Abstract

A collection of talks and lectures given by Father Küng during and after the first session of Vatican Council II, ranging over a variety of theological and religious issues. One essay is especially valuable, "'Early Catholicism' in the New Testament As a Problem in Controversial Theology," a technical discussion of the problems raised by exegetical discoveries of the early "Catholic" elements in the New Testament. Küng analyzes the solutions given by Kasemann and Diem, showing the basic weaknesses of each position. He then formulates the problem as a fundamental challenge to Reformed exegetes and theologians alike.--W. G. E.