Aidan Nichols

Author of The Shape of Catholic Theology: An Introduction to Its Sources, Principles, and History

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About the Author

Aidan Nichols, OP is a member of the Dominican community at Blackfriars, Cambridge, and the author of numerous books on Eastern and Western theology and Church history.

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Series

Routledge Studies in Theology, Imagination and the Arts

Works by Aidan Nichols

The Thought of Pope Benedict XVI: An Introduction to the Theology of Joseph Ratzinger (2005) 141 copies

Looking at the Liturgy: A Critical View of Its Contemporary Form (1996) 127 copies

Discovering Aquinas: An Introduction to His Life, Work, and Influence (2002) 123 copies

Rome and the Eastern Churches (1992) 115 copies

Lovely, Like Jerusalem: The Fulfillment of the Old Testament in Christ and the Church (2007) 98 copies

Christendom Awake: On Re-Energizing the Church in Culture (1999) 87 copies, 1 review

The Word Has Been Abroad: A Guide Through Balthasar's Aesthetics (1998) 72 copies

Holy Order: The Apostolic Ministry from the New Testament to the Second Vatican Council (Oscott Series, 5) (1990) 72 copies

The Holy Eucharist: From the New Testament to Pope John Paul II (The Oscott Series, No. 6) (1989) 65 copies

A Key to Balthasar: Hans Urs von Balthasar on Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (2011) 62 copies

No Bloodless Myth: A Guide Through Balthasar's Dramatics (1999) 60 copies

Say it is Pentecost : a guide through Balthasar's logic (2001) 47 copies

There Is No Rose: The Mariology of the Catholic Church (2015) 45 copies, 1 review

The Panther and the Hind: A Theological History of Anglicanism (1993) 43 copies

The art of God incarnate : theology and image in Christian tradition (1980) 40 copies

Figuring out the Church: Her Marks, and Her Masters (2013) 39 copies

Epiphany: A Theological Introduction to Catholicism (1996) 36 copies

Chalice of God: A Systematic Theology in Outline (2012) — Author — 35 copies, 1 review

Redeeming beauty : soundings in sacral aesthetics (2007) 35 copies

The Service of Glory: The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Worship, Ethics, Spirituality (1997) 34 copies

G.K. Chesterton, Theologian (2009) 34 copies

Divine Fruitfulness: A Guide to Balthasar's Theology Beyond the Trilogy (Introduction to Hans Urs Von Balthasar) (2007) 32 copies

Yves Congar (1989) 32 copies, 1 review

Light from the East: Authors and Themes in Orthodox Theology (Stagbooks) (1990) 31 copies, 1 review

The Council in Question: A Dialogue with Catholic Traditionalism (2011) 28 copies, 2 reviews

A Pope and a Council on the Sacred Liturgy: Pope Pius Xii's Mediator Dei and the Second Vatican Council's Sacrosanctum… (2002) 27 copies

The Realm: An Unfashionable Essay on the Conversion of England (2008) 27 copies

Balthasar for Thomists (2020) 26 copies

Catholic Thought Since the Enlightenment: A Survey (1998) 25 copies

The theology of Joseph Ratzinger : an introductory study (1988) 24 copies

The Splendour of Doctrine: The Catechism of the Catholic Church on Christian Believing (1995) 23 copies

Byzantine gospel : Maximus the Confessor in modern scholarship (1993) 23 copies

Scattering the Seed: A Guide Through Balthasar's Early Writings on Philosophy And the Arts (2006) 22 copies

The Conversation of Faith and Reason: Modern Catholic Thought from Hermes to Benedict XVI (2011) 22 copies

A Spirituality for the Twenty First Century (2003) 21 copies

Reason with Piety, Garrigou-Lagrange in the Service of Catholic Thought (2008) 20 copies

Scribe of the Kingdom: Essays on Theology and Culture (1994) 20 copies

From Newman to Congar : the idea of doctrinal development from the Victorians to the Second Vatican Council (1990) 19 copies

Romance and System: The Theological Synthesis of Matthias Joseph Scheeben (2010) 19 copies

Conciliar Octet: A Concise Commentary on the Eight Key Texts of the Second Vatican Council (2019) 17 copies

The Singing Masters (2023) 15 copies

A Grammar of Consent: The Existence of God in Christian Tradition (1991) 15 copies

