The volume commemorates the life and work of Fr. Joseph Mueller, S.J., former Dean of the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University and a Catholic theologian specializing in patristic exegesis, ecclesiology, and ecumenism. This tribute brings together contributions spanning a broad range of theological disciplines, including biblical, historical, and systematic theology, with a particular focus on ecclesiology. Several essays in the volume aim to reflect Fr. Mueller’s scholarly interests, as initially articulated in his doctoral dissertation on the use of the Old Testament in the ecclesiology of the Church Fathers. The memorial volume thus closely follows Fr. Mueller’s academic journey, showcasing the breadth and depth of his influence on theological scholarship.
Notes on Contributors .............................................................. xi
Preface..................................................................................... xv
A Tribute to Fr. Joseph Mueller, S.J. ......................................xvii
Stephen M. Beall
Sonic Reliquaries of Remembrance: Toward a Theology of
Tradition ........................................................................... 1
Kathryn Barush
Christi Praecones: Advice for Latin Teachers from the First
Jesuit Schools .................................................................. 19
Stephen M. Beall
Continuity and Discontinuity in Fruitful Tension: The Early
Modern Roots of Vatican II’s Liturgical Reforms .............. 29
Shaun Blanchard
Pastoral Cooperation: Shared Church Authority and the
Growth of Tradition ........................................................ 45
William A. Clark, S.J.
Three Riffs on the Same Wisdom? Philo, Paul, and Ptolemy on
Sophia as Divine Person ................................................... 63
Michael B. Cover
Unjust Excommunications and Augustine’s Doctrine of the
Church ............................................................................ 87
Eric J. DeMeuse
Blondel’s Philosophy of Transcendence and Immanence in the
Service of a Theology of Church and Sacrament ............ 105
Cathal Doherty, S.J.
“A Vision”: From Rivalry to Reconciliation ........................... 129
Ryan Duns, S.J.
Local Churches and Roman Primacy according to Patristic
Sources from the 4th and 5th Centuries ......................... 153
Michel Fédou, S.J.
Doxological Contrition, Theosis, and Apokatástasis: The Groaning
of the Spirit in a New Trinitarian Analogy ........................... 169
Christopher Hadley, S.J.
A Revered Tradition and a Living Faith: Theology and the
Mission to Raise Questions ............................................ 189
Paul A. Janowiak, S.J.
Ite et Ludite: Play in the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity .......... 221
Katherine E. Milco
Adam as Imago Dei Statue in the Hebrew Bible...................... 241
Andrei A. Orlov
Ignatius as an Exemplar of Thomistic Prudence in Deliberation .... 269
Aaron Pidel, S.J.
The Atonement in Greek East and Latin West: Anselm of
Canterbury, Nicholas Cabasilas, and Georges Florovsky ...291
Marcus Plested
“To Praise You is the Desire of Man”: The Doxological Ecclesiology
of Sacrosanctum Concilium and Lumen Gentium ...................... 307
Christopher Ruddy
Agency and Universality in Cyril of Alexandria’s Use of the
Adam-Christ Parallel ..................................................... 325
Ellen Scully
“The Glory That You Have Given Me I Have Given Them”:
Scheeben on Human Glorification of God ...................... 347
Vincent L. Strand, S.J.
