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PublisherLiturgical Press
ISBN-100814687881
ISBN-139780814687888
eBay Product ID (ePID)14062628731
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Edition2
Book TitleBy What Authority? Revised and Expanded Edition : Foundations for Understanding Authority in the Church
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicChristian Theology / General, Christianity / Catholic, Christian Theology / Ecclesiology
Publication Year2018
FeaturesRevised
GenreReligion
AuthorRichard R. Gaillardetz
FormatTrade Paperback
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Item Weight12.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
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ReviewsOf special merit is the Disputed Questions feature that challenges us to wrestle with matters not yet firmly settled. These Disputed Questions invite readers and classroom students into the creative process of discernment, learning, and teaching that must involve all members of the church at every level and in every place.
Table Of ContentCONTENTS List of Abbreviations Preface to the Revised Edition PART ONE FUNDAMENTAL THEMES ONE What Is the Role of Power and Authority in the Church? TWO What Is Divine Revelation? PART TWO THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION THREE What Is the Canon of the Bible? FOUR What Is Biblical Inspiration and Inerrancy? FIVE What Is the Authority of Tradition? PART THREE THE AUTHORITY OF THE MAGISTERIUM SIX How Did the Magisterium Develop Historically? SEVEN How Do We Understand the Magisterium Today? EIGHT How Do the Pope and Bishops Exercise Their Teaching Authority? NINE What Is the Role of Dogma and Doctrine in the Church? PART FOUR THE AUTHORITY OF THE BELIEVING COMMUNITY TEN What Is the Sense of the Faithful? ELEVEN Is There a Place for Disagreement in the Church? TWELVE What Is the Proper Relationship between the Magisterium, Theologians, and the Sense of the Faithful? Epilogue Index
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisFew topics are as important, or as controversial, as the proper role and exercise of authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Inspired by Pope Francis's bold rereading and determined implementation of the teaching of Vatican II, Richard Gaillardetz has completely revised and expanded his book By What Authority? It offers a helpful introduction to the nature and forms of church authority and their relationship to authentic Christian belief and discipleship. Gaillardetz offers theologically clear and pastorally insightful considerations of: the character of divine revelation, the authority of Scripture and tradition the role of the pope and bishops in preserving the Christian faith the levels of church teaching authority, the central faith witness of all the baptized the possibility of disagreements with church teaching, and the proper relationship between theologians, the magisterium, and the whole people of God the authority of the believing community and the controversial questions that arise when there are conflicting interpretations of church teaching., Few topics are as important, or as controversial, as the proper role and exercise of authority in the Roman Catholic Church. Inspired by Pope Francis's bold rereading and determined implementation of the teaching of Vatican II, Richard Gaillardetz has completely revised and expanded his book By What Authority?
