Includes bibliographical references.

Doctrinal Value and Interpretation of Papal Teaching -- Remarks on the Authentic Teaching of the Magisterium of the Church -- Morality and Magisterium -- The Dispute Concerning the Teaching Office of the Church -- Open Questions in Dogma Considered by the Institutional Church as Definitively Answered -- The Ecclesiastical Magisterium and Theology -- Authority and the Christian Conscience -- The Magisterium -- Criteria for Dissent in the Church -- The Magisterium and Theology -- The Church's Magisterium in the Field of Morality -- Doctrinal Authority for a Pilgrim Church -- The Magisterium and the Field of Theology --The Magisterium vs. Theologians: Debunking Some Fictions --A Semantic History of the Term "Magisterium" -- A Brief History of the Forms of the Magisterium and Its Relations with Scholars -- The State of Moral Theology: A Critical Appraisal -- Pluralism in Catholic Moral Theology -- Academic Freedom: The Catholic University and Chatolic Theology -- The Collaboration of the Hierarchy and All Christians in Formulating Moral Norms -- The Natural Law and the Magisterium -- Reflections on the Literature