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Entries Tagged as 'Vatican II'

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 […]

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Tags: Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology

Vatican II and Phenomenology

December 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Catholic Family News has just published an informative article in the form of a book review. The review, by Paul Zarowny, Ph.D., delves into the phenomenological method of the Council Fathers, as studied by the Passionist priest, Father John F Kobler (Vatican II, Theophany and the Phenomenon of Man: The Council’s Pastoral Servant Leader Theology […]

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Tags: Church History · Vatican II

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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Tags: Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology

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, […]

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Tags: Vatican II · 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 […]

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Tags: Sacred Scripture and Tradition: Sources of Revelation · Modernism · Vatican II · Magisterium · Ecclesiology