Creative Fidelity: Weighing and Interpreting Documents of the Magisterium - Couverture souple

Sullivan, Francis A.

 
9781592442089: Creative Fidelity: Weighing and Interpreting Documents of the Magisterium
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1592442080 ISBN 13 : 9781592442089
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Pub, 2003

Synopsis

An important part of the theologians' task is to make the church's dogmas meaningful to the faithful of their own time. The attitude with which a theologian should undertake this task of communicating a contemporary understanding of the faith is well described as one of creative fidelity. Two basic sources for Catholic theology are scripture and the documents of the Magisterium. Just as Catholic theologians must know how to distinguish among the various literary genres in the bible and how to interpret scriptural texts, they must also know how to determine the relative degree of authority exercised in the various documents issued by popes or councils and how to apply the principles of hermeneutics in interpreting them. This book offers guidelines that will help those interested in Catholic theology to make sound judgments about the authority and meaning of the documents in which the church has expressed its faith over the centuries. Making such judgments requires a knowledge of the correct level of response these documents call for from the faithful and the ability to offer to today's faithful a contemporary understanding of their faith. The task of the interpreter is one of creative fidelity, requiring a delicate balance between being faithful to the original meaning of the text and creative in finding the concepts and terms that make it meaningful today.

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À propos de l'auteur

Rev. Francis A. Sullivan, S.J. taught ecclesiology at the Gregorian University in Rome for 35 years until 1993. Since then he has taught in the Theology Department at Boston College. His other books include 'Creative Fidelity', 'Charisms and Charismatic Renewal', 'The Church We Believe In' (Paulist Press), and 'From Apostles to Bishops' (Paulist Press).

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Éditeur
Wipf & Stock Pub
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1592442080
ISBN 13 
9781592442089
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
218
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780809136445: Creative Fidelity: Weighing and Interpreting Documents of the Magisterium

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0809136449 ISBN 13 :  9780809136445
Editeur : Paulist Press International,U.S., 1996
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