TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE ...... VII

Adelbert DENAUX (Tilburg) Johannes Cardinal Willebrands (1909-2006): His Life and His Spirituality. Opening Lecture ...... 1

I. WILLEBRANDS’ FORMATION AND EARLY COMMITMENT TO

Anton HOUTEPEN (Utrecht) The Formative Years of Cardinal Willebrands: Ecumeni- cal Developments in the 1940-1960 ...... 15

Terrence MERRIGAN (Leuven) The Enduring Influence of Newman on Willebrands’ Ecumenical Views ...... 31

Peter DE MEY (Leuven) Johannes Willebrands and the Catholic Conference for Ecumenical Questions (1952-1963) ...... 49

Theo SALEMINK (Tilburg) Willebrands’ Diaries and Agendas 1958-1965: A View behind the Curtain ...... 79

II. WILLEBRANDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CATHOLIC VIEW ON ECUMENISM DURING THE

Mauro VELATI (Novara) Willebrands at the Council: A Historical Approach ...... 97

Wolfgang THÖNISSEN (Paderborn) With Passion for Unity: Approaches to the Ecumenical Theol- ogy of Johannes Willebrands...... 117

Jared WICKS (Cleveland, OH) Cardinal Willebrands as an Exponent of Catholic Ecumenical Theology ...... 131

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III. WILLEBRANDS AND ECUMENISM

Michel VAN PARYS (Chevetogne) Johannes Cardinal Willebrands and the Eastern Christian Churches ...... 155

John A. RADANO (Orange, NJ) Willebrands, the Churches of the West, and the World Council of Churches: A Roman-Catholic Assessment ...... 187

William HENN (Rome) Cardinal Willebrands and the Relations between Rome and the World Council of Churches ...... 211

Günther GASSMANN (Geneva) The Significance of Cardinal Willebrands’ Ecumenical Work for the Protestant Churches ...... 227

IV. WILLEBRANDS AND JUDAISM

Mathijs LAMBERIGTS – Leo DECLERCK (Leuven) Msgr. Willebrands and 4: Diplomacy and Prag- matism ...... 245

Marcel POORTHUIS (Tilburg) Johannes Willebrands as a Theologian of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue ...... 261

Pier Francesco FUMAGALLI (Milano) Johannes Cardinal Willebrands and Judaism: The Architecture of the Jewish-Christian Dialogue ...... 279

Judith HERSHCOPF BANKI (New York) Johannes Willebrands: A Jewish View ...... 289

V. FINAL LECTURE – TESTIMONIES – BIBLIOGRAPHY

Walter KASPER (Rome) The Legacy of Johannes Cardinal Willebrands and the Future of Ecumenism ...... 301

Thomas STRANSKY (Jerusalem) Memories of J. Willebrands at Vatican II: An Insider’s Story . 315

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Paul-Werner SCHEELE (Würzburg) Johannes Willebrands, “An Authentic Protagonist of Christian Unity” (John Paul II): Experiences and Insights ...... 327

Maria TER STEEG (Tilburg) Bibliography Johannes Cardinal Willebrands ...... 331

INDEX OF NAMES ...... 369

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