Thoughts on my personal favorite among all of Balthasar’s books, and the one that I often recommend to people who are approaching Balthasar for the first time,Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-88) is considered by many to be the greatest theologian of the twentieth century. However, my personal favorite among all of Balthasar’s books, and the one that I often recommend to people who are approaching Balthasar for the first time, is Heart of the World . “A Witness of Christ in the Church: Hans Urs von Balthasar,” in David L. Schindler (ed. ), Hans Urs von Balthasar: His Life and Work (San Francisco: Communio Books/Ignatius, 1991), 272-273.ii Aidan Nichols, O.P., Scattering the Seed (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 2006), vii. iii Aidan Nichols, O.P., Say It Is Pentecost (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America, 2001), 212.iv Hans Urs von Balthasar, The Glory of the Lord II: Studies in Theological Style: Clerical Styles (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1984), 13-14.v Erasmo Leiva, “Translator’s Note,” in Hans Urs von Balthasar, Heart of the World (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1979), 9.vi Hans Urs von Balthasar, Explorations in Theology I: The Word Made Flesh, (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1989), 206-208.vii Erasmo Leiva, “Translator’s Note,” Heart of the World, 8.viii Hans Urs von Balthasar, Heart of the World, 211-214.