Chapter Ten. The Catholic Church and Historical Criticism of the Old Testament

2012 ◽  
pp. 244-261
Author(s):  
Gerald P. Fogarty
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
The Catholic Church

Catholics and their Scriptures: Six Ways of Engaging with the Bible

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 198-216
Author(s):  
David G. Ford
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
National Surveys ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Small Focus ◽  
Church Setting ◽  
The Catholic Church

In recent years the Catholic Church has been encouraging its members to engage with the Bible and a variety of resources have been produced to facilitate this. However, national surveys in Britain show that Catholics are some of the Christians least likely to engage with the Bible outside of a church setting. A small focus group of ordinary Catholics spent a year using five different resources to ascertain what ways of engaging with the Scriptures they found most helpful. Six ways were identified: reading the Bible in community; drawing on secondary expertise; valuing the literal and spiritual sense of Scripture; focusing on the Old Testament and the Bible’s unity; using accessible formats; and using a variety of resources. These are presented and discussed in the context of the Church’s recent teaching and instruction on the role of the Bible in the life of the believer.

scholarly journals EM BUSCA DA “DRACMA PERDIDA” O CINEMA ENTRE A IMAGEM DE DEUS E A DO DITADOR

2003 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cláudio Aguiar Almeida
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
The Political ◽  
Image Reproduction ◽  
The Image Of God ◽  
The Catholic Church

Proibidas pelo Antigo Testamento, a produção e a veneração de imagens se converteram em tema de amplo debate entre os cristãos para quem a encarnação de Jesus Cristo como um homem visível tornava possível, pelo menos em tese, a reprodução da imagem de Deus. Este artigo analisa esse debate, que coloca dados fundamentais à compreensão das reações da Igreja Católica ao cinema e a outros meios técnicos de reprodução de imagens que, no século XX, foram utilizados na propagação de “religiões políticas” como o fascismo e o nazismo. Searching for the lost dracma: cinema between the image of god and the dictator Abstract The production and veneration of images was forbidden by the Old Testament and became an important theme of discussion among Christians, for whom the incarnation of Jesus Christ as a visible man had made the reproduction of the God’s image possible, at least in theory. This article analyses this debate, which brings fundamental data to the understanding of the Catholic Church reactions to the cinema and to other technical media of image reproduction. These media were used for the propagation of the “political religions” such as the fascism and the nazism in the 20th century.

French Politics and Alfred Loisy's Modernism

1998 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 521-536
Author(s):  
Harvey Hill
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Institutional Structure ◽  
French Politics ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Scientific Methods ◽  
Catholic Tradition ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

The first decade of the twentieth century was a time of great theological ferment in the Catholic church in France. In order to reconcile Catholic teaching with the latest findings of historical criticism, Alfred Loisy (1857–1940) and other “modernists” proposed sweeping reforms in the Church. From the perspective of Rome, however, these reforms seemed to threaten the very heart of the faith. In Roman eyes, Loisy and his theological allies had adopted the scientific methods of the anticlerical university. Like their secular colleagues but less openly, they then used these methods to subvert the Catholic tradition and the institutional structure of the church. The Vatican defended its embattled faith with a series of measures designed to crush this movement.

scholarly journals Corruption, Ritualism and Prophetic Role of the Catholic Church

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonius Galih Arga Aryanto ◽  
Martinus Joko Lelono
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Social Study ◽  
Theological Interpretation ◽  
Strategic Action ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theological Foundation ◽  
Strategic Action Field ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

This interdisciplinary study attempts to relate corruption with the Catholic Church's role as the moral and social critics that compel believers to participate in confronting corruption and bribery. The interdisciplinarity is also the method applied in the study. It includes an exposition of the economic data of the GDP, its theological interpretation based on the story of Naboth and the king in the Old Testament, and strategic action field theory. The article begins with widespread corruption in ASEAN, then continues with a theological foundation for believers’ role as guardians of moral and social values. The Church, however, faces ritualism and religious formalism that cause faith values do not influence to eradicate corruption. Finally, by implementing the social study of Strategic Action Field (SAFs) theory, the paper proposes an anti-corruption movement as a strategic action for the Catholic Church to tackle corruption. The study found that the social study of Strategic Action Field (SAFs) theory allows the Church to develop the anti-corruption movement as the strategic action to create pastoral works to tackle corruption

scholarly journals The Logikē Latreia of Romans 12: 1 and Its Interpretation Among Christian Humanists

Perichoresis ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-66
Author(s):  
Kirk M. Summers
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Early Church ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
The Catholic Church

Abstract Scholars have debated whether the sentiment of sixteenth century reformers against material forms of worship derived from certain Neo-Platonic ideas proliferating in parts of Europe and disseminated by Erasmus or from strictly Scriptural principles that were initially formulated by the Old Testament prophets and given fuller expression in the New. This essay studies the reformers′ interpretation of the phrase logikē latreia at Romans 12:1, as well as other key passages. It concludes that, whether consciously or subconsciously, the reformers borrowed language concerning the material-spiritual dichotomy of worship, not directly from Neo-Platonists, but from a commonplace used by numerous Roman writers. Early Church Fathers had long ago turned the same commonplace against pagan rivals, but now the reformers were employing it against the Catholic Church itself.

