Theories of Doctrinal Development in the Catholic Church

ISBN-13: 9781009272001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023

Germany) Seewald Michael (University of Muenster

Opis

Bringing a longue durée perspective to the issue, this book traces different theories of doctrinal development from antiquity to the present day.

Recenzje

'Doesn't dogma smell of eternity? Especially in the Catholic Church, which, they say, is humankind's oldest religious institution? Michael Seewald, Catholic dogmatist at the University of Münster, has given this idealistic understanding of dogma a first-class funeral … Seewald has written a sparkling book, one that does nonetheless require an interest in the finer points of theology. It takes up the research carried out in academic theology over the last few decades - and goes beyond it.' Helmut Zander, Professor for the Comparative History of Religion, Université de Fribourg (Switzerland), Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Spis treści

1. Defining dogma and development; 2. The Bible: both product and yardstick of doctrinal development; 3. How the early Church reflected on doctrinal continuity and change; 4. Discussions in the Middle Ages on changes to the unchanging faith; Theories of doctrinal development in the nineteenth and early twentieth century; 6. The twentieth century: from anti-modernism to the Second Vatican Council; 7. Overview and outlook.