CORD - Vol.XVI - May,1966 - Contents and Mary Is Relevant Today

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CORD is a monthly review devoted to Franciscan spirituality, published with approval of ecclesiastical superiors by the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University. The issue dated May, 1966 (Vol. XVI, No. 5) presents a cover theme centered on Christ as the heart and goal of creation, along with illustration credits. The contents list articles including “The Evolving Cosmos: Teilhard and Bonaventure,” “Mary Is Relevant Today,” and sections such as Riposte readers’ correspondence, Marginals, Collegiality, Dear Sister Maranatha, and book reviews.

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Editorial

THE EVOLVING COSMOS: Teilhard and Bonaventure

Ewert Cousins

A VERY PARFITT GENTIL MANNE

Dorothy G. Wayman

RIPOSTE

Readers' Correspondence

MARGINALS ON PERFECTAE CARITATIS

Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C.

COLLEGIALITY: Its Implications for Religious

Sister M. Bonaventure Saux, O.S.C.

DEAR SISTER MARANATHA

Timothy Eustace, O.F.M.

BOOK REVIEWS

BOOKS RECEIVED

Current

Running Annual List 1965

PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE Che MAY,1966 CORD ● The Evolving Cosmos:Teilhard and Bonaventure Ewert Cousins OUR REVIEWERS Father Stephen F.Brown,O.F.M.,is Chairman of the Philosophy Departmentat St.Bonaventure University.Currently engaged in producing the criticaledition of the philosophical and theological works of William of Ockham,Father is also working toward the status of agrégé en philosophie at the Uni-versity of Louvain. Mother Kathryn Sullivan,R.S.C.J.,author of the New Testament ReadingGuide Commentary on the Captivity Letters and an editor of The Bible Today,is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart,Purchase,New York. Father Francis J.Muller,O.F.M.,holds a doctorate in Canon Law from thePontificium Athenaeum Antonianum(Rome),is currently Professor of MoralTheology and Canon Law as well as Vicar at Holy Name College,Washing-ton,D.C. Professor Thomas A.Augustine,Sr.,is a member of the Social Science De-partment at St.Bonaventure University.His graduate work was done at Penn-sylvania and Ohio State Universities.A member of four professional societies,Professor Augustine has held public office,published a number of articles andlectured widely on community problems and duties. Father Daniel F.Ford,O.F.M.,taught Sacred Scripture,formerly,at Christthe King Seminary,St.Bonaventure,N.Y.,and is now pursuing the sameduties at the new diocesan Seminary of St.John Vianney,East Aurora,N.Y. Sister Mary David Homan,0.S.F.,is Chairman of the Department of Historyat the College of Saint Teresa,Winona,Minn.Sister's areas of specializationinclude Minnesota,the trans-Mississippi West,and the ante-bellum South. COVER AND ILLUSTRATION CREDITS This month’s cover,drawn by Sister Miriam,O.S.F.,illustrates the centralrole of Christ as the heart and goal of creation,the Sun about whom all thingsturn,and the focal point of the Church,his Body.The negative-positive pat-terning emphasizes the parallel between Saint Bonaventure and Teilhard deChardin:though the two seem,because of their idiom and cultural background,to be poles apart,there is really in both the same Christocentric vision. The illustration for the article on Collegiality was drawn by Sister Mary Jo-anne,S.S.J.,and the remaining illustrations,by Father Francis X.Miles,O.F.M. CORD he Vol.XVI, No.5 May,1966 CONTENTS MARY IS RELEVANT TODAY………………………………………………130 Editorial THE EVOLVING COSMOS:Teilhard and Bonaventure ……131 Ewert Cousins A VERY PARFITT GENTIL MANNE ……………………………137 Dorothy G. Wayman ……………………………………………141 RIPOSTE Readers'Correspondence MARGINALS ON PERFECTAE CARITATIS …………………………142 Mother Mary Francis, P.C.C. COLLEGIALITY:Its Implications for Religious ……………………147 Sister M. Bonaventure Saux,O.S.C. ……………………………………………………………151 DEAR SISTER MARANATHA Timothy Eustace, O.F.M. BOOK REVIEWS ……………………………154 BOOKS RECEIVED ………157 Current Running Annual List 1965………………………………insidebackcover cheCORD is a monthly review devoted to Franciscan spirituality and pub- lished with the approval of ecclesiastical superiors by the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University. Indexed in the Catholic Periodical index. Editor:Michael D. Meilach, O.F.M. Circulation Manager:Mrs. Joseph Cuc- chiaro. Entered as second class matter on November 25,1950, at St. Bona- venture,New York,14778, and at additional offices. Subscription rates: $3.00 a year;30 cents a copy. Mary Is Relevant Today Mary is no longer a relevant identification-figure,claims Harvey Cox in The Secular City,evenamong Catholic young people.There is perhapsmore truth in this statement than we would liketo admit. If Mary is to be relevant to our age,we mustdemolish her outmoded pedestal,constructed fromancient pagan and medieval political attitudes;and we must replace it with a modern bridge of understanding,builtof genuinely biblical and humanistic insights into her unique rolein salvation-history.This re

FAQs

What is the focus of the May 1966 issue of CORD?

The issue centers on Franciscan spirituality and features theological articles, correspondence, and reviews. The cover illustration emphasizes Christ as the heart and goal of creation and a Christocentric vision connecting Saint Bonaventure and Teilhard de Chardin.

Which main article discusses Teilhard de Chardin and Bonaventure?

“THE EVOLVING COSMOS: Teilhard and Bonaventure” by Ewert Cousins appears as a featured article in the contents list.

What does “Mary Is Relevant Today” argue about Mary’s role?

It challenges treating Mary as an outdated identification figure and calls for reconstructing how her role is understood in salvation history using biblical and humanistic insights, without changing essential marian theology.

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