Preservation of Type and the Continuity of Patristic Principles in the Legacies of Saint John Henry Newman and Henri de Lubac

Abstract

A few days ago, [I paid] a visit to Fr. de Lubac, with whom I was not acquainted and who welcomed me with charming courtesy into his small room on the fifth floor of a modern building in the Rue de Sèvres. Books lined the walls, but fewer than I would have expected. Slim, dressed in black, with fine features, eyes of a beautiful shade of blue and charmingly expressive, which radiate a subdued and peaceful strength. He told me how much he admired Newman.1