Born on this day in 1906, Ludwig Ott is the bad-boy of Scholastic Dogmatic theology of the past century. Putting together his magnum opus "Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma", this volume has been the GO TO book for Catholics who want to know where they stand concerning the Church's teaching in faith and morals.
For a taste of his dogma busting honey..peep this!
Although Christ is the Sole Mediator between God and Man (1 Tim. 2: 5) since He alone by His death on the Cross, fully reconciled mankind with God, this does not exclude a secondary mediatorship, subordinated to Christ (cf. Summa Theologica III 26, 1). "To unite man to God prefectively (perfective) appertains to Christ according to 2 Cor. 5: 19). Therefore Christ alone is the perfect mediator between God and man, inasmuch as He reconciled mankind with God by His death.... But there is nothing to prevent others in a certain way (secundum quid) from being called mediators between God and man, insofar as they, by preparing or serving (dispositive vel ministeraliter), cooperate in uniting men to God."
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