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The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project

This Rock Volume 18, Number 4   April 2007     Reasons for Hope By Cherie Peacock   Letters   The Great Divorce: The Evil Fruits of Henry VIII’s Divorce By Christopher Check   Quick Lesson in Canon Law   Further Reading   Lady Anne Boleyn   Repugnant to the Laws of God   "Enslaved by Your Passion for a Girl"   A Philosopher with Heart By Dietrich von Hildebrand   Dietrich von Hildebrand, 1889-1977   The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project   Should We be Indifferent to Everything but God? By Alice von Hildebrand   Noble and Ignoble Feelings   The Holy Madness of Love   Seven Principles of Cathoilc Social Teaching By Christopher Kaczor   Rich in Poverty   For Further Reading   What You Do for Them You Do for Him   Damascus Road The Other Side of the Mirror By Scott McDermott   By the Book Not by Scripture Alone By Jim Blackburn   Truth be Told They Sang All the Way to the Guillotine By Matthew E. Bunson   Classic Apologetics The Supernatural Kinship of Catholics By Rev. Paul van Kuykendall Thomson   Quick Questions   Last Writes By Karl Keating    Preview (pdf; 3MB)    Subscribe    Permissions

The Dietrich von Hildebrand Legacy Project was founded to engage contemporary thought and culture by promoting the thought and spirit of Dietrich von Hildebrand, especially in the English-speaking world.

Both Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI have called for the renewal Christian philosophy, and the writings of Dietrich von Hildebrand are a remarkable anticipation of these calls. The popes have laid such emphasis on the renewal of Christian philosophy because any real and lasting evangelization can only succeed if it seeks not only to convert but also to convince. The Legacy Project is thus engaged in evangelization by way of philosophical renewal.

Pope Benedict is a special admirer of von Hildebrand and a close friend of the Legacy Project. Prior to his elevation to the papacy, he joined the Legacy Project as an Honorary Member; yet even as pope, his support has been concrete and vital. Pope Benedict recently gave a striking assessment of von Hildebrand’s significance for the Catholic cause:

I am personally convinced that, when, at some time in the future, the intellectual history of the Catholic Church in the twentieth century is written, the name of Dietrich von Hildebrand will be most prominent among the figures of our time.