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Jun 5, 2012 · Summary. INTRODUCTION. One of the persistent threads running through this book is the tension which may erupt between Catholicism's past and its present. It is always a challenge to rise up to the challenges of the legitimate need for reform while attempting to balance that need against the task of fidelity to the past.
- Introduction
- The Nature-Grace Interdependence
- The Christ-Church Interconnection
- Commonalities
- Divergences
- Conclusion
The Christian religion and the theology associated with it encompass three major branches: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, and Protestantism. This article addresses the first of these traditions, with a focus on Roman Catholic theology in relationship to Protestant theology. When people consider the Roman Catholic Church, they tend to think o...
By way of definition, nature is whatever has been created: planets, angels, mountains, trees, birds, fish, animals, human beings, water, oil, bread, and wine. Grace is God’s favor in relation to the world he created. According to Roman Catholic theology, nature and grace are, by God’s design, interdependent. Nature is capable of receiving and trans...
There are two manifestations of the principle of incarnation, a pattern with which God created the world so that grace and nature would be interdependent. The first manifestation is the incarnation of the Son of God as Jesus Christ, who mediated grace to nature. The second manifestation is the Roman Catholic Church, which, as the prolongation of th...
Still, as a tradition within the broad Christian religion, Roman Catholic theology has many commonalities with the other two traditions, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism. These doctrinal agreements include the following: 1. The Trinity: God eternally exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 2. The nature of God: God is self-existent, unchangeable...
Roman Catholic theology has significant differences with the other two traditions, particularly Protestant theology. Foundationally, these divergences flow from the nature-grace interdependence and the Christ-Church interconnection, the two axioms disputed by Protestantism. Specifically, these doctrinal disagreements include the following: 1. Divin...
Roman Catholic theology is characterized by both commonalities and divergences with the theologies of the other two branches of Christianity—Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism. Common doctrinal commitments include the Trinity, the divine nature, the revelation of God, the person of Jesus Christ, his saving work, the person and work of the Holy Spi...
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Dec 3, 2021 · This article marks the 10th anniversary of the ITC report by offering a critical commentary on the criteria, examining the possibilities, limitations, and tensions inherent in each, and the ongoing relevance of these criteria for contemporary Catholic theology.
- Ethna Regan
- 2021
cross-references to the Catechism of the Catholic Church(CCC), a readily available resource for further explanations of Roman Catholic doctrine. The aim of this glossary is to provide a set of beginning definitions or working explanations to help students enter into theological conversations
As an example of contemporary Catholic teaching on this subject one could hardly quote anything better expressed than the “Catechism of Christian Doctrine” used in England by command of the Catholic bishops. In four points, this book sums up the whole Catholic position exactly:
Mar 1, 1999 · Contemporary Catholic Theology: A Reader. Michael A. Hayes, Liam Gearon. A&C Black, Mar 1, 1999 - Religion - 528 pages. The contents of this volume offer the reader a broad insight into...
Next, it expounds the eschatology of some of the most influential contemporary Roman Catholic theologians such as Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Ladislaus Boros, Edward Schillebeeckx, and Joseph Ratzinger. It also discusses Catholic official teachings on eternal life and contemporary Catholic eschatologies.
