Sacramentum Mundi

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Sacramentum Mundi (Latin, sacrament for the world) is the title of a theological dictionary published by Karl Rahner and Adolf Darlap, among others, from 1967-69 .

The individual volumes published by Herder in Freiburg are:

  • Vol. 1: Occident until existence. 1312 columns, 1967
  • Vol. 2: Existential Philosophy to Communism, 1404 Sp., 1968
  • Vol. 3: Confessionalism to Quietism, 1432 Sp., 1969
  • Vol. 4: Qumran to the future. Register. List of authors, 1458 Sp., 1969

Five foreign language editions have appeared: English: 6 vols. London 1968-1970. - Dutch: 13 vols. Hilversum 1968-1971. - Italian: 8 vols. Brescia 1974-1977. - Spanish: 6 vols. Barcelona 1972-1976.

In addition, parts of it, revised, appeared alongside articles from the Lexicon for Theology and Church in English translation in:

  • Karl Rahner: Encyclopedia of theology: a concise Sacramentum mundi, London: Burns and Oates 1975, 1841 pages.

The title of the work is a formula that Rahner had also used for a draft for the church constitution for the second Vatican council.

Individual evidence

  1. See more on this: Eva-Maria Faber: Openness and Presence. Church as “sacramentum mundi” , in: Theology and Pastoral Care

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