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 ECUMENISM
Anton HOUTEPEN (Utrecht) The Formative Years of Cardinal Willebrands: Ecumeni- cal Developments in the Netherlands 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 SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL
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 Nostra Aetate 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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