About the symbolic character of the Christian existence according to Ricoeur and Chauvet

Abstract

This article compares two approaches to Christian existence, one protestant philosophical represented by Paul Ricoeur, the other catholic sacramental theological represented by Louis-Marie Chauvet. Their complementarity is pointed out In the conclusion.

While Riroeur stresses a cultivation of an individual, Chauvet emphasizes the constitutive role of the church as a living body