International theological Commission Report

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Has anyone had a chance to read this yet?
vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_20111129_teologia-oggi_en.html

I would love for some of our more gifted Theology buffs to give an opinion. I have read it, but i would not make a pimple on a theologians backside.🙂

“1. The years following the Second Vatican Council have been extremely productive for Catholic theology. There have been new theological voices, especially those of laymen and women; theologies from new cultural contexts, particularly Latin America, Africa and Asia; new themes for reflection, such as peace, justice, liberation, ecology and bioethics; deeper treatments of former themes, thanks to renewal in biblical, liturgical, patristic and medieval studies; and new venues for reflection, such as ecumenical, inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. These are fundamentally positive developments.”
 
More like poison theology that has infected the Church. As a theology major at a Jesuit university I am disgusted by some of the stuff we have to read.
 
What is the role of such reports from the Vatican?

What are they to mean to laity?
 
archangel04 said:
More like poison theology that has infected the Church. As a theology major at a Jesuit university I am disgusted by some of the stuff we have to read.
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If it wasn’t for Vatican II, you probably would not be a theology major unless you were studying for the priesthood.
 
archangel04 said:
More like poison theology that has infected the Church. As a theology major at a Jesuit university I am disgusted by some of the stuff we have to read.
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In that case, its probably a good thing that my eyesights not 100%; and the lousy “contrast” prevents me from reading any of it.🤷
 
Lol yes, a focus on liberation theology and ecology are exactly what the Church needs now. What garbage.

Pope St Pius X, pray for us.
 
Joannm said:
If it wasn’t for Vatican II, you probably would not be a theology major unless you were studying for the priesthood.
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I am not against Vatican II at all, and frankly I don’t really care for a degree or my major, since my job pays for school I figure I take advantage and get a degree. What I am disappointed is how much of the filth “theology” Catholic theologians have accepted that completely contradict with Church Tradition and teachings from saints. Instead of using the freedom to study this so called theology in order to better defend Catholic teaching, many scholars have accepted it.
 
I see a lot of the references are to Verbum Domini, which I haven’t read, but I’m halfway through Covenant and Communion, the book by Scott Hahn about the theology of our Pope. I love the way he approaches theology, it is addressing so much I had struggled through as an agnostic exploring Christianity and is so grounded in the history of the Church. This document certainly seems to agree with a lot of his thoughts, although I haven’t had time to do more than a skim read.
 
Dirt said:
Has anyone had a chance to read this yet?
vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/cti_documents/rc_cti_doc_20111129_teologia-oggi_en.html

I would love for some of our more gifted Theology buffs to give an opinion. I have read it, but i would not make a pimple on a theologians backside.🙂

“1. The years following the Second Vatican Council have been extremely productive for Catholic theology. There have been new theological voices, especially those of laymen and women; theologies from new cultural contexts, particularly Latin America, Africa and Asia; new themes for reflection, such as peace, justice, liberation, ecology and bioethics; deeper treatments of former themes, thanks to renewal in biblical, liturgical, patristic and medieval studies; and new venues for reflection, such as ecumenical, inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue. These are fundamentally positive developments.”
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Well we could be diplomatic and say we agree, although - like modern theologians - we could redefine the terms. We can agree that; “The years following the Second Vatican Council have been extremely productive for Catholic theology” - but what type of Catholic theology is not made clear. Liberal Catholic theology? Who knows. Also, we can all agree that there have been “new theological voices” - defening at times. We agree that they certainly do speak of; “peace, justice, liberation, ecology and bioethics”- from what stance is not made clear and we do hear "new venues for reflection, such as ecumenical, inter-religious and inter-cultural dialogue". The "These are fundamentally positive developments" part is a subjective statement. That is about as much of an agreement that diplomacy will allow me right now.
 
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