Sacramentum Mundi
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
- ↑ See more on this: Eva-Maria Faber: Openness and Presence. Church as “sacramentum mundi” , in: Theology and Pastoral Care
literature
- Art. Sacramentum Mundi , in: Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Sacramentum Mundi (Spanish)