Ateneo de Manila University Archīum Ateneo Theology Department Faculty Publications Theology Department 2011 The "Other Hand of God," the Church and Other Religious Traditions Ruben C. Mendoza Follow this and additional works at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/theology-faculty-pubs Part of the Catholic Studies Commons ISSN 0115-9577 September-December 2011 U N I V E R S I T Y OF S A N T O T O M A S M A N I L A , P H I L I P P I N E S JOHN CROSSLEY The University of Santo Tomas Hours: RICHARD ANG, O.P. On Conceiving Ren Towards Birthing Ru Jia REGALADO TROTA JOSE Surprising Discovery of a Treasure AUGUSTO DE VIANA 'Filipinos' and Other Non-Spanish Missionaries BERNARDINO NOZALEDA, O.P. Discurso Pronunciado En La Apertura During the Early Years of the Mariana Mission Anual De Los Estudios De La Universidad 1668-1673 De Manila El 2 De Julio De 1874 JOEL SAGUT On the Question of Being: A Thomistic Response JOSÉ CUETO, O.P. Discurso En La Apertura to Martin Heidegger's Critique Against Anual De Los Estudios De La Universidad SACRA PHILIPPINIANA Western Metaphysics De Manila El 2 De Julio De 1875 ALOYSIUS LOPEZ CARTAGENAS "The problems of our own making... Cantius KOBak, O.F.M.† Alcina’s Historia de las Islas…(1668) born from the sins within the Church" Lucio Gutierrez, O.P. [Part I, Book III, Chapter 20] A Reading of Benedict XVI's Admission of the Concerning the More Common and Widespread Vices Crisis of the Church's Corporate Identity and Emotional Tendencies of These People RUBEN Mendoza The 'Other Hand of God,' The Church, And Other Religious Traditions In The FABC's Reflections REVIEWS & NOTICES Angel Aparicio, O.P. • Allan Basas • Franklin Beltran, O.P. ALBERTO SANTAMARIA, O.P. La Estátua del Fundador Winston Cabading, O.P. • Norberto Castillo, O.P. • Herminio Dagohoy, O.P. 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Philippiniana Sacra founded 1966 Volume XLVI 2011 Number 138 TABLE OF CONTENTS The Editor’s Notes vi Articles Richard Ang, OP On Conceiving Ren Towards Birthing Ru Jia 535 Augusto de Viana ‘Filipinos’ and Other Non-Spanish Missionaries During the Early Years of the Mariana Mission 1668-1673 565 Studies Joel Sagut On the Question of Being: A Thomistic Response to Martin Heidegger’s Critique Against Western Metaphysics 597 Aloysius Lopez Cartagenas “The problems of our own making... born from the sins within the Church” A Reading of Benedict XVI’s Admission of the Crisis of the Church’s Corporate Identity 631 Ruben Mendoza The ‘Other Hand Of God,’ The Church, And Other Religious Traditions in the FABC’s Reflections 649 Philippiniana Records Alberto Santamaria, O.P. La Estátua del Fundador 679 Regalado Trota Jose A Visual Documentation of Fil-Hispanic Churches Part IV: Parish Church of San Raymundo de Peñafort, Rizal (formerly Malaueg), Cagayan 693 John Crossley and Regalado Trota Jose The University of Santo Tomas Hours: Surprising Discovery of a Treasure 731 Bernardino Nozaleda, O.P. Discurso Pronunciado En La Apertura Anual De Los Estudios De La Universidad De Manila El 2 De Junio De 1874 FOREWORD Belen Tangco, O.P. The Convenience in Varying Zoological Classification in that which Refers to Man 759 José Cueto, O.P. Discurso En La Apertura Anual De Los Estudios De La Universidad De Manila El 2 De Julio De 1875 FOREWORD Belen Tangco, O.P. The Nature and Importance of Teaching Profession In Itself and Its Special Mission in our Days 777 Cantius Kobak, O.F.M.† and Lucio Gutierrez, O.P. Alcina’s Historia de las Islas…(1668) [Part I, Book III, Chapter 20] Concerning the More Common and Widespread Vices and Emotional Tendencies of These People 791 Reviews & Notices 811 Dolan, Archbishop Timothy. Priests for the Third Millennium. The Year for Priests. Huntington, In: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2000. 334 pp. (FranKlin F. Beltran, O.P.) Lubich, Chiara. The Cry of Jesus Crucified and Forsaken. USA: New City Press, 2001. 138 pp. (Allan A. Basas) Bostock, David. Space, Time, Matter and Form. Essays on Aristotle’s Physics. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2006. 194 pp. (Norberto M. Castillo, O.P.) Gordon, Haim and Rivca Gordon. Heidegger on Truth and Myth: A Rejection of Postmodernism. New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc., 2006. 141 pp. (RICKY JOE NOBLE) De Botton, Alain.The Architecture of Happiness. New York: Vintage International, Random House, 2006. 280 pp. (Manuel F. ROUX, O.P.) Pilsner, Joseph. The Specification of Human Actions in St. Thomas Aquinas. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. 273 pp. (JOEL Sagut) Emery, Gilles, O.P. Trinity, Church, And The Human Person. Thomistic Essays. Florida: Sapientia Press of Ave Maria University, 2007. 303 pp. (Norberto M. Castillo, O.P.) Dauphinais, Michael, et. al. (ed.). Aquinas the Augustinian. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press. 2007. 291 pp. (Jacob Suico) Seikkula, Aura. On the Notion of Culture and Identity. A Study of Paul Ricoeur’s Narrative Identity. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co., 2008. 126 pp. (Herminio V. Dagohoy, O.P.) Radcliffe, Timothy. Why Go to Church? The Drama of the Eucharist. London: Continuum, 2008. 214 pp. (Rudolf STEVEN N. SEÑO, O.P.) Ruiz, Eleuterio Ramon. Los Pobres Tomarán Posesion de la Tierra: El Salmo 37 y su orientación escatológica. Spain: Editorial Verbo Divino, 2009. 467 pp. (ANGEL A. Aparicio, O.P.) The XIVth Dalai Lama. Becoming Enlightened, New York: Atria Books, 2009. 256 pp. (Nilo A. LardiZabal, O.P.) Fortea, José Antonio. Interview with an Exorcist: An Insider’s Look at the Devil, Demonic Possession, and the Path to Deliverance (Electronic Book Kindle Edition, 720KB). Westchester, PN: Ascension Press, 2010 (Paperback Edition, 2006). 129 pp. (Winston F. Cabading, O.P.) Levine, Sir Gilbert. The Pope’s Maestro. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publication. 2010. 405 pp. ISBN 978-0-470-49065-5. (JESUS M. MIRANDA, JR., O.P.) Helmholz, R. H. The Spirit of Classical Canon Law. Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2010. 514 pp. (Isaias Antonio D. Tiongco, O.P.) Index 831 Authors’ Biographies 838 Journal exchanges 843 The ‘Other Hand Of God,’ The Church, and Other Religious Traditions in the FABC’s Reflections Ruben Mendoza For the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC), the Holy Spirit appears to serve as a key in understanding and interpreting other religious traditions and how the Church is to relate with their followers.