Rome Has Spoken . . . A Guide to Forgotten Papal Statements, and How They Have Changed Through the Centuries

by Fiedler, Maureen; Rabben, Linda

• ISBN13: 9780824517748
• ISBN10: 0824517741
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Crossroad

Summary

Will the Roman Catholic Church ever change its position on Women's ordination, contraception, clerical celibacy, or even infallibilty itself? Is change possible or are all teachings etched in stone? For the first time the documentation of these changes is compiled in a single volume. Expert commentators put the changing ideas into historical and theological contexts. This book is a fascinating reference for adult Catholics and for anyone interested in the history of religion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix	(2)
Inclusive Language	xi
Introduction	3	(8)
Maureen Fiedler, SL
1. INFALLIBILITY	11	(11)
Infallibility in Flux	18	(4)
Robert McClory
2. PRIMACY OF CONSCIENCE	22	(10)
Conscience and the Magisterium	26	(6)
Sheila Briggs
3. SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETATION	32	(14)
Biblical Reinterpretation	40	(6)
Alice L. Laffey, SSD
4. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM	46	(9)
Separating Church and State	50	(5)
Charles E. Curran
5. ECUMENISM	55	(11)
The Flowering of Ecumenism	60	(6)
George H. Tavard
6. THE JEWISH PEOPLE	66	(15)
St. Paul's Conundrum	74	(7)
Kenneth Stow
7. SLAVERY	81	(10)
Reflections on Slavery	86	(5)
Diana Hayes
8. DEMOCRACY IN THE CHURCH	91	(10)
The Church Isn't a Democracy, but Shouldn't It Be?	96	(5)
Rosemary R. Ruether
9. THEOLOGICAL DISSENT	101	(12)
From Heresy to Dissent	109	(4)
Richard A. McCormick, SJ
10. WOMEN IN THE CHURCH	113	(14)
Gender Equality: Theory and Practice	120	(7)
Maureen Fiedler, SL
11. MARRIED CLERGY	127	(9)
The Married Priesthood, on the Record	132	(4)
Anthony T. Padovano
12. SEXUAL INTIMACY AND PLEASURE	136	(13)
Sexuality: Profane or Sacred?	144	(5)
Christine Gudorf
13. CONTRACEPTION	149	(10)
The Shifting Ground of Contraception	152	(7)
Maggie Hume
14. DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE	159	(10)
The Sense of the Faithful	163	(6)
Charles N. Davis
15. COPERNICAN THEORY AND GALILEO	169	(9)
Copernicus, Galileo, and the Catholic Church, Then and Now	172	(6)
James Orgren
16. EVOLUTION	178	(8)
Evolution, in Nature and Catholic Thought	180	(6)
John F. Haught
17. WAR AND PEACE	186	(12)
The Peace of Christ and Just Violence	192	(6)
William H. Slavick
18. USURY	198	(10)
Once a Sin, Now Good Stewardship	202	(6)
Amata Miller, IHM
Afterword: The Case Is Never Closed	208	(5)
Linda Rabben
Citations	213	(12)
Bibliography	225	(10)
Editors and Contributors	235	(4)
Index	239