Yves Congar (1904–1995)

Yves Marie-Joseph Congar OP (13 April 1904 - 22 June 1995) was a French Dominican friar, priest, and theologian. Congar is widely recognised as one of the most important theologians of the twentieth-century and major influence on the theology of the documents of Vatican IL He drew from biblical, vis mere patristic and medieval sources to revitalise the discipline of contemporary theology. He was an early advocate of ecumenism and slo contributed to shaping the theological agenda of the twentieth-century liturgical movement. He was named a cardinal of the Catholic Church in 1994 by the then Pope John Paul II. vis mindre