The assignment: Write a three page paper responding to the following questions. How can the finite man Jesus be the fullness of divine revelation? How can the finite Roman Catholic Church transmit the fullness of divine revelation? Include reference to the way in which Dominus Iesus shows the interdependence of claims for the uniqueness of […]
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Jesus Christ and the Church: The Fullness of Divine Revelation
February 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: Christology · Ecclesiology
The Four Kinds of Magisterial Statement and the Various Responses Catholics Owe to Each
January 3rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
A much more in depth treatment of this subject is found in our “The Three Levels of Magisterial Teaching.” The discrepancy in numbering the levels (three vs. four) is explained by the fact that some theologians, apparently following Cardinal Avery Dulles (The Craft of Theology: from Symbol to System), have created a fourth category that […]
Tags: Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology
Father Brian Harrison on the Necessity of Explicit Faith for Salvation
December 20th, 2007 · No Comments
Father asks: “Can an ‘implicit faith in Christ’ be sufficient for salvation?” He answers “No.” And he does so in over thirty pages of serious scholarship, with copious references to Fathers, Doctors, approved theologians, and magisterial pronouncements.
Father Brian Harrison, O.S., M.A., S.T.D., is Professor Emeritus of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico […]
Tags: Fr. Leonard Feeney, St. Benedict Center, and Friends · Ecclesiology · Grace
Vatican II and the Levels of Magisterial Teaching
November 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment
This is another offering from the larger work from which I earlier excerpted “The Three Levels of Magisterial Teaching.” As I said concerning that entry, this is a work in progress, being a section of a larger study on the various levels of magisterial teaching, the assent due to each, and where Vatican II fits […]
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The Three Levels of Magisterial Teaching
November 10th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Introduction: This is a work in progress. It is a section of a larger work on the various levels of magisterial teaching, the assent due to each, and where Vatican II fits into these categories.
According to standards presently employed by the Holy See and codified in Canon Law, there are three kinds of magisterial statement, […]
Tags: Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology
Archbishop Ranjith’s address in the Netherlands: Some Encouraging News
October 19th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Archbishop Albert Malcolm Ranjith Patabendige Don is the Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
The full text of the Archbishop’s address, “Faith, Obedience, and Theology, Challenges to the Mission of the Church Today,” can be found here. I would like to point out some interesting highlights from this speech, […]
Tags: Magisterium · Ecclesiology
Vatican II: Some Clarity, Please
October 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Recently, I witnessed a very animated discussion between a Scripture scholar and a religion teacher. The subject of the disputation was Biblical inerrancy. The scholar is a highly intelligent man, but a liberal. (In fairness to him, I must say that he avoids the more ridiculous ideas of biblical scholars, such as the fantastic “Q […]
Tags: Sacred Scripture and Tradition: Sources of Revelation · Modernism · Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology
