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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| God's Revelation | |
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| Theology and Doctrines | |
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| The Structure of This Book | |
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| A Note on Theological Genre | |
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| Theology in History and the Church | |
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| Theology and Meaning | |
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| Theology in Past Eras of Christianity | |
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| Two Early Fathers: Irenaeus and Origin | |
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| Theology at the Beginning of the Modern Age: Luther and Cano | |
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| Theology in 1870 and 1950: Vatican I and Pope Pius XII | |
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| Theology in the Light of the Second Vatican Council | |
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| Doctrine Reformulated to Benefit Human Beings (John XXIII) | |
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| New Light on Tradition, Scripture, and the Teaching Office (Magisterium) | |
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| Doctrine in History | |
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| The Hierarchy of Truths | |
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| The Two Phases of Theological Method | |
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| Listening and Explaining in Faith and Theology | |
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| The Elements of a Complete Theological Method | |
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| Doing Theology by Listening to the Biblical Word | |
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| Theology and the Bible | |
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| The Canonical Scriptures and Theology | |
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| Canon and Canonicity | |
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| The Christian Old Testament Canon | |
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| The New Testament Canon | |
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| Canon and Church | |
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| The Inspired Word | |
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| Inspiration as a Charism of Communication | |
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| Inspiration and Patristic Interpretation | |
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| Church Affirmations of Biblical Inspiration | |
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| Interpreting the Bible | |
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| The Retrieval of Original Textual Meanings | |
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| Understanding the Bible's Further Meaning | |
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| Reading Biblical Passages in the Whole Canon | |
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| Reading Biblical Books in the Church | |
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| From Meaning to Meaning | |
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| Doing Theology in the Stream of Catholic Tradition | |
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| From the Apostolic "Deposit" to Creeds and Dogma | |
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| The Apostolic "Deposit," | |
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| The Rule of Faith | |
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| The Early Creeds | |
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| A Dogmatic Creed: Nicea, AD 325 | |
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| St. Thomas on "Articles of Faith" | |
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| Tradition in the Fathers, the Liturgy, and the Saints | |
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| Our "Fathers in the Faith" | |
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| Liturgy as a Theological Source | |
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| Holy Lives as a Theological Source | |
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| Traditions in Theology-Theology in Tradition | |
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| Trent's Reception of Unwritten Traditions | |
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| Newman on Tradition's Coherence and Fecundity | |
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| Vatican II on the Living Tradition | |
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| Theology in the Tradition | |
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| Doing Theology in the Light of Church Teaching | |
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| The Teaching Office in the New Testament | |
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| Apostles and Elders/Bishops as Teachers | |
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| Paul's Mandate to the Elders of Ephesus (Acts 20) | |
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| The Magisterium of the Church Seen from the New Testament | |
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| The Teaching Office and Theology Interacting in History | |
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| The Patristic Episcopal Magisterium | |
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| The Early "Petrine" Magisterium | |
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| Magisterium and Theology: Modern Developments | |
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| With Vatican Council II, a New Relationship | |
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| The Magisterium and Theology Today: Related but Different | |
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| Two Situations and Manners of Service | |
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| The Theologian and Magisterial Teaching | |
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| Analysis of Church Teaching | |
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| Constructive Theological Thinking and Church Teaching | |
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| Doing Theology amidst Life | |
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| Theology as Methodical Discipline and as Wisdom | |
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| A Methodical Discipline of Perception | |
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| Explanation in the Theological Disciplines | |
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| The Theological Areas and Basic Topics | |
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| Wisdom for Living | |
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| Theology in the Communal Life of Faith | |
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| Theology Enriched from the Ecclesial Community | |
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| Theology Contributing to the Church Community | |
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| Theology in the Personal Life of Faith | |
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| Theology Enriched by Personal Experience | |
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| Theology Speaks to Personal Experience | |
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| A Closing Word | |
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| Pope John XXIII, Opening Address of the Second Vatican Council (October 11, 1962) | |
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| Pope Paul VI, Opening of the Second Period of Vatican Council II (September 29, 1963) | |
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| Pope Paul VI, Address at the Last Meeting of Vatican Council II (December 7, 1965) | |
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| Catholic Doctrine on Revelation and Faith: The Conciliar Texts | |
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| Jared Wicks, SJ, Theologians at Vatican Council II | |
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| Pope Benedict XVI, Interpreting Vatican Council II (December 22, 2005) | |
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| The Subject Areas of Catholic Theology | |
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| The Levels of Teaching by the Catholic Magisterium | |
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| Notes | |
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| Recommended Further Reading | |
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| Index | |