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100			_9299027 _aSullivan, Francis A. _d1922-
245			_aMagisterium: _bteaching authority in the Catholic Church / _cFrancis A. Sullivan.
260			_bWipf and Stock _c2002 _aEugene
264			_bWipf and Stock _c2002
300			_a 234 pages _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
505			_aThe infallibility of the people of God --Magisterium --Biblical and historical basis for the teaching authority of bishops --The bearers of the pastoral teaching office --The infallibility of the magisterium in defining dogmas of faith --The infallibility of the ordinary universal magisterium and the limits of the object of infallibility -- The non-definitive exercise of papal and conciliar teaching authority--The magisterium and the role of theologians in the Church. _rPreviously published Paulist Press, 1983.
520			_aA striking series of events of the past two decades have tended to raise questions about the exercise of teaching authority in the Catholic Church. The Second Vatican Council, the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, the controversy over Hans Kung's book on infallibility and the subsequent declaration of Rome that he could no longer teach as a Catholic theologian, the colloquium to which Edward Schillebeeckx was summoned by the Vatican, the pastoral letter of the American bishops on the question of nuclear warfare-have all stimulated a lively discussion of the claims of the Catholic hierarchy to authoritative magisterium. With all the abundance of literature on the subject, a book was still needed that would offer an up-to-date, systematic presentation of Catholic thinking about the nature and function of this magisterium. This is what the present volume sets out to provide. It takes as its point of departure the belief which a great many Christians besides Catholics share, namely, that the Church of Christ is maintained in the truth of the Gospel by the Holy Spirit. It then examines the various ministries by which the Gospel has been handed on and interpreted for each generation of believers, looking especially to the role of the bishops, and among them, of the Bishop of Rome, in settling disputes about the faith. Questions concerning papal infallibility, the response called for by papal encyclicals, the critical role of Catholic theologians vis-a-vis the magisterium, are treated in the light of current theological literature, with the non-specialist reader in mind. --Back cover
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