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Book SynopsisIn his seminary classes and his writings, Frederick Crowe, SJ (19152012) sought to understand anew the eternal identity of the Holy Spirit and the Spirit’s role in the Church’s life. Despite Crowe’s fame as a professor of Trinitarian theology and his groundbreaking work on Thomas Aquinas’s doctrine of complacent love as an analogy for the Holy Spirit’s eternal procession, no book has ever been published on this influential Canadian Jesuit, who established centres around the world dedicated to stuyding the theological writings of Bernard Lonergan, SJ (190484). Drawing on Crowe’s published works and archival materials, Eades emphasizes how Crowe’s Trinitarian pneumatology creatively extended Lonergan’s theology of the Holy Spirit. Making use of Crowe’s own historical methodology, Eades looks for the emergence of new and significant questions about the Holy Spirit in Crowe’s works.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Methodology Overview Crowe's Confidence in the Psychological Analogy Crowe’s Writings 1. Frederick Crowe, SJ: Dean of First Generation Lonergan Disciples Early Years: New Brunswick and Jesuit Vocation A Brief Sketch of Lonergan and Crowe’s Interactions The Influence of Lonergan’s Writings on Crowe’s Pneumatology Part I (1953–1968): Searching for the Proprium of the Holy Spirit 2. Appropriating Aquinas on Love: Proprium Emerging as a Theme What Is Complacency? Application of Complacency to the Doctrine of the Holy Spirit 3. Basil Helps to Extend the Search into the Economy of Salvation Background to Crowe’s 1965–6 Doctrine of the Most Holy Trinity Conceiving the Personal Properties of the Three in the Godhead as Never Before Discerning the Personal Property of the Three in the World Part II (1969–84): Reversing the Relation of the Two Divine Missions 4. Who Provides the Context: The Son or the Spirit? Background: The Relation of the Divine Missions in Crowe’s Earlier Thinking The Need to Rethink the Relation of the Missions Full Thematization of the Reversal of the Missions 5. Arguing with Church Authorities as Helping to Reverse the Missions Crowe’s Struggle with the Magisterium Rethinking of the Role of the Spirit in Relation to the Son’s Mission Part III (1985–2000): The Holy Spirit as the First Person in the Trinity 6. Intentionality Analysis: Paving the Way for Rethinking Trinitarian Order Crowe’s Early Explanations of the Psychological Analogy Emergence of the Question of the Holy Spirit’s Firstness 7. Hiding His Goal: Crowe’s Reordering of the Three Persons Crowe’s Stated Reasons for Rethinking the Order of the Divine Persons Trying to Win a Hearing: First Set of Concepts Winning a Proposal: Second Set of Concepts Pedagogical Purpose of the Two Sets of Concepts Conclusion: Crowe’s Contribution as a Trinitarian Pneumatologist The Root and Unity of the Three Stages Stage One (1953–1968): Crowe’s Doctrine of Complacency Stage Two (1969–1984): Evaluation of Crowe’s Reversing of the Missions Stage Three (1985–2000): Evaluating Crowe’s Methodological Contribution A Final Word Notes Bibliography Index
