Mark E Ginter
At the service of the Master Gardener, I teach theology passionately. At the service of the Academy, I research the convergence of the human sciences and theological sciences precisely. At the service of the common good, I speak boldly. At the service of my family, I love empathetically.
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John Courtney Murray, S.J., and Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. We will honor them by viewing their images, by hearing their voices, and by sharing stories from members of this theological Society
who knew them personally. This commemoration might touch us in one of two ways. For the senior members of this Society and who knew these persons, it will recall memories. For the
junior members or those who have little knowledge of these pioneers, it will create memories. May the memories recalled AND the memories created this evening be a gift and a challenge to us and to the whole Church whom they faithfully served in good times and in bad.
Likewise let the other theological disciplines be renewed through a more living contact with the mystery of Christ and the history of salvation. Special care must be given to the perfecting of moral theology. Its scientific exposition, nourished more on the teaching of the Bible, should shed light on the loftiness of the calling of the faithful in Christ and the obligation that is theirs of bearing fruit in charity for the life of the world.
Even though a generation has passed since the Council gave this mandate, two marvelous tools have been promulgated in recent years by the Magisterium to guide the renewal, the “perfecting” of moral theology: the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae) and The Splendor of Truth (Veritatis Splendor). This latter tool is Pope John Paul II’s encyclical letter on fundamental moral theology. This article will provide, first, an exposition of Chapter III in The Splendor of Truth titled “Morality and the New Evangelization,” ##106-108, and, second, a proposal derived from this segment of the encyclical which I have termed the “renewing approach” to Catholic moral theology.
John Courtney Murray, S.J., and Fr. Karl Rahner, S.J. We will honor them by viewing their images, by hearing their voices, and by sharing stories from members of this theological Society
who knew them personally. This commemoration might touch us in one of two ways. For the senior members of this Society and who knew these persons, it will recall memories. For the
junior members or those who have little knowledge of these pioneers, it will create memories. May the memories recalled AND the memories created this evening be a gift and a challenge to us and to the whole Church whom they faithfully served in good times and in bad.
Likewise let the other theological disciplines be renewed through a more living contact with the mystery of Christ and the history of salvation. Special care must be given to the perfecting of moral theology. Its scientific exposition, nourished more on the teaching of the Bible, should shed light on the loftiness of the calling of the faithful in Christ and the obligation that is theirs of bearing fruit in charity for the life of the world.
Even though a generation has passed since the Council gave this mandate, two marvelous tools have been promulgated in recent years by the Magisterium to guide the renewal, the “perfecting” of moral theology: the Catechism of the Catholic Church (Catechismus Catholicae Ecclesiae) and The Splendor of Truth (Veritatis Splendor). This latter tool is Pope John Paul II’s encyclical letter on fundamental moral theology. This article will provide, first, an exposition of Chapter III in The Splendor of Truth titled “Morality and the New Evangelization,” ##106-108, and, second, a proposal derived from this segment of the encyclical which I have termed the “renewing approach” to Catholic moral theology.