Shows how major Christian thinkers (Irenaeus, Origen, Luther, and others) pursued theological understanding and then reviews the directions given by Vatican Council II for working out a beneficial and well-grounded Christian theology.

Fr. Jared Wicks, SJ, taught systematic and fundamental theology for twelve years at the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago and then for twenty-five years at the Gregorian University in Rome. Fr. Wicks helped draft the landmark document of Lutheran-Catholic agreement, the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification, formally signed in 1999. He continues to study the theologians who contributed as expert consultants at Vatican Council II. Fr. Wicks earned his doctorate in Muumlet;nster, Germany. He is now writer-in-residence at John Carroll University, near Cleveland, Ohio.

Abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
God's Revelation	p. 2
Theology and Doctrines	p. 4
The Structure of This Book	p. 5
A Note on Theological Genre	p. 5
Theology in History and the Church	p. 7
Theology and Meaning	p. 7
Theology in Past Eras of Christianity	p. 8
Two Early Fathers: Irenaeus and Origin	p. 8
Theology at the Beginning of the Modern Age: Luther and Cano	p. 12
Theology in 1870 and 1950: Vatican I and Pope Pius XII	p. 17
Theology in the Light of the Second Vatican Council	p. 22
Doctrine Reformulated to Benefit Human Beings (John XXIII)	p. 22
New Light on Tradition, Scripture, and the Teaching Office (Magisterium)	p. 24
Doctrine in History	p. 27
The Hierarchy of Truths	p. 29
The Two Phases of Theological Method	p. 30
Listening and Explaining in Faith and Theology	p. 31
The Elements of a Complete Theological Method	p. 33
Doing Theology by Listening to the Biblical Word	p. 36
Theology and the Bible	p. 37
The Canonical Scriptures and Theology	p. 38
Canon and Canonicity	p. 39
The Christian Old Testament Canon	p. 41
The New Testament Canon	p. 44
Canon and Church	p. 46
The Inspired Word	p. 47
Inspiration as a Charism of Communication	p. 48
Inspiration and Patristic Interpretation	p. 49
Church Affirmations of Biblical Inspiration	p. 50
Interpreting the Bible	p. 54
The Retrieval of Original Textual Meanings	p. 55
Understanding the Bible's Further Meaning	p. 59
Reading Biblical Passages in the Whole Canon	p. 60
Reading Biblical Books in the Church	p. 62
From Meaning to Meaning	p. 64
Doing Theology in the Stream of Catholic Tradition	p. 67
From the Apostolic "Deposit" to Creeds and Dogma	p. 69
The Apostolic "Deposit,"	p. 70
The Rule of Faith	p. 71
The Early Creeds	p. 72
A Dogmatic Creed: Nicea, AD 325	p. 73
St. Thomas on "Articles of Faith"	p. 74
Tradition in the Fathers, the Liturgy, and the Saints	p. 76
Our "Fathers in the Faith"	p. 76
Liturgy as a Theological Source	p. 79
Holy Lives as a Theological Source	p. 80
Traditions in Theology-Theology in Tradition	p. 82
Trent's Reception of Unwritten Traditions	p. 83
Newman on Tradition's Coherence and Fecundity	p. 85
Vatican II on the Living Tradition	p. 87
Theology in the Tradition	p. 90
Doing Theology in the Light of Church Teaching	p. 92
The Teaching Office in the New Testament	p. 93
Apostles and Elders/Bishops as Teachers	p. 94
Paul's Mandate to the Elders of Ephesus (Acts 20)	p. 96
The Magisterium of the Church Seen from the New Testament	p. 97
The Teaching Office and Theology Interacting in History	p. 98
The Patristic Episcopal Magisterium	p. 99
The Early "Petrine" Magisterium	p. 100
Magisterium and Theology: Modern Developments	p. 102
With Vatican Council II, a New Relationship	p. 105
The Magisterium and Theology Today: Related but Different	p. 106
Two Situations and Manners of Service	p. 107
The Theologian and Magisterial Teaching	p. 110
Analysis of Church Teaching	p. 111
Constructive Theological Thinking and Church Teaching	p. 112
Doing Theology amidst Life	p. 117
Theology as Methodical Discipline and as Wisdom	p. 118
A Methodical Discipline of Perception	p. 118
Explanation in the Theological Disciplines	p. 120
The Theological Areas and Basic Topics	p. 121
Wisdom for Living	p. 123
Theology in the Communal Life of Faith	p. 125
Theology Enriched from the Ecclesial Community	p. 126
Theology Contributing to the Church Community	p. 128
Theology in the Personal Life of Faith	p. 132
Theology Enriched by Personal Experience	p. 133
Theology Speaks to Personal Experience	p. 135
A Closing Word	p. 138
Pope John XXIII, Opening Address of the Second Vatican Council (October 11, 1962)	p. 141
Pope Paul VI, Opening of the Second Period of Vatican Council II (September 29, 1963)	p. 152
Pope Paul VI, Address at the Last Meeting of Vatican Council II (December 7, 1965)	p. 163
Catholic Doctrine on Revelation and Faith: The Conciliar Texts	p. 172
Jared Wicks, SJ, Theologians at Vatican Council II	p. 187
Pope Benedict XVI, Interpreting Vatican Council II (December 22, 2005)	p. 224
The Subject Areas of Catholic Theology	p. 234
The Levels of Teaching by the Catholic Magisterium	p. 237
Notes	p. 241
Recommended Further Reading	p. 277
Index	p. 281
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