Early Modern Catholic Sources - A Defense of the Catholic Religion

The Benedictine Beda Mayr, OSB, (1742-1794) was one of the main figures of the German Catholic Enlightenment. He was not only the first Catholic to wrestle with the challenges of Reimarus and Lessing, but also the first to develop an ecumenical methodology for a reunion of the churches. The text, translated from the German original for the first time, presents a theologian who intentionally went to the margins of orthodoxy in order to allow for more interconfessional dialogue. Mayr argued that Catholic theology should follow minority opinions for unsettled dogmatic questions, which would allow for easier union agreements with Protestant churches. Moreover, he suggested limiting ecclesial infallibility to directly revealed truths, thereby reducing the authoritative truth claims of conciliar or papal decisions.

Isbn / Product Code - 9780813237732

Dimensions - 23.5x2.5x15.8cm

Printed Pages - 258

Format - Hardbound

Year Of Publication - 2023

Publisher - Hopkins

Author - Beda Mayr