Readings in Church Authority: Gifts and Challenges for Contemporary Catholicism

by Wilson,Kenneth; Mannion,Gerard

• ISBN13: 9780754605300
• ISBN10: 0754605302
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The issues of Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church permeate each and every aspect of the Church's identity, teaching, influence, organisation, moral values and pastoral provision. There has been a continuous and lively stream of dialogue and disagreement on authority and governance in relation to the place of the Church in our age and the new Millennium.This comprehensive Reader uniquely gathers together in one volume key writings and documents from the wealth of published literature that has emerged on the issues of authority and governance in the Roman Catholic Church. With guided introductions to each section and to each reading, and end of chapter annotated further reading lists, this Reader offers a balanced range of perspectives, themes, international writings, ecumenical dimensions, and formal church documents and Papal pronouncements on core areas of contemporary study and debate.Focusing on the modern/post-modern period in the Roman Catholic Church, but grounded in the historical contexts, Readings in Church Authority presents an accessible source book and introduction for all those exploring current debates and studying central themes in church authority.

Author Biography

Gerard Mannion is Lecturer in Systematic Theology, Ecclesiology and Ethics at Trinity and All Saints University College, Leeds. He previously taught Philosophy, Doctrine and Ethics at Westminster College, Oxford and was a member of the Queen's Foundation Working Party on Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church Richard Gaillardetz holds the Murray/Bacik Chair of Catholic Studies at the University of Toledo. He was previously Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of St Thomas in Houston, Texas. In 2000, he was the recipient of the Sophia Award for his outstanding contributions to the life of the church Jan Kerkhofs is a Jesuit and Emeritus Professor of Pastoral Theology in the Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium. He was co-chair, and the inspiration behind the European Values Study and founded 'Pro Mundi Vita' Kenneth Wilson was, until his recent retirement, Director of Research of the Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education in Birmingham. He was formerly a lecturer at Wesley College, Bristol, Principal of Westminster College, Oxford and a member of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Oxford. He was also a member of the Queen's Foundation Working Party on Authority and Governance in the Roman Catholic Church

