CARDINAL DULLES

Cardinal Dulles

Avery Dulles was born on 24 August 1918 in Auburn (USA) and died on 12 December 2008 in New York, was a priest Jesuit American theologian of renown. He was created cardinal in 2001, the first theologian in North America to be so honored.

Evolution of the church

The American theologian Avery Dulles has proposed five models of church that explain the different conceptions of the Church that eventually led to the evolution of the church.

1. Church as a perfect society

Institutional elements are underlined. External formal and premium on the interior. Feeling of superiority to the "worldly societies, which hides a ...