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Catholic Books in the Public Domain Whose Main Subject is the Magisterium (Teaching Authority of the Catholic Church)
I know that the term Magisterium is relatively recent---it refers to the Teaching Authority of the Catholic Church.
It seems that full length books (a few hundred pages or more) devoted to this topic ...
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Were "All" of Hobbes' Works Placed on the Index of Prohibited Books?
According to Index of Prohibited Books, all of the works of Thomas Hobbes were placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in the year 1649.
Thomas Hobbes wrote many more books after 1649, including his ...
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Equivalence of "to Feed" and "to Govern" in Ancient Biblical Language
According to Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma (in reference to John 21:15-17):
"Feed" in ancient and biblical language means, in its application to human beings, rule or govern (cf. Acts 20:...
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Assimilation of "Bind and Loose" with "Teaching Authority" by the Catholic Church
This question is somewhat related to another question: Connections Between "Gates of Hell" and Heresies from a Catholic Standpoint
In Fr. William Most's article Which Church Saves? he writes ...
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Church Fathers on the Authority of Ecumenical Councils
This post is somewhat related to On the End of the Patristic Era as Considered by the Catholic Church
The First Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church was the Council of Nicea in 325.
Did any of ...
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On the Etymology of the Term "Magisterium" in the Catholic Church
Regarding the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, the U.S. Cardinal Burke said:
The "magisterium" is a somewhat recent theological term, and what it refers to is the duty of the Church to ...
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What are the major arguments Protestants use against both Catholic and Orthodox claims of authority re scriptural interpretation?
The Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church both claim authority re scriptural interpretation. They are different organizations, and Protestants reject the claims of authority by both.
Are there any ...
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St.Thomas Aquinas on Papacy
What are the writings of St.Thomas Aquinas on papacy and church authority?
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Theologians who compared the tripartite division of civil authority to the Trinity?
Pope Pius XI, encyclical Quas primas (1925) instituting the feast of Christ the King, says that the "lordship of Christ […] consists […] in a threefold [tripartite] power which is essential to ...
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Why is the Latin New Testament authoritative for the Catholic Church rather than the original Greek?
Just wondering why they chose Latin instead of Greek to be the source of truth of the texts, and instead added this abstraction layer when they were so close to the Greek culture at the time?
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Had Jesus formally been given authority to preach in the synagogue?
At Luke 4:16-17 we read:
" When he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, he went to the synagogue on the sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, and the scroll of the prophet ...
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According to the Catholic Church, in Luke 10:19 what kind of authority & power Jesus had given the Apostles & Disciples?
What I'm looking for:
Scriptures said
'See, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions, and
over all the power of the enemy. Nothing will harm you. Nevertheless,
do not ...
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When was papal supremacy accepted by the entirety of the Catholic Church?
The Catholic Church has an unbroken list of Popes from Peter through Francis I. Was there a time when all, or at least the vast majority of, Christianity recognized them as the supreme authority over ...
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Does the Catholic Church have to submit to an approved private revelation?
...Hence, public revelation is the deposit of faith and rule of faith
and must be lived by all Catholics.[14] Saint Thomas Aquinas taught
that all public revelation ended with the death of Saint ...
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How does the Catholic Church respond to the claim that its authority to interpret scripture is based on circular reasoning?
I've heard the claim that scriptural references to the establishment of the Catholic Church and its authority to interpret scripture is circular reasoning.
From a conversation I was having with a ...
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Why does the Roman Catholic Church not hold to the perspicuity of Scripture?
From the very limited research that I've done thus far, it seems that the RCC does not hold to the perspicuity of Scripture. I'm not positive that this is true, though it seems to be.
The meaning of ...
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What are the current views of the Catholic Church on the right to secession?
I’ve recently heard an interesting opinion that no entity has moral right to exercise authority upon any social group that is unwilling to remain under this authority (excluding inmates). Therefore, ...
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How comparable are the concepts of the Teaching Magisterium in the Catholic Church and the Jehovah's Witnesses view of their Watch Tower society?
Just how comparable is this particular aspect of each group's ecclesiology? If from an academic viewpoint there are marked similarities, is there an identifiable Jehovah's witness perspective on the ...
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Is a bishop in Roman Catholic tradition equal in authority with the apostles?
According to an answer to this question When did Peter become the first Pope, according to Roman Catholic doctrine?, the Pope is the bishop of Rome.
So this made me wonder - since Peter was ordained ...
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The Pope is resigning. How does a living pope confer his authority?
I read that Pope Benedict XVI is resigning. I don't know much about Catholic/papal authority as it relates to leading the Church, but as far as I can remember, a pope dies before another one takes the ...
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Is the Catechism of the Catholic Church considered scripture?
Is the Catechism of the Catholic Church considered scripture? Does it have the same authority as the Bible? If not, what is its place in the church? Is it considered heresy to preach or believe ...
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How does Pope Benedict XVI reconcile conscience and authority?
A recent talk by Father Bob Pierson 1 quoted Joseph Ratzinger (as he then was, now Pope Benedict XVI) as saying that the individual conscience must overrule ecclesiastical authority. I was intrigued ...
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