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	ix
List of Abbreviations	xv
The Editors	xvi
Volume Format and Advice to Readers	xvii
Introduction: Gifts and Challenges for the Roman Catholic Church Today	1	(12)
Gerard Mannion
PART 1: ECCLESIOLOGY -- ENVISAGING THE CHURCH	13	(78)
Gerard Mannion
Mystici Corporis Christi -- 1943	17	(6)
Ecclesiam Suam -- 1964	23	(7)
Lumen Gentium -- 1964	30	(9)
Communionis notio -- 1992	39	(7)
Yves Congar: Power and Poverty in the Church -- 1963	46	(4)
Hans Urs von Balthasar: Who is the Church? -- 1961	50	(6)
Leonardo Boff: The Reinvention of the Church -- 1977	56	(9)
Avery Dulles: The Use of Models in Ecclesiology -- 1988	65	(7)
Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza: The Ekklesia of Women -- 1993	72	(6)
Alvaro Quiroz Magana: Ecclesiology in the Theology of Liberation -- 1996	78	(13)
Questions for Discussion	87	(1)
Further Reading	88	(3)
PART 2: THE MAGISTERIUM -- THE CHURCH AND ITS TEACHING	91	(58)
Kenneth Wilson
Doctrinal Definition, 7th General Council, 2nd Council of Nicaea -- 787	93	(1)
First Decree, Council of Trent -- 1546	94	(1)
Dei Filius -- 1870	95	(2)
Dei Verbum -- 1965	97	(1)
Ad Gentes Divinitus -- 1965	98	(2)
Gaudium et Spes -- 1965	100	(2)
Obedience to the Ordinary Magisterium -- 1967	102	(4)
Giovanni Colombo
Weighing and Interpreting the Documents of the Magisterium: What is it? Why do it? -- 1996	106	(6)
Francis A. Sullivan
The `Definitive' Discourse of the Magisterium: Why be Afraid of a Creative Reception? -- 1999	112	(7)
Christof Theobald
The Tension between Authority and Freedom -- 1966	119	(7)
John L. McKenzie
A Brief History of the Forms of the Magisterium and its Relation with Scholars -- 1982	126	(5)
Yves Congar
The Teaching Office of the Church in the Present Day Crisis of Authority -- 1969	131	(6)
Karl Rahner
Natural Law and Magisterium: Critical and Constructive Reflections -- 1995	137	(12)
John Boyle
Questions for Discussion	146	(1)
Further Reading	147	(2)
PART 3: SYNODALITY AND COLLEGIALITY -- THE DYNAMICS OF AUTHORITY	149	(70)
Jan Kerkhofs
Vehementer Nos -- 1906	151	(1)
Pius X
Community Co-operation in the New Testament -- 1972	152	(3)
Rudolf Schnackenburg
Vatican II and the Collegiality of Bishops -- 1994	155	(3)
Herwi Rikhof
The Pastoral Implications of Episcopal Collegiality -- 1965	158	(8)
Joseph Ratzinger
Collegiality: An Essay toward better Understanding -- 1985	166	(6)
Charles M. Murphy
Coresponsibility in the Church -- 1968	172	(6)
Leon-Jozef Suenens
Synods of Bishops: Neither `concilium' nor `synodos' -- 1990	178	(7)
Ludwig Kaufmann
On the Dogmatic Justification for a Process of Democratization in the Church -- 1971	185	(9)
Karl Lehmann
Ecclesiology and Democracy: Convergences and Divergences -- 1992	194	(7)
Giuseppe Alberigo
Apostolos suos -- 1998	201	(6)
Subsidiarity -- 1986	207	(3)
Peter Huizing
The `College of Patriarchs' -- 1965	210	(9)
Wilhelm de Vries
Questions for Discussion	216	(1)
Further Reading	217	(2)
PART 4: THE PAPACY -- SUPREME AUTHORITY?	219	(72)
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Pastor Aeternus -- 1870	221	(2)
Declaration of the German Episcopate -- 1875	223	(1)
Lumen Gentium -- 1964	224	(2)
Ut Unum Sint -- 1995	226	(3)
On the Relationship between the Pope and the College of Bishops -- 1977	229	(7)
Karl Rahner
The Servant of Communion -- 1987	236	(7)
Jean-Marie R. Tillard
The Pope as Patriarch of the West -- 1991	243	(5)
Yves Congar
The Possibility of Limitation -- 1987	248	(8)
Patrick Granfield
Papacy in Communion: Perspectives on Vatican II -- 1998	256	(8)
Hermann J. Pottmeyer
The Exercise of the Primacy -- Facing the Cost of Christian Unity -- 1996	264	(10)
John R. Quinn
The Papacy for a Global Church -- 2000	274	(6)
Avery Dulles
The Papacy for an Ecumenical Age -- A Response to Avery Dulles -- 2000	280	(11)
Ladislas Orsy
Questions for Discussion	288	(1)
Further Reading	289	(2)
PART 5: THE SENSUS FIDELIUM AND RECEPTION OF TEACHING	291	(70)
Jan Kerkhofs
On Consulting the Faithful in Matters of Doctrine -- 1871	293	(2)
John Henry Cardinal Newman
Familiaris Consortio -- Apostolic Exhortation on the Family -- 1981	295	(2)
An Active Role for the People of God in Defining the Church's Faith -- 1985	297	(7)
Christian Duquoc
What the Church Officially Teaches and What the People Actually Believe -- 1981	304	(7)
Karl Rahner
Towards a Catholic Synthesis -- 1981	311	(6)
Yves Congar
Reception as an Ecclesiological Reality -- 1972	317	(9)
Yves Congar
Reception and Submission -- 1991	326	(14)
Hermann Pottmeyer
Reception Past and Present -- 1986	340	(9)
Thomas P. Rausch
Participation and the Nature of the Church -- 1988	349	(12)
Ladislas Orsy
Questions for Discussion	358	(1)
Further Reading	359	(2)
PART 6: THE ROLE OF THE THEOLOGIAN -- SAINTS AND SCHOLARS	361	(82)
Gerard Mannion
Pascendi Dominici Gregis -- 1907	367	(6)
Humani Generis -- 1950	373	(6)
Donum Veritatis -- Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian -- 1990	379	(9)
Magisterium Exercises Authority in Christ's Name -- 1995	388	(3)
John Paul II
The Place of Theology -- 1960	391	(7)
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Who is a Catholic Theologian? -- 1980	398	(4)
Hans Kung
The Magisterium and the Role of Theologians in the Church -- 1983	402	(8)
Francis A. Sullivan
Emerging Theologies -- Faith Through Resistance -- 1993	410	(14)
Marc Reuver
The Church as Locus of Theology -- 1994	424	(7)
Roger Haight
A Theology for the Future -- 1995	431	(12)
Linda Hogan
Questions for Discussion	440	(1)
Further Reading	441	(2)
PART 7: DOCTRINE AND DEVELOPMENT -- THE DYNAMICS OF TRADITION AND TRUTH	443	(56)
Kenneth Wilson
Dei Verbum -- 1965	445	(6)
The Gospel and the Church -- 1902	451	(4)
Alfred Loisy
The Authority of the Church -- 1926	455	(6)
W.L. Knox
Considerations on the Development of Dogma -- 1957	461	(6)
Karl Rahner
The Development of Dogma -- 1961	467	(2)
Karl Rahner
Tradition and Traditions -- 1966	469	(6)
Yves Congar
Tradition and Memory -- 1980	475	(8)
Johann Baptist Metz
Consensus and Criticism -- 1986	483	(7)
Paul Avis
Catholicity at Length: Tradition and Development -- 1985	490	(9)
Avery Dulles
Questions for Discussion	496	(1)
Further Reading	497	(2)
PART 8: REFORM AND RENEWAL IN THE CHURCH	499	(56)
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Lumen Gentium -- 1964	501	(2)
Unitatis Redintegratio -- 1964	503	(1)
Gaudium et Spes -- 1965	504	(1)
The Permanent Necessity of Renewal in the Church -- 1961	505	(7)
Hans Kung
Renewal of the Spirit and Reform of the Institution -- 1972	512	(6)
Yves Congar
Reform, Historical Consciousness and Vatican II's Aggiornamento -- 1971	518	(8)
John W. O'Malley
`Ius Divinum' as an Ecumenical Problem -- 1977	526	(6)
Avery Dulles
The Power of the Institutional Church -- Can it be Converted? -- 1981	532	(8)
Leonardo Boff
The Ecclesiology of Women-Church: Ministry and Community -- 1985	540	(6)
Rosemary Radford Ruether
A Company in Constant Renewal -- 1990	546	(9)
Joseph Ratzinger
Questions for Discussion	552	(1)
Further Reading	553	(2)
Biographies	555	(12)
Index of Names	567