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I am a Jesuit priest, 78, working in moral theology on an amateur basis.
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The Heythrop Journal, 2012
Irish Theological Quarterly, 1983
Irish Theological Quarterly, 2006
Theology has been traditionally defined as `faith seeking understanding,' the science taking ... more Theology has been traditionally defined as `faith seeking understanding,' the science taking the faith of the Church as its starting point. Lonergan, in Method, says that positive theology has no normative presuppositions. This article sets out to show that the faith of the Church is the presupposition of all theology.
Irish Theological Quarterly, 1985
not. Ireland chose fidelity. We enshrined the strictest possible interpretation of the matter in ... more not. Ireland chose fidelity. We enshrined the strictest possible interpretation of the matter in the constitutional prohibition of the dissolution of marriage, and left it at that. It seemed that the fully informed Catholic conscience demanded no less, and since the vast majority of the citizens of the Irish Republic are Catholic, no other solutibn seemed possible. Catholics know with the clear certainty of a sure faith that sacramental Christian marriage is absolutely indissoluble. They know, too, with faith-enlightened reason, that marriage is possessed of a natural indissolubility which admits of only one,exception, in favour of the faith, and the Church has consistently taught, against the growing practice over the last century, that the State has no power to dissolve any marriage whatever. And so the Irish constitution is being true to Catholic tradition when it decrees that &dquo;No law shall be enacted providing for the grant of a dissolution of marriage&dquo; (Article 41.3.2). One might conclude, then, that the lines of argument are clearly defined. Fidelity to Christ implies holding fast to a doctrine of marriage the modern world finds it increasingly difficult to understand or accept. The ban on divorce is just another one of those beautiful little jewels of truth we must
The Heythrop Journal, 2007
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
New Blackfriars, 2005
... 13 Sullivan, viii. 14 Sullivan, 14. The inadequacy of Sullivan's overly narrow definition... more ... 13 Sullivan, viii. 14 Sullivan, 14. The inadequacy of Sullivan's overly narrow definition of a bishop has been pointed out by Oswald Sobrino in “Was Peter the First Bishop of Rome?”New Blackfriars Vol. 84 No. 991 September 2003, 415–421. 15 See Sobrino, 418. 16 ...
The Heythrop Journal, 2012
Irish Theological Quarterly, 1983
Irish Theological Quarterly, 2006
Theology has been traditionally defined as `faith seeking understanding,' the science taking ... more Theology has been traditionally defined as `faith seeking understanding,' the science taking the faith of the Church as its starting point. Lonergan, in Method, says that positive theology has no normative presuppositions. This article sets out to show that the faith of the Church is the presupposition of all theology.
Irish Theological Quarterly, 1985
not. Ireland chose fidelity. We enshrined the strictest possible interpretation of the matter in ... more not. Ireland chose fidelity. We enshrined the strictest possible interpretation of the matter in the constitutional prohibition of the dissolution of marriage, and left it at that. It seemed that the fully informed Catholic conscience demanded no less, and since the vast majority of the citizens of the Irish Republic are Catholic, no other solutibn seemed possible. Catholics know with the clear certainty of a sure faith that sacramental Christian marriage is absolutely indissoluble. They know, too, with faith-enlightened reason, that marriage is possessed of a natural indissolubility which admits of only one,exception, in favour of the faith, and the Church has consistently taught, against the growing practice over the last century, that the State has no power to dissolve any marriage whatever. And so the Irish constitution is being true to Catholic tradition when it decrees that &dquo;No law shall be enacted providing for the grant of a dissolution of marriage&dquo; (Article 41.3.2). One might conclude, then, that the lines of argument are clearly defined. Fidelity to Christ implies holding fast to a doctrine of marriage the modern world finds it increasingly difficult to understand or accept. The ban on divorce is just another one of those beautiful little jewels of truth we must
The Heythrop Journal, 2007
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
The Heythrop Journal, 2009
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
The Heythrop Journal, 2010
New Blackfriars, 2005
... 13 Sullivan, viii. 14 Sullivan, 14. The inadequacy of Sullivan's overly narrow definition... more ... 13 Sullivan, viii. 14 Sullivan, 14. The inadequacy of Sullivan's overly narrow definition of a bishop has been pointed out by Oswald Sobrino in “Was Peter the First Bishop of Rome?”New Blackfriars Vol. 84 No. 991 September 2003, 415–421. 15 See Sobrino, 418. 16 ...