What are the implications of Vatican II for the understanding
and concrete exercise of doctrinal teaching authority in the
Catholic Church?" "Teaching with Authority" faithfully represents
the teaching of Roman Catholicism on the Church's doctrinal
authority while highlighting areas where a gap remains between an
ecclesiological Vision of the Church informed by Vatican II and the
popular understanding and concrete exercise of that authority in
the life of the Church today.
Dr. Gaillardetz shows that Vatican II did not so much produce
one new ecclesiology as it recovered a number of ecclesiologies
from biblical and patristic sources. Using images like the people
of God, body of Christ, temple of the Holy Spirit, and pilgrim
Church, along with such concepts as mystery, communion, and
sacrament, the council breathed new life into reflection on the
nature and mission of the Church. Since Vatican II, much work has
been done by ecclesiologists to explore the new directions
suggested by the Council. This book contributes to that
post-conciliar project by developing a comprehensive theology of
doctrinal teaching authority consonant with the ecclesiological
Vision of Vatican II.
Theologians and graduate students of Roman Catholic ecclesiology
will benefit from the scholarship behind "Teaching with Authority."
And, because of its comprehensive yet non-technical treatment of
doctrinal authority in the Roman Catholic Church, it's also a
useful reference for al in pastoral ministry - ordained and
non-ordained.
"Teaching with Authority"'s structure reflects the traditional
three-fold distinction among the "subject" of doctrinal teaching,
the object of doctrinal teaching, and the "exercise" or act of
doctrinal teaching. However, the developments of the Second Vatican
Council remind us of the importance of a fourth category, the
reception of Church teaching by the whole people of God, which this
work addresses.
Chapters in Part One are: "The Renewal of Ecclesiology at the
Second Vatican Council," and "The Teaching Office of the Church."
Chapters in Part Two are: "What the Church Teaches: In Service of
the Word of God," and "What the Church Teaches: Gradations of
Church Doctrine." Chapters in Part Three are: "How the Church
Teaches: The Assistance of the Holy Spirit," "How the Church
Teaches: The Ordinary Magisterium," and "How the Church Teaches:
The Extraordinary Magisterium." Chapters in Part Four are:
"Receiving and Responding to the Word: Corporate Reception of
Church Teaching," and "Receiving and Responding to the Word:
Personal Reception of Church Teaching."
Each chapter includes a select bibliography of English language
resources aimed at then on-specialist. Dr. Gaillardetz concludes
with a brief reflection on the future of the Church's teaching
ministry.
"Richard R. Gaillardetz, PhD, is assistant professor of
systematic theology at the University of St. Thomas School of
Theology at St. Mary's Seminary in Houston, Texas. He is also the
author of "Witnesses to the Faith: Community, Infallibility and the
Ordinary Magisterium of Bishops "and has written articles for
"Church, Louvain Studies, Horizons, Diakonia, Worship, Eglise et
Theologie, "and "The Journal of Religious Ethics."
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