Hopkins: Theologian's Poet (2009) 15 copies

The Theologian's Enterprise: A Very Short Introduction (2020) 14 copies

Sigrid Undset: Reader of Hearts (2022) 13 copies

Beyond the Blue Glass: Catholic Essays on Faith and Culture (2002) 13 copies

Latin Clerk: The Life, Work and Travels of Adrian Fortescue (2011) 13 copies

Abortion and Martyrdom: The Papers of the Solesmes Consultation and an Appeal to the Catholic Church (2002) — Editor — 12 copies

Dominican gallery : portrait of a culture (1997) 12 copies

Chesterton & the modernist crisis (1989) 11 copies

From Hermes to Benedict XVI (2009) 11 copies

Theology in the Russian Diaspora: Church, Fathers, Eucharist in Nikolai Afanas'ev (1893-1966) (1990) 11 copies

Criticising the Critics (2010) 10 copies

Wisdom from Above (2005) 9 copies

Scribe of the Kingdom, Volume 2 (1994) 8 copies

Lost in Wonder (2011) 7 copies

All Great Art is Praise: Art and Religion in John Ruskin (2016) 7 copies

Year of the Lord's Favour. a Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy. Volume 2: The Temporal Cycle: Advent and Christmastide,… (2012) 7 copies

Come to the father : an invitation to share the faith of the Catholic Church (2000) 6 copies

Catholics of the Anglican Patrimony : The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham (2013) 6 copies

What is the Religious Life?: From the Gospels to Aquinas (2015) 5 copies

Mystical Theologian: The Work of Vladimir Lossky (2017) 5 copies

Engaging Theologians (Marquette Studies in Theology) (2013) 5 copies

Lessons in a Rose Garden (2012) 4 copies

Apologia (2023) 3 copies

Year of the Lord's Favour. a Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy. Volume 4: The Temporal Cycle: Weekdays Through the Year (2012) 3 copies

Deep mysteries : God, Christ and ourselves (2018) 3 copies

The Poet as Believer: A Theological Study of Paul Claudel (2011) 3 copies

Year of the Lord's Favour. a Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy. Volume 3: The Temporal Cycle: Sundays Through the Year (2012) 3 copies

Beyond the Blue Glass, vol II (2002) 2 copies

The Word Invites: A Spiritual Theology (2019) 2 copies

In Search of the Sacred Image (2019) 2 copies

Year of the Lord's Favour. a Homiliary for the Roman Liturgy. Volume 1: The Sanctoral Cycle (2012) 2 copies

Holy Images (1987) 1 copy

Joseph Ratzinger (1-4-1) 1 copy

The Latin clerk : the life, work, and travels of Adrian Fortescue 1 copy

Holy Eucharist, The 1 copy

Artist and Monk: Dom Theodore Baily (2014) 1 copy

The Sophiology Man. The Work of Vladimir Solov'ëv (2020) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Cambridge Companion to Hans Urs von Balthasar (2004) — Contributor — 97 copies

Aquinas on Doctrine: A Critical Introduction (2004) — Contributor — 28 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Nichols, Aidan
Legal name: Nichols, John Christopher Aidan
Birthdate: 1948-09-17
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Education: Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum ∙ STL)
University of Edinburgh (PhD)
University of Oxford (BA, MA)
Occupations: Catholic Priest
Dominican Friar
lecturer
Organizations: Order of Preachers
University of Oxford

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Reviews

The Council In Question by Aidan Nichols O.P.

Oddly Aidan rather good arguments here were not enough for him to end up being a papal accuser of Heresy latter on in life. Hopefully he repents.

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SafetySam | 1 other review | Dec 17, 2023 |

Chalice of God A Systematic Theology in Outline

life's theological reflection

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SrMaryLea | Aug 23, 2023 |

The Shape of Catholic Theology: An Introduction to… by Aidan Nichols OP

theological introduction

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SrMaryLea | Aug 22, 2023 |

There Is No Rose: The Mariology of the Catholic Church by Aidan Nichols

This study contributes to the revival of a more full-blooded Marian teaching and attempts to take the path set by ressourcement theology in recovering the robust voice of witness to Mary. Aidan Nichols, OP, works through the biblical, patristic, and medieval sources and introduces readers to the robust scriptural and theological bases for the Church’s celebration of Mary. He argues for the crucial relevance of Mary in the theological articulation of the gospel, the celebration and practice of the liturgy, and the sacramental life of the Church.… (more)

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