Richard G. DeClue, Jr., S.Th.D. is the Professor of Theology at the Word on Fire Institute. In addition to his undergraduate degree in theology (Belmont Abbey College), he earned three ecclesiastical degrees in theology at the Catholic University of America. He specializes in systematic theology with a particular interest and expertise in the thought of Joseph Ratzinger / Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. His STL thesis treated Ratzinger’s Eucharistic ecclesiology in comparison to the Eastern Orthodox theologian John Zizioulas. His doctoral dissertation expounded and evaluated Ratzinger’s theology of divine revelation. Dr. DeClue has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on Ratzinger’s theology, and he taught a college course on the thought of Pope Benedict XVI. He is also interested in the ecclesiology of Henri de Lubac, the debate over nature and grace, and developing a rapprochement between Communio (ressourcement) theology and Thomism.
The Mind of Benedict XVI by Dr. Richard DeClue: https://bookstore.wordonfire.org/products/the-mind-of-benedict-xvi
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00:00 Introduction
02:06 The Brilliance of Pope Benedict
08:45 How the Church Might Have Changed Under Benedict
18:32 Studying Benedict’s Theology
25:25 Interest in Theology
29:01 Word on Fire
33:38 The Papacy’s Role in the Eucharist
43:19 Orthodoxy & the Catholic Church
50:05 Church Teaching on Limbo
52:47 The Church Becoming Smaller
57:40 Countries Losing Their Faith
59:41 God’s Mercy
1:03:04 Teachers of the Church
1:08:04 Groups Leaving the Church
1:15:30 Canonization of Benedict
1:18:04 Essential Writings of Benedict
1:21:01 Wrap up