Explorations in Theology III: Creator Spirit

The third volume of Skizzen zur Theologie, published by Johannes Verlag in 1967 (480 pages); Ignatius Press published the English translation as Creator Spirit in 1993. Its preface says the volume circles around the Holy Spirit, both the Spirit who holds sway between Christ and the Church and the Creator Spirit who opens their unity outward to creation and, today, to the secular world. Because that opening can be a danger to those unprepared for it, Balthasar says, some of the studies try to concentrate the Christian message and point to the centre that cannot be abandoned. Essays include 'Movement toward God', 'The Faith of the Simple', 'The Holy Spirit as Love', 'Improvisations on Spirit and Future', 'Is the Mass a Sacrifice of the Church?', 'The Council of the Holy Spirit' and 'The Gospel as Norm and Critique of All Spirituality in the Church'.