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Freedom of Inquiry, Thought, and Expression: the Theologian in the Catholic Church and University

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2014

Michael G. Lawler*
Affiliation:
Creighton University

Abstract

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Type
Editorial Essays
Copyright
Copyright © The College Theology Society 1988

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References

1 Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, n. 62, in The Documents of Vatican II, ed. Abbott, Walter M. (London: Chapman, 1967), p. 270.Google Scholar

2 Quod.III, q.IV, a.1 ad 3; see IV Sent., d.19, q.II, a.II, qa.2 ad 4 for a different formulation.

3 See, e.g., Dulles, Avery, “The Two Magisteria: An Interim Reflection,” Proceedings of the Catholic Theological Society of America 35 (1980), 155–69.Google Scholar

4 Summa Theologiae, Ia-IIae, q.98, a.1c.

5 I prescind in this short essay from any consideration of either the theoretical underpinnings or the theological meaning of the concept of infallibility in the Catholic tradition.

6 Sacramentum Mundi (New York: Herder and Herder, 1969), 3:356.Google Scholar

7 See Rahner, Karl, “The Dispute Concerning the Church's Teaching Office,” Theological Investigations, 14 (New York: Seabury, 1976), 8588.Google Scholar

8 Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, n. 62, in The Documents of Vatican II, ed. Abbott, , p. 48.Google Scholar

9 See Fogarty, Gerald P., “Dissent at Catholic University: The Case of Henry Poels,” America, October 11, 1986, pp. 180–84.Google Scholar

10 Authority and Conscience: Two Needed Voices in the Church,” Church 2/3 (Fall 1986), 15.Google Scholar