Rahner's Engagement with Bishops Extensive and Lifelong

Karl Rahner's engagement with the question of bishops in the Church was extensive and lifelong, according to Dr. Mary E. Hines.  She presented an overview of Rahner's writings about bishops entitled "Rahnerian Resources for the Renewal of Episcopal Ministry" to a Continuing Group of scholars dedicated to Rahner's theology on Saturday, June 9, 2007, at the annual convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America.  

Hines is Professor of Theology and Chair of the Departments of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Emmanuel College.  A prolific scholar, she is also co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Karl Rahner.  Her list of books and articles by Rahner about bishops and the church is appended below.

Sources for Rahner on Episcopal Ministry

Rahner, Karl. "The Abiding Significance of the Second Vatican Council." Trans. Edward Quinn. Concern for the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XX of Theological Investigations. 90-102.

---. "The Area Bishop: Some Theological Reflections." (1973). Trans. Margaret Kohl. Jesus, Man, and the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XVII of Theological Investigations. 156-66.

---. "Aspects of European Theology." Trans. Hugh M. Riley. Science and Theology. New York: Crossroad, 1988. Vol. XXI of Theological Investigations. 78-98.

---. "Aspects of the Episcopal Office." Trans. David Bourke. Ecclesiology, Questions in the Church, the Church in the World. New York: Seabury, 1976. Vol. XIV of Theological Investigations. 185-201.

---. "Basic Theological Interpretation of the Second Vatican Council." Trans.  Edward Quinn. Concern for the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XX of Theological Investigations. 77-89.

---. "Dream of the Church." Trans. Edward Quinn. Concern for the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XX of Theological Investigations. 133-42.

---. "The Episcopal Office." Trans. Karl-H. and Boniface Kruger. Concerning Vatican Council II. Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1969. Vol. VI of Theological Investigations. 313-60.

---. "Forgotten Dogmatic Initiatives of the Second Vatican Council." Trans. Joseph Donceel. Humane Society and the Church of Tomorrow. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Vol. XXII of Theological Investigations. 97-105.

---. "The Future of Christian Communities." Trans. Joseph Donceel. Humane Society and the Church of Tomorrow. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Vol. XXII of Theological Investigations. 120-33.

---. "Magisterium and Theology." Trans. Edward Quinn. God and Revelation. New York: Crossroad, 1983. Vol. XVIII of Theological Investigations. 54-73.

---. Meditations on Freedom and the Spirit. Trans. Rosaleen Ockenden, David Smith and Cecily Bennett. New York: Seabury, 1977.

---. "On Bishop's Conferences." Trans. Karl-H and Boniface Kruger. Concerning Vatican Council II. Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1969. Vol. VI of Theological Investigations. 369-89.

---. "On the Relationship Between the Pope and the College of Bishops." Trans. David Bourke. Writings of 1965-1967 2. New York: Crossroad, 1973. Vol. X of Theological Investigations. 50-70.

---. "On the Theology of a 'Pastoral Synod'." Trans. David Bourke. Ecclesiology, Questions in the Church, the Church in the World. New York: Seabury, 1976. Vol. XIV of Theological Investigations. 116-31.

---. "Pastoral-Theological Observations on Episcopacy in the Teaching of Vatican II." Trans. Karl-H and Boniface Kruger. Concerning Vatican Council II. Baltimore: Helicon Press, 1969. Vol. VI of Theological Investigations. 361-68.

---. "The Perennial Actuality of the Papacy." Trans. Joseph Donceel. Humane Society and the Church of Tomorrow. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Vol. XXII of Theological Investigations. 191-207.

---. "Perspectives for Pastoral Theology in the Future." Trans. Joseph Donceel. Humane Society and the Church of Tomorrow. New York: Crossroad, 1991. Vol. XXII of Theological Investigations. 106-19.

---. "Reflection on the Concept of 'Ius Divinum' in Catholic Thought." Trans. Karl-H Kruger. Later Writings. New York: Seabury, 1966. Vol. V of Theological Investigations. 219-43.

---. The Shape of the Church to Come. New York: Seabury, 1974.

---. "Structural Change in the Church of the Future." Trans. Edward Quinn. Concern for the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XX of Theological Investigations. 115-32.

---. "Transformations in the Church and Secular Society." Trans. Margaret Kohl. Jesus, Man, and the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XVII of Theological Investigations. 167-80.

---. "Women and the Priesthood." Trans. Edward Quinn. Concern for the Church. New York: Crossroad, 1981. Vol. XX of Theological Investigations. 35-47.

---. "Yesterday's History of Dogma and Theology for Tomorrow." Trans. Edward Quinn. God and Revelation. New York: Crossroad, 1983. Vol. XVIII of Theological Investigations. 3-34.

Rahner, Karl, and Joseph Ratzinger. The Episcopate and the Primacy. Trans. Kenneth Barker et al. Questiones Disputatae. London: Burns & Oates, 1962.