The crisis of authority in Catholic modernity /
One deep problem facing the Catholic church is the question of how its teaching authority is understood today. It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within the first-world churc...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | One deep problem facing the Catholic church is the question of how its teaching authority is understood today. It is fairly clear that, while Rome continues to teach as if its authority were unchanged from the days before Vatican II (1962-65), the majority of Catholics - within the first-world church, at least - take a far more independent line, and increasingly understand themselves (rather than the church) as the final arbiters of decision-making, especially on ethical questions. This collection of essays explores the historical background and present ecclesial situation, explaining the dram. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 381 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199857562 0199857563 9780190258306 0190258306 9780199877799 0199877793 9780190207977 0190207973 9781283168434 128316843X |