About John Thornhill

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• "Philosophical Assumptions, Implicit and Explicit, of Arnold J. Toynbee's Philosophy of History", The Thomist 25(1962)201-257 (Reprinted, with summary of other chapters etc, for submission to Angelicum, according to degree requirements - The original thesis was submitted under the title, The Philosophy of History of Arnold J. Toynbee (A. de Vos O.P. moderator)

• "Towards an Integral Theology", Theological Studies 24(1963) 20-29

• "Religious Liberty in the Civil Community", Manna, 1965, pp.20-29

• "The Pilgrim Church and Penitence for Christian Disunity", Clergy Review 50(1965)
  26-39 (Address at ecumenical meeting, Manly Graduate House, 11.5.64)

• "The Artist, the Priest, and the Christian Myth", ACR 43(1966) 105-114 (address to sacred art group)

• "The Mystery of Mary and the Church", HPR 67(1966) 31-40

• "The Absolute Value of the Human Person", Academician, July 1966, pp.1-3 (address at Newcastle University College)

• "The Priest in Secondary Education", ACR 43(1966) 16-23

• "Liturgy and Mission", Address given at Hobart Liturgical Conference, January 1967

• Articles contributed to New Catholic Encyclopedia (Washington, 1967): "Methodology (Theological)", "Loci theologici", "Christocentrism", "Anthropocentrism"

• "Church in Australia", Supplementary Volume 1st ed.

• "Church in Australia", 2nd ed.

• "The Emerging Apologetic", ACR  44(1967) 297-308

• "Contemporary Eucharistic Theology and Pope Paul's Encyclical", Compass 2(1968)
  15-19 (subsequently, protest at editorial  modifications published in Compass)

• "The Church of God and Its Place in the Broader World of Human History",
  ACR 48(1971) 211-225 (address to Newman Graduates Association)

• "The Eucharist, Sacrament of Christ's Once-for-all Sacrifice", ACR 51(1973) 54-64

• "The Christian Vision of John Bede Polding and Its Intimations of Concern for the Establishing of an Authentic Local Church", ACR 54(1977) 6-16

• "One and Catholic: Today's Insight into an Unchanging Truth", ACR 54(1977) 119-132

• "The Petrine Ministry within the Divinely Authored Communion of the Church",
  ACR 54(1977) 219-242

• "What Is Happening in the Catholic Church Today?  Towards a Framework of Understanding", in Reflections on a Survey: Australian Religious Personnel 1978
  (ed. Carmel Leavey) Parts, pp.17-29 (published by Major Superiors Secretariate)

• "Towards a Theology of the Good News", ACR , 56(1979) 235-246

• "The Call of the Gospel and the Crisis in Family Life Today", ACR 57(1980) 323-32 (address to Conference of Major Superiors, 13.2.80)

• "Faith in Contemporary Theology: A Rejoinder", ACR 57(1980) 69-72

• "Newman's Stature as a Theologian", in Shadows and Images: The Newman Centenary Symposium, (ed. B. J. Lawrence Cross) Melbourne (Polding, 1981) pp.19-41 (paper given, St John's College, Sydney University, 18.8.79)

• "Father Bill Weddell S.M.: The Man and the Priest", in Woodlawn's First Fifty Years, Lismore, 1981

• "The Sacraments and Personal Faith", (paper delivered to Aust. Episc. Conference,
  May 1981)

• "Christ and the Holy Spirit: A Neglected Theological Question", ACR 59(1982) (modified version of paper prepared for the International Theol. Comm., 1981 meeting)

• "Modern Catechetics: Trial and Error or Unprecedented Advance?" ACR 59(1982)
  160-179

• "Situating Today's Catechetics: A Theological Comment", Word in Life 30(1982) 116-22

• "Sinful Man before God: Elements of Biblical Theology", paper prepared for private circulation (27.6.82)

• "Situating the Sacrament of Reconciliation within the Total Christian Mystery" (address to Cath. Moral Theol. Assoc., 25.8.1982, giving rise to two articles)

• "Sinful Man before the Living God: Has Our Teaching Done Justice to the Message of the Scriptures?", ACR 60(1983) 252-73

• "Sinful Man before the Living God II: The Sacrament of Reconciliation Considered in a Perspective of Evangelisation", ACR 60(1983) 392-407

• Response to Cardinal Ratzinger's position concerning "de iure divino" of the sacrament of penance, prepared for use by Australian bishops at 1983 Synod

• "The Spirit in the life of God's People: Exploring a New Awareness", ACR 61(1984)
  385-95 (adaptation of paper prepared for Bishops" Committee and priests liaising with Charismatic Renewal, meeting M. McKillop College, Hunters Hill, 5.7.83)

• "Is Religion the Enemy of Faith?", Theol. Studies 45(1984) 254-74

• "The 1985 General Chapter as I Saw it", Provincial Newsletter Nov. 1985

• "The Church and the Churches" (Comment on ITC document 'Particular Churches and the Universal Church", The Tablet 23.11.85, pp.1242-1243 (editorial comment, p. 1223)