Memory as a Constituent Shaping the Identity of the Individual and the Community – the Case of Edith Stein

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 379-397
Author(s):  
Magdalena Raganiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Spiritual Identity ◽  
Edith Stein ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Childhood Memory ◽  
The Catholic Church

The article attempts to show how memory influenced the formation of the unique spiritual identity of Edith Stein, who was born and grew up in the religious tradition of Judaism, but as an adult became the member of the Catholic Church. What seems to be unusual in her religious self-perception is the fact that despite conversion, Edith permanently regarded herself as a Jew and firmly claimed that she constantly belonged to the Jewish community. Her mind-set was immensely influenced by the image of Jesus as a devout Jew portrayed in the New Testament, zealously practicing the sacred rites of Judaism, as well as her later analysis of the Christian and Jewish ways of worship. Her study exposed a deep bond linking Christianity with Judaism and by revealing this bond Edith Stein evoked the forgotten truth about the Jewish roots of Christianity which is deeply rooted in the faith of the Old Testament and draws a lot from the richness of its tradition. Undoubtedly, this important link reminded by Edith Stein, raised and developed later by the official teaching of the Catholic Church, was possible because she remembered the religious tradition in which she grew up and which she experienced in her childhood. Memory, therefore, became the constituent that shaped her own spiritual identity, but also contributed to the reinterpretation of the identity of the Christian community.

scholarly journals Humanae Vitae

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 141-159
Author(s):  
Robert J. Batule ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Foreseeable Future ◽  
Humanae Vitae ◽  
Good For ◽  
The Catholic Church

Two years ago (2018) was the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Humanae Vitae. It was also the year Pope Paul VI was canonized a saint of the Catholic Church. The Pope who was once vilified for writing the encyclical has now become the Pope raised to the altar. We know what has become of the Pope, but what is to become of his encyclical? This article examines what was occurring at the time of the encyclical’s release and what it has been like to live with half a century of the encyclical’s rejection. The prospects are not very good for anything like a cultural conversion any time soon—maybe not for the foreseeable future. But we are encouraged now at this moment in history by what the prophet Habakkuk says in his Old Testament book. “The vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment and will not disappoint.”

scholarly journals Sin, Iniquity, and Transgression: A Case for Using Psalm 51 as Prayer

Lumen et Vita ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erwin Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Sex Abuse ◽  
Theological Implication ◽  
The Catholic Church

In this paper, I argue that Psalm 51 is a paradigmatic penitential prayer that is uniquely fitting for prayers of repentance and spiritual reflection, especially in the context of the recent sex abuse scandals in the Catholic Church. I begin by giving a treatment of the tripartite concept of sin in the Old Testament that is central for the psalm through exploration of the three Hebrew root wordsḥṭ’, ʿwn and pšʿ, which are commonly translated as “sin,” “iniquity” and “transgression.” Following that, I identify five remedies for sin in the psalm and discuss them in light of other books in the Old Testament. I conclude by showing how the psalm is paradigmatic, and I offer a brief theological implication for the Catholic Church in the context of the scandal.

Epilogue

2019 ◽  
pp. 207-212
Author(s):  
Stefan Bauer
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Church History ◽  
Historical Criticism ◽  
Fine Line ◽  
Protestant Church ◽  
Great Achievement ◽  
Catholic Universities ◽  
The Catholic Church

The Epilogue provides thoughts on the development of ecclesiastical historiography after c.1580. Catholics published relatively few works on church history during this period; this was largely because Catholic universities neglected the teaching of church history. After the Magdeburg Centuriators had created a new Protestant church history, historical criticism in the Lutheran camp remained subdued in the shadow of their great achievement. In the Catholic Church, the censorship of historical authors remained a widespread practice. Also, papal biographies were rarely printed as individual publications directly after a pope’s death. The official Catholic answers to the Magdeburg Centuries are well known. In the field of doctrine, these were provided by Robert Bellarmine, while Cesare Baronio provided the Catholic answer on the historical side. To sum up, both Catholics and Protestants had many reasons to appeal to and invoke history. Polemicists naturally preferred the solutions which were closest to their own interests; and, depending on these interests, they accepted or rejected the results of humanist scholarship. Panvinio trod a fine line, exploring the limits of what could be said and written—but at times overstepping this line grossly.

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