Il 75º anniversario del Pontificio Istituto Orientale. Atti delle celebrazioni giubilari, 15-17 ottobre 1992 ed. by Robert E. Taft, S.J. and James Lee Dugan, S.J. (review)

BOOK REVIEWS 479 submission to Rome, and uniformity in doctrine were expected of all missionaries —this permeates all decisions and communications. The third part of the book addresses the missionary strategy of Leo XIII as expressed by him and the Congregation. The centralization and "papal-ization" of missionary activity was pursued even though there were many obstacles along the way. The author treats well and in detail the struggles Rome had with Portugal over the Padroado in Asia and Africa, with the European Powers following the Berlin Conference on Africa in 1885, with France over the Religious Protectorate in China, and with Italy over the protection of missionaries in China and Africa. The author suggests that Leo's preferred interest was union with the Eastern Churches,but Leo also was concerned that missionary expansion should fit into his global plan for the Church. While centralization developed greatly during this period, there were two checks on its development: Rome could not persuade France to give up its religious protectorate in China and thus had to abandon its plan for an apostolic delegation; and Rome could not persuade the Society for the Propagation of the Faith to move its offices from Lyons to Rome and to entrust the distribution of funds to the Propaganda. These were minor setbacks when compared with the major accomplishments in this area. The author argues his thesis well. He uses primary sources in Roman archives, some of which were made available to a scholar for the first time, and he shows himself thoroughly familiar with the collections and printed works referring to this topic. At times he seems to describe the activity of the Propaganda in an anachronistic way, using contemporary experience to judge the motives and actions of that day. But this is a minor criticism of a truly great work which contains so much new material. The book is enriched with graphs, tables, appendices, indices of persons and material, and an excellent bibliography (which, unfortunately, is limited for the most part to Italian and French works). It is truly an encyclopedic work. Lawrence Nemer Yarra Theological Union, Melbourne Il 75" anniversario del Pontificio Istituto Orientale. AUi délie celebrazioni giubilari, 15-17 ottobre 1992. Edited by Robert E. Taft, SJ., andJames Lee Dugan, SJ. [Orientalia Christiana Analecta, 244.] (Rome: Pontificio Istituto Orientale. 1994. Pp. 320. Paperback.) The Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome began the celebration of the seventy -fifth anniversary of its founding with a solemn convocation on October 15-17, 1992, which opened the academic year, and it would be concluded in June, 1993, with an international scientific congress. This volume contains the proceedings of the first gathering,the solemn convocation. It is centered on the Institute itself, its origins and history, its accomplishments, and its future prospects. The Institute is here looked at, not only as a scholarly establishment, but also as a religious one in the service of the Church,both East andWest. The 480 BOOK REVIEWS volume first presents several congratulatory discourses by ecclesiastical dignitaries , followed by the citations for the conferral of five honorary degrees, the first, I believe, in the history ofthe Institute. Most of the book consists of the papers delivered at the convocation, in Italian, French, German, and English. The first "Joseph Lecture" was delivered by the late André de Halleux, O.F.M., the noted Syrian patrologist from Louvain, in the form of what he called a theological autobiography. ThreeJesuit professors at the Institute,Vincenzo Poggijohn Long, and Edward Farrugia, gave papers on the early history of the Institute, its role in the ecumenical movement, and its contributions to dogmatic theology. Gabriele Winkler spoke on its achievements in the study of eastern liturgies; Gervais Dumeige, S.J., spoke on its contributions to the study of spirituality, and Carmelo Capizzi, SJ., on the study of the history of the Christian East, and Msgr. Joseph Prader addressed its impact on the study of eastern canon law. An account of his fifty years of scholarly service for the Eastern and the Western Churches by Wilhelm de Vries, SJ., who was not present at the convocation, is also included. The second "Joseph Lecture" was delivered by the German theologian , Hans...