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Quid est autem homo? What is the human person? This question, raised in paragraph twelve of Gaudium et spes, was addressed by both bishops and theologians throughout the redaction process of the Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution. This had been an open and contested question for many years before Vatican II was convened, and no definitive answer had been found by the time the council closed. This volume investigates how this question haunted theologians in the mid-twentieth century, and it focuses especially on Louvain theology. More particularly, its first chapter discusses the anthropological turn that occurred in twentieth-century theology and which was shaped by aspects of Christian humanism, the theology of history, theology of earthly realities, theology of society, and theology of the laity. The following four chapters sketch the intellectual itineraries of Albert Dondeyne, Gerard Philips, Gustave Thils, and Charles Moeller. These four Louvain theologians respectively developed a universal Christian humanism, an ecclesiology ad extra, an integrated Christian anthropology, and a humanism of the Beatitudes. The last three chapters analyze the reception of their thinking at the Second Vatican Council, focusing especially on the Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes. The text of Malines, a draft text written in 1963, is presented as a cornerstone of Louvain’s contribution to this anthropological turn.

Christian church history --- anno 1940-1949 --- anno 1950-1959 --- anno 1960-1969 --- Louvain --- Theological anthropology --- Christian humanism --- 233 --- 262.5*311 --- 378.429 <493 LEUVEN> --- 378.429 <493 LEUVEN> Theologische faculteiten: geschiedenis van--België--LEUVEN --- Theologische faculteiten: geschiedenis van--België--LEUVEN --- 262.5*311 Vaticanum II:--oorzaak; opzet; voorbereiding; periti --- Vaticanum II:--oorzaak; opzet; voorbereiding; periti --- 233 De mens. Theologische antropologie --- 233 L'homme. Anthropologie theologique --- De mens. Theologische antropologie --- L'homme. Anthropologie theologique --- Humanism --- Catholic Church --- Université catholique de Louvain (1835-1969). --- Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- ). --- Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven. --- Louvain. --- Université de Louvain (1425-1797). --- Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ). --- History --- Doctrines --- Vatican Council --- Vatican Council. --- Bachikan Kōkaigi --- Concile œcuménique Vatican --- Concile Vatican --- Concilio ecumenico vaticano --- Concilio Vaticano --- Concilium Vaticanum --- Majmaʻ al-Maskūnī al-Vātīkānī --- Sobór Watykański --- Vaticà II (Council) --- Vatican 2 (Council) --- Vatican Ecumenical Council --- Vatican II (Council) --- Vaticano II (Council) --- Vaticanum 2 (Council) --- Vaticanum II (Council) --- Vatikan 2 (Council) --- Vatikan II (Council) --- Vatikaneios Synodos --- Vatikanisches Konzil --- Vatikano susirinkimas --- Vatikanski cerkveni zbor --- Vatikánsky koncil --- Vatikanum (Council) --- Vatykansʹkyĭ Sobor --- Vselensʹkyĭ Sobor Vatykansʹkyĭ --- Concile du Vatican --- Vatikánský sněm --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교