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 995724_BETL_253_vw.indd5724_BETL_253_vw.indd XIXI 55/11/12/11/12 111:491:49 XII TABLE OF CONTENTS 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 995724_BETL_253_vw.indd5724_BETL_253_vw.indd XIIXII 55/11/12/11/12 111:491:49 TABLE OF CONTENTS XIII 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 995724_BETL_253_vw.indd5724_BETL_253_vw.indd XIIIXIII 55/11/12/11/12 111:491:49.