Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium in the Teaching of Vatican II

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Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium in the Teaching of Vatican IIJames C. Kruggel, Ph.D.Director: John T. Ford, C.S.C., S.T.D.The Second Vatican Council taught in no. 10.4 of its Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) (1965) that "Scripture, Tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church, in accord with God's most wise design, are so linked and joined together that one cannot stand without the others, and that all together and each in its own way under the action of the one Holy Spirit contribute effectively to the salvation of souls." This sentence offers a particularly organic description of the relationship of these three things that reflects a development from selected preconciliar thought.In his 1950 encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII presented Scripture and Tradition as "sources" of revelation entrusted to the Magisterium. He did not explain their relationship or discuss a theology of Tradition. Gerardus Van Noort's seminary manual Dogmatic Theology said the sources of revelation "mix" in the Magisterium which interprets them. The Council asserted a mutual interdependence of the three. It offered a more dynamic notion of tradition, one associated with a view of revelation as God's self-disclosure. This view resembled those of Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, and Joseph Ratzinger. The Council presented Scripture and Tradition as expressions of one Word, served by the Magisterium.Dei Verbum 10.4's teaching was incorporated by Pope John Paul II into his encyclical On the Relationship of Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio) (1998) Ch. 5. Dei Verbum had identified Scripture and Tradition as the rule of faith in no. 21. John Paul II cites Dei Verbum 10.4 in support of a teaching that the unity among them and the Magisterium constitutes the rule of faith. This teaching, along with the encyclical's recalling of intellectual issues related to belief, a major preconciliar concern, suggests that John Paul II perceived a unity between these points and the Council's emphasis upon a view of revelation as Divine-self disclosure.
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Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium in the Teaching of Vatican II

Contributors

Ford, John T. (Advisor); Kruggel, James Charles (Author); Irwin, Kevin W. (Other); Galvin, John P. (Other)

Degree Information

Degree awarded: Ph.D. Historical Systematic Theology. The Catholic University of America

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336 p.

URI / Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/1961/14881

Advisor

Ford, John T.

Other

Irwin, Kevin W.; Galvin, John P.

Subject

Theology; Dei Verbum; Lumen Gentium; Magisterium; Scripture; Tradition; Vatican II

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2013-06-25T14:58:55Z

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2013-06-25T14:58:55Z

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2013-01-01T00:00:00Z

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2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

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Scripture, Tradition, and the Magisterium in the Teaching of Vatican IIJames C. Kruggel, Ph.D.Director: John T. Ford, C.S.C., S.T.D.The Second Vatican Council taught in no. 10.4 of its Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum) (1965) that "Scripture, Tradition, and the teaching authority of the Church, in accord with God's most wise design, are so linked and joined together that one cannot stand without the others, and that all together and each in its own way under the action of the one Holy Spirit contribute effectively to the salvation of souls." This sentence offers a particularly organic description of the relationship of these three things that reflects a development from selected preconciliar thought.In his 1950 encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII presented Scripture and Tradition as "sources" of revelation entrusted to the Magisterium. He did not explain their relationship or discuss a theology of Tradition. Gerardus Van Noort's seminary manual Dogmatic Theology said the sources of revelation "mix" in the Magisterium which interprets them. The Council asserted a mutual interdependence of the three. It offered a more dynamic notion of tradition, one associated with a view of revelation as God's self-disclosure. This view resembled those of Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, and Joseph Ratzinger. The Council presented Scripture and Tradition as expressions of one Word, served by the Magisterium.Dei Verbum 10.4's teaching was incorporated by Pope John Paul II into his encyclical On the Relationship of Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio) (1998) Ch. 5. Dei Verbum had identified Scripture and Tradition as the rule of faith in no. 21. John Paul II cites Dei Verbum 10.4 in support of a teaching that the unity among them and the Magisterium constitutes the rule of faith. This teaching, along with the encyclical's recalling of intellectual issues related to belief, a major preconciliar concern, suggests that John Paul II perceived a unity between these points and the Council's emphasis upon a view of revelation as Divine-self disclosure.

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The Catholic University of America

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2013-06-25

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