John Paul II created Henri de Lubac a cardinal in 1983 in recognition of his contribution to Vatican II. The French Jesuit died in Paris on September 4, 1991 at the age of 95.

“If we have only the freedom to argue for our positions, we shall be tempted by the arrogance of those who, in the words of (Jesuit Father Henri) de Lubac, see themselves as ‘the incarnate norm of ...

Jesuit theologians like Henri de Lubac and Jean Daniélou "desired to unsettle the increasingly entrenched neo-scholastic Thomism by showing that it did not, as was claimed, constitute an ...

For it was Father de Lubac who ignited the War of the Conciliar Succession: the fierce struggle -- not between stereotypical "progressives" and "traditionalists" but among the reformist theologians at ...

On returning from the consistory, Cardinal de Lubac was given a reception by the Parisian Jesuits, at which only soft drinks were served. Throughout this trial, as during the years when he was held in ...

De Lubac was ordained a priest in 1927 and began teaching theology at the Catholic University of Lyon. During World War II, he resisted the ideologies of Nazism and anti-Semitism. He co-founded ...

After the death of Henri de Lubac, S.J., on Sept. 4, 1991, Avery Dulles, S.J. penned a long tribute to the theologian, a major influence on Vatican II and later theological developments.

Last week the French bishops voted in favor of opening a beatification cause for the late Cardinal Henri de Lubac, a celebrated theologian whose writings influenced not only the Second Vatican ...

Henri de Lubac is considered by many to be one of the most important theologians of the 20th century.

De Lubac was ordained a priest in 1927 and began teaching theology at the Catholic University of Lyon. During World War II, he resisted the ideologies of Nazism and anti-Semitism.

Pope Benedict XVI was a framer of the Second Vatican Council and a staunch defender of orthodoxy who clashed with both conservatives and progressives in the church.