (geschichtliche Vermittlung von Transzendentalität, V.2), cf. 155, 334; supernaturally elevated, 129 (übernaturliche erhobene Transzendentalität, IV.3.C), cf. 145, 155, 313, 320.

Trent, development of dogma after, 384 (nachtridentinische Dogmenentwicklung, VII.7.F).

Trinitarian faith, reflections on, 458 (Spiegelungen des Trinitätsglaubens, Ep (iii).B).

Trinity, doctrine of the, 133 (Trinitätslehre, IV.4), cf. 221, 286, 304; psychological theory of, 135 (psychologische Trinität, IV.4.B), cf. 135; conceptualization of, 134 (Begrifflichkeit der Trinität, IV.4.A), cf. 173; divine, 213; economic understanding of, 136 (die ökonomische Trinität, IV.4.C); immanent and economic, 302; immanent understanding of, 136 (die immanente Trinität, IV.4.C), cf. 455; persons of the, 214, 292; problem with a psychological theory, 134 (Problematik einer psychologischen Trinitätslehre, IV.4.A), cf. 230, 247, 283-4, 328.

Truth, hierarchy of [see Hierarchy of truths]; perseverance in the, 379 (Bleiben in der Wahrheit, VII.7.C).

Twelve, 327, 329, 333, 335, 337, 372.

Understanding, contemporary horizon of, 256 (die heutige Verstehenssituation, VI.5(f).B), cf. 283; horizon of, 289 (der Verstehenshorizont, VI.7(c).A), cf. cf. 256.

Unity of all created things, 181 (die Einheit alles Geschaffenen, VI.1.B), cf. 261, 269.

Universal, salvific will [see Will, salvific]; significance of historical events [see Historical events].

Unmixed (natures of Christ), 202, 287.

Unthematic, affirmation of God, 98; denial of God, 98; knowledge of God, 21.

Utopia, inner-worldly, 446 (innerweltliche Utopie, IX.3.C), cf. 110, 447.

Validity, of one’s existence (die Gültigkeit der Existenz), cf. 268, 272; definitive, 435 (Endgültigkeit, IX.2.A), cf. 39; final and definitive (freedom as the faculty of), 95 (Freiheit als das Vermögen des Endgültigen, III.2.B), cf. 437, 442.

Vatican II understanding of the church, 390.

Vicar of Jesus Christ, 82.

Ways of knowing God [see Knowledge of God, the different ways].

Whole, 94 (Ganze, III.2.A), 168.

Will, God’s universal salvific, 146, 313; dogmatic foundations of, 146 (allgemeiner Heilswille Gottes aus Daten der katholischen Dogmatik, V.3.C), cf. 327; speculative foundation of, 148 (allgemeiner Heilswille Gottes, spekulative Begründung, V.3.D); theological foundation of, 148 (allgemeiner Heilswille Gottes, theologische Begründung, V.3.D); transcendence of, 65.

World, 81 (Welt, II.5 ).

World History, 142 (Weltgeschichte, V.3.A).

World of Persons [see Freedom, the realm of its actualization], 106 (Mitwelt, III.4.A).

Worldview, 178 (Weltanschauung, VI.1), cf. 193; evolutionary, the place of Christ in an, 192 (die Stellung Christi in einem evolutiven Weltbild, VI.1.F), cf. 180.

Biblical Index

Index of Proper Names

Abraham, 145, 166.

Action française, 324.

Adam, 110-113, 162, 314, 388.

Apocalypse (Book of Revelation), 441.

Augsburg Confession, 353, 355, 358.

Augustine, Augustinianism, 2, 91, 135, 147, 214, 222, 319, 411.

Blondel, Maurice, 52.

Bultmann, Rudolf, 13.

Calvin, Jean, 147, 366.

Carthage, Council of (D.S. 229), 411.

Catechism, Tridentine, 450.

Cephas, 334-5.

Chalcedon, 211, 285, 290.

Darlap, Adolf, 139.

Denziger-Schönmetzer, 285-6.

Deutero-Isaiah, 283.

Drey, Sebastian, 4.

Enchiridion Symbolorum, [see Denziger-Schönmetzer].

Ephesians, Letter to the, 390.

Ephesus, 285.

Feuerbach, Ludwig, 436.

Florence, Council of (D.S. 1310), 413.

Gasparri, Cardinal Pietro, 450.

Hebrews, Letter to the, 265.

Hegel, G.W.F., 1, 259, 297.

Johannine Letters, 340.

Johannine theology, 441.

Judas, 443.

Käsemann, Ernst, 339.

Leo XIII, Pope, 374.

Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, 332.

Lieth, von der, Elisabeth, xv.

Luke, 336, 341, 387.

Luther, Martin, 91, 366, 386-7.

Maccabees, 278.

Marx, Karl, 47.

Matthew, 336, 387.

Moses, 145, 167, 314.

Neufeld, Karl H., xv.

Newman, John Henry, 10.

Nicaea, 285.

Origen, 94.

Pascal, Blaise, 91.

Paul the Apostle, 265, 285, 302, 337, 348, 372, 433.

Paul VI, Pope, 2.

Pilate, Pontius, 232.

Pius XI, Pope, 450.

Pius XII, Pope, 374, 376, 388.

Raffelt, Albert, xv.

Schelling, von, F. W. J., 4.

Schnackenburg, Rudolf, 332, 337.

Schöndorf, Harald, xv.

Seneca, 404.

Staudenmaier, Franz Anton, 4.

Talmud, 264.

Tertullian, 51.

Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre, 180.

Thomas Aquinas, Thomistic, 2, 19, 86, 149, 164, 187, 303, 428.

Thüsing, Wilhelm, xiv.

Trent, Council of (D.S. 1541, 1601, and 1628), 360, 395, 413-14, 452.

Trent, Council of (D.S. 1648, Decree on the Eucharist), 395.

Vatican I (D.S. 3001, Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Filius"), 219.

Vatican I (D.S. 3004, Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Filius"), 55, 76, 219.

Vatican I (D.S. 3006, Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Filius"), 372.

Vatican I (D.S. 3009, Dogmatic Constitution "Dei Filius"), 256.

Vatican II, Ad Gentes, Decree on the Church’s Missionary Activity, 7, 152.

Vatican II, Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, 1, 3, 11, 21-6, 56, 315, 374-5, 378.

Vatican II, Gaudium et spes, Pastoral Constitution on the Church, 22, 152.

Vatican II, Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, 16, 152.

Vatican II, Nostra aetate, Declaration on Non-Christian Religions, 1 ff., 152, 312.

Vatican II, Optatum totius, Decree on Priestly Formation, 3, 13-14.

Vatican II, Unitatis redintegratio, Decree on Ecumenism 11, 324, 356, 382, 448.

Vögtle, Anton, 333.

Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 51.

Yahweh, 168.