• "The Way to Renewal", One in Christ 22(1986) 220-27 (address to Anglican and Catholic clergy, Newcastle, 23.7.85)

• "The 'Refounding' of the S.M. through the Rediscovery of our Mission", sermon at Sesquicentenary Mass, 25.4.86, subsequently published in Forum Novum 2(1992)
  98-104

• "Honesty and Justice: The Christian Virtue We So Conveniently Neglect",
  ACR 58 (1986) 131-34

• "The Decision to Ordain Women and Its Implications within the Context of Ecclesial Communion", Clergy Review 62(1987) 57-65 (adaptation of paper prepared for ARCIC II, Aug. 1986)

• "Handing on the Faith: Some Catechetical Challenges", Word in Life 35(1987) 5-9

• "Authoritative Teaching in the Life of the Church", in Bioethics Update and the Role of Catholic Hospitals: Proceedings of 1987 Annual Conference on Bioethics (ed. N. Tonti-Filippini) pp.140-45, published by St Vincent's Bioethics Centre, Melbourne.

• "Christ's Prophetic anointing by the Spirit", Pacifica 1(1988) 68-84

• "Fundamentalism: An Important Contemporary Categorization", ACR 67(1990) 387-89

• "The Role of the Ordained Minister within the Christian Community", ACR 67(1990)
  187-206

• "The Eucharistic Gesture of Jesus: What Did It Mean to those who Shared His Table Fellowship?", ACR 68(1991) 398-305

• "Understanding and Teaching the Eucharist Today", Word in Life 38(1990) 9-14 (adaptation of previous )

• "Christianity Plain and Simple: What at the Non-negotiables of Faith?",
  Flame (CTU), n.17, 1991

• "Popular Religion and Post-conciliar Catholicism", ACR 69(1992) 3-13

• "Education for Ministerial Leadership in the Post-conciliar Church", ACR 70(1993)
  161-70

• "A Wholesome Agnosticism and Christianity's Coming Dialogue with the World Religions, Pacifica 6(1993) 265-77

• "Catholicism: Its Unique Genius", ACR 70(1993) 403-18

• "Veritatis splendor: The Church Speaks to a World in Transition", in "Veritatis splendor: An Information Evening", published by C.T.U., 27.10.93, pp.5-6

• "Veritatis splendor: The Church Addresses the Uncertainties of an Age of Change", ACR 71(1994) 134-144

• "'Catechism' or 'Compendium'?  Theological Observations on the Catechism of the Catholic Church", in An Introduction to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, published by C.T.U., 16.6.94 (also published in ACR 71(1994) 441-446)

• "The Gospel: The Ultimate Authority in the Life of the Church", a paper delivered at Consultation on Bilateral Dialogues, arranged by the Faith and Order Commission of the A.C.C., Canberra, 30.6.94 (published in ACR 72(1995) 131-142

• "Australia: Catholic Church in", 5000 words for New Catholic Encyclopedia, Supplementary volume n.19 (Washington 1995)

• "Australia: Church in", article for new edition of New Catholic Encyclopedia (Washington, 2001)

• "Veritatis splendor and the Foundations of  Christian Spirituality", Study Unit prepared for The Education Centre for Christian Spirituality, Randwick, 1994

• "Do We Need a More Adequate Theology of the Scriptures?", Pacifica 9(1996) 15-33

• "The Eschatological Vision of Jean-Claude Colin and Contemporary Theological Awareness", Forum novum vol 3 n.4, 1996, pp 686-702

• "Parable of the Officers on the Crowded Ship", ACR  74(1997) 99-100

• "Understanding the Church's Present Difficulties and the Reactions they Are Producing", ACR 76(1999) 3-14

• "Effective Pastoral Leadership: Forming Disciples of the Lord", 76(1999) 144-51

• "Celebrating the Paschal Mystery on the Lord's Day", 77(2000) 44-52

• "Will Our Marist Way Live on in Tomorrow's Church?", Forum Novum vol 5 n.3, (2000) pp,.251-261

• "Creative Fidelity in a Time of Transition", ACR 79(2002)3-17

• "Authentic and Vital Liturgy: A Key Factor in Church Renewal", ACR 80(2003)306-318

• "We Need a Sense of History: Reflections on Brisbane's Priests' Assembly
  (April, 2002), ACR 80(2003)58-61

• "The Psalms as Christian Prayers"  ACR 81(2004)272-

• "One Theologian's Personal Journey" Australian EJournal of Theology, August 2004, Issue 3

• "Historians Bring to Light the Achievement of Vatican II' ACR 82(2005)259-280

• "Vatican Council II: The First Council of Evangelisation", ch 4 in Issues for Church and Society in Australia (The Aquinas Academy Jubilee Lectures) Strathfield: St Paul's Publications, 2005.

• "Vatican Council II: Taking the Long View", in Online Catholics (Issue 81, 2005)
  www.onlinecatholics.com.au

• "Unravelling the Complexities of the 'Original Sin' Tradition" ACR 83(2006)25-37

• New Catholic Encyslopedia, Supplementary Volume 1st edition, art. 'Australia, Church in'

• New Catholic Encyclopedia, 2nd edition, art. 'Australia, Church in'