Vatican guide for Dominus Iesus. (News in Brief).Vatican City--Dominus Iesus, which came out in August 2000, is one of the Church's most debated documents of recent years. (See C.I., Nov. 2000, pp. 9-10; and Dec. PP. 18-19). It deals with the unique and universal character of the salvation taught by Christ and His Church. A new book explaining its doctrinal relevance and importance has been published by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei), previously known as the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office, is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. ; so far it is only available in Italian, but a summary of it was published by Zenit. The book contains a prologue by Cardinal Ratzinger, a "notification" on Father Jacques Dupuis' book Toward a Christian Theology Noun 1. Christian theology - the teachings of Christian churches free grace, grace of God, grace - (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God; "God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners"; "there but for the grace of God go of Religious Pluralism The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. This article is about religious pluralism. , and articles by a number of leading theologians. Their aim is to correct erroneous ideas concerning the salvation promised by Christ and identified with Him. Some people actually believe that the historical Jesus This article is about Jesus the man, using historical methods to reconstruct a biography of his life and times. For disputes about the existence of Jesus and reliability of ancient texts relating to him, see Historicity of Jesus. is not to be identified with the reality of the living God. Others believe that the unity of the Church is not an existing reality but an objective to be reached in the future. Still others, mistaking the significance of ecumenism ecumenism Movement toward unity or cooperation among the Christian churches. The first major step in the direction of ecumenism was the International Missionary Conference of 1910, a gathering of Protestants. , believe that other religions and denominations are complementary to Catholicism; in fact, some support an "ideology of dialogue" which in their minds "replaces the mission and urgency of the call of conversion." Dominus Iesus Dominus Iesus (Latin for "Jesus the Lord") is a declaration by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. It was approved in a Plenary meeting of the Congregation, and bears the signature of its then Prefect, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, and of its seeks to emphasize "the identity of Catholic doctrine and of Christian life" so that this is "better perceived and accepted by all the Catholic faithful, as the permanent and irreplaceable foundation of all authentic and genuine dialogue." Underlying many of the mistaken ideas identified by the book are the culture of relativism and the theology of religious relativism, both of which have many serious consequences (Zenit, April 24/02). |
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