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Karl Rahner

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Karl Rahner 2017 Contents Introduction . 1 Philosophical Anthropology . 2 Trinity . 8 Creation . 11 Christology . 11 Christian Life . 17 Eschatology . 20     Introduction         I am reflecting upon the ways in which Roman Catholic Jesuit priest and theologian Karl Rahner (1904-84) has influenced the way I have come to engage in the theological enterprise. I have found him quite insightful. I have not found him as helpful in working through a view of the church. He is too Roman Catholic for me. I respect his view that the church is a sign or provisional representation of the rule of God. Thus, it should never confuse its historical presence with that rule. [1] However, in important junctures of theological reflection, he has offered much that I have found agreeable. Pannenberg notes that the term “transcendental” by Rahner refers structural relation of anthropology, theology, and Christology that transcends detailed historical fi