I saw this yesterday morning, but I was unable to post on it at the time.
If you are familiar with the Cardinal's works, please see my note at the bottom of this post!
Avery Cardinal Dulles was a great voice of Catholic Orthodoxy. While his voice was silenced for some time by post-polio syndrome, his words were not. He continued to communicate through other means.
From Zenit:
Cardinal Dulles Dead at 90
Scholar Suffered From Post-Polio Syndrome
NEW YORK, DEC. 12, 2008 (Zenit.org).- The New York Province of the Society of Jesus reported that renowned theologian and prolific author Cardinal Avery Dulles died this morning at 90.
Avery Dulles was born Aug. 24, 1918, in Auburn, New York. He was the son of John Foster Dulles, who later served as U.S. Secretary of State under President Dwight Eisenhower.
Dulles converted to Catholicism in 1940 while studying at Harvard University. After graduation he continued at Harvard studying law, but after a year and a half he left the university to join the Navy during World War II, where he rose to the rank of lieutenant.
He entered the Jesuits in 1946 and was ordained 10 years later. He earned a doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1960.
Father Dulles taught theology at Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974 and at the Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988.
He served as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 until April of this year.
He was created a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in 2001, making him the first American-born theologian not a bishop to receive this honor.
A respected theologian, he served as president of both the Catholic Theological Society of America and the American Theological Society. He authored over 750 articles on theological topics, and dozens of books, the latest including "The History of Apologetics," (revised edition, 2005), and "Magisterium: Teacher and Guardian of the Faith" (2007).
The cardinal had been suffering of complications of post-polio syndrome, which he contracted as a Naval officer. Confined to a wheelchair and unable to speak, the cardinal continued to read and communicated by slowing typing on a computer keyboard or writing on a pad of paper.
...continue reading at Zenit: Cardinal Dulles Dead at 90
Unfortunately, I have not read any of his works, but after doing just a little online research, would very much like to.
Have you read his works? Talk about the Cardinal and his works in the combox! What is your favorite book or quote?
Related Links:
- Avery Cardinal Dulles Homepage
- Avery Cardinal Dulles Online Archives (jackpot of resources from the above-listed homepage)
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