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...papal tour, before a gathering of Roman Catholic academics from around the nation, John Paul sought to soothe anxieties, offering a "special word of gratitude" to theologians. But then he proceeded to declare that "true" academic freedom must balance independence with responsibility to the magisterium (the church's teaching office) in unity with the papacy. "It is the right of the faithful not to be troubled by theories and hypotheses that they are not expert in judging or that are easily simplified or manipulated by public opinion...
...compendium of doctrine, innovative and stimulating, has one problem at the core. No theologian has been more impatient than Küng with the Catholic Church's old magisterium (teaching office). Yet throughout the book Küng urges his readers, in effect, to trust the authority of a new magisterium of university scholars on what should be believed about Jesus and what should be discarded. In doing so, Küng has become the leading theologian of what could be called the Liberal Protestant party within the Roman Catholic Church. He has also provided the committees...
...Francis, Baker won his editorial slot through the good offices of fellow Jesuit Dan Lyons, who found backers to buy the ailing magazine. Baker has kept the Homiletic open to a broader range of viewpoints than the Register. But Baker too believes that the bishops have largely abandoned their magisterium-their teaching office...
Some Catholic theologians including Moralist Bernard Haring have argued in recent years that they are part of the church's evolving magisterium, or teaching power. Theological Commission members-who range from Bishop Carlo Colombo, Pope Paul's favorite theologian, to progressives like Congar and German Jesuit Karl Rahner -now seem willing to accept a more tangential role. The Pope defined that role for them last month when he addressed them as "specialists of the science and of the intelligence of the faith." As for the magisterium, Paul VI has made it clear over the years that he considers...
Congar agrees. "The theologian today is recognized as a mediator between the magisterium and the world," he says. "The magisterium possesses the charisma representing the unity of Christ." The magisterium's role is to express "what is true," Congar emphasized, while today's theologian is expected to chart new modes of defining those truths. "The theologian must be in constant contact with human sciences, with latest developments in all kinds of thought. Take the question of sexuality. We cannot speak of such a matter in the same terms we used before Freud. The theologian has the responsibility...