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Canon Law
'Canon Law' explores the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church from a comparative perspective. The introduction to the book presents historical examples of antinomian and legalistic approaches to canon law.
Reservatio Papalis
The Pontiff's power of reservation has existed for centuries: it began to develop in the Middle Ages as the papacy established itself as head of the medieval Church and the entire Christianity. This monograph is an analysis of the new system of papal reservations in relation to the Bishops as described in the 1983 Code of Canon Law and in the legal prescriptions of the Roman Catholic Church. The study highlights the cases which the Pontiff reserves to himself, removing them from the responsibility of the diocesan bishops, who continue to exercise the power they possess in their own right.
Law, Person, and Community
Law, Person, and Community: Philosophical, Theological, and Comparative Perspectives on Canon Law takes up the fundamental question "What is law?" through a consideration of the interrelation of the concepts of law, person, and community. As with the concept of law described by secular legal theorists, canon law aims to set a societal order that harmonizes the interests of individuals and communities, secures peace, guarantees freedom, and establishes justice. At the same time, canon law rests upon a traditional understanding of the spiritual end of the human person and religious nature of community. The comparison of one of the world's ancient systems of religious law with contemporary conc...
Angelicum
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Receptive Ecumenism and the Call to Catholic Learning
This volume proposes a fresh strategy for ecumenical engagement - 'Receptive Ecumenism' - that is fitted to the challenges of the contemporary context and has already been internationally recognised as making a distinctive and important new contribution to ecumenical thought and practice. Beyond this, the volume tests and illustrates this proposal by examining what Roman Catholicism in particular might fruitfully learn from its ecumenical others. Challenging the tendency for ecumenical studies to ask, whether explicitly or implicitly, 'What do our others need to learn from us?', this volume presents a radical challenge to see ecumenism move forward into action by highlighting the opposite qu...
La preparación al matrimonio
A partir del diálogo con las parejas que se acercaban a solicitar información sobre la celebración del matrimonio, y también del encuentro con personas que habían vivido el fracaso de su vínculo matrimonial, surgió la inquietud de profundizar acerca de la preparación al sacramento del matrimonio en el contexto latinoamericano. Este libro busca dar cuenta de las orientaciones que las Conferencias Episcopales de América Latina y el Caribe establecen a través del análisis comparativo de cuatro directorios de pastoral familiar: Argentina, Brasil, Colombia y México, para parangonarlos y analizarlos críticamente, y así proponer algunos núcleos temáticos jurídico-pastorales que deben estar presentes tanto en cada directorio de pastoral familiar como en un contexto latinoamericano. Por lo tanto, el presente trabajo, centrado en la realidad latinoamericana, contribuye a enriquecer una visión de lo que sucede en una porción relevante de la Iglesia universal en materia de preparación al matrimonio, además de ofrecer una propuesta para la elaboración de ulteriores directorios.
Justice and Mercy Have Met
With the promulgation of the motu proprio Mitus iudex Dominus Jesus for the Latin Church and the motu proprio Mitis et misericors Jesus for the Eastern Catholic Churches, both dated August 15, 2015, Pope Francis addressed the calls during the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (October 5-19, 2014) for a simplified procedure for the declaration of the nullity of marriages. Pope Francis introduced a briefer process to be conducted by the diocesan bishop and he simplified the current ordinary nullity process. The new procedural norms went into effect on December 8, 2015. New legislation always challenges first and foremost the practitioner: how is the new legislation t...
Mercy and Justice
The term mercy is currently omnipresent in Catholic debates. It dominates at events such as the recent Family Synods and the Jubilee Years. At the same time, it poses a significant problem for cases dealing with sexual abuse. Mercy calls to consider an individual's needs and this conflicts with justice necessitating equal treatment for everyone. Mercy applies to the fallible individual deserving of punishment, but who is saved by grace. This is most apparent in the Sacrament of Penance and other forms of penitence, forgiveness, and reconciliation where mercy both transcends and undermines justice. This problem, widely ignored in church teaching, is addressed by Dirk Ansorge, James Dallen, Judith Hahn, Atria A. Larson, Sandra Lassak, Michael A. Nobel, Rosel Oehmen-Vieregge, Heike Springhart, and Gunda Werner.
The Church in the Face of Crises and Challenges over the Centuries
Challenges, crises and difficult experiences are an integral part of our lives and an inherent element of every human being's existence, in addition to being ingrained in the functioning of organisations, institutions and nations. On many occasions humankind has failed to confront them, resulting in the real dramas that we witness on the pages of history. Fortunately, challenges, crises and difficult situations have often been lessons, from which appropriate conclusions have been drawn, thanks to which it was possible to create a better future. In the history of the Church from its very beginning, challenges have been an integral part of working towards a better tomorrow, a better version of...
