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  • 9 - Revelation
  • from Part II - Conciliar Themes and Reception
  • Edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz, Boston College, Massachusetts
  • Book: The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
  • Published online: 14 May 2020
  • Print publication: 28 May 2020, pp 155-174
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    Summary

    This chapter considers the council’s development of the theme of revelation in its documents, with particular attention to The Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, Dei Verbum. At the heart of the council’s teaching is an account of a God who comes to us in Christ as vulnerable, redeeming love and through the Spirit makes possible friendship with God. It is this saving offer that God reveals through the mediation of Scripture and tradition.

The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
  • The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
  • Edited by Richard R. Gaillardetz
  • Published online: 14 May 2020
  • Print publication: 28 May 2020
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    This Companion provides an accessible guide for those seeking to comprehend the significance of Vatican II for Catholicism today. It offers a thorough overview of the Second Vatican Council, the most significant event in the history of Roman Catholicism since the Protestant Reformation. Almost six decades since the close of the council, its teaching remains what one pope referred to as a 'sure compass' for guiding today's church. The first part of the Companion examines the historical, theological, and ecclesial contexts for comprehending the significance of the council. It also presents the key processes, as well as the participants who were central to the actual conduct of the council. The second part identifies and explores the central themes embedded in the council documents. The Companion concludes with a unique appendix intended to guide students wishing to pursue more advanced research in Vatican II studies.
  • Can Orthodox Ethics Liberate? A Test Case for the Adequacy of an Eastern Ethic
  • Richard R. Gaillardetz
  • Journal: Horizons / Volume 17 / Issue 1 / Spring 1990
  • Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 September 2014, pp. 60-75
  • Print publication: Spring 1990
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    This article evaluates the adequacy of Orthodox ethics by examining Orthodoxy's response to questions of social justice as they have been raised by the churches of the third world.

    The Eastern tradition is skeptical of such phrases as “structures of injustice” because it is improper to speak of sin with regard to structures. This does not mean that Orthodoxy is insensitive to questions of social justice, but rather that such questions can only be properly addressed by a personalist ethic grounded in trinitarian theology. It is trinitarian theology that provides the foundation for an understanding of love, community, and human relationship which demands relationships of mutuality and reciprocity and rejects all forms of human domination. This ethic is arrived at by an examination of the mode of being of the triune God in which all Christians participate, a mode of being that is both personal and communal. Orthodox ethics, while still in need of development with regard to the problems of concrete moral decision-making, offers a rich theological foundation often lacking in the more philosophical-ethical tradition of the West.