Dominus Iesus: Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church
Overview
For nearly 500 years, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has defended the Catholic Church from internal heresy—whether by false teaching or malpractice of faith. It is the oldest of the Curia’s nine congregations, and is made up of cardinals, bishops, priests, lay theologians, and canon lawyers. According to Pope Paul VI’s 1965 Motu Proprio Integrae Servandae, “All questions which regard the doctrine on faith and morals or which touch upon the faith are within the competence of the Congregation … It examines new teachings and new opinions in whatever way they are spread, it promotes studies in this area, and encourages the Congresses of scholars; it condemns those teachings found to be contrary to the principles of the faith, after, however, having heard the view of the Bishops of those regions, if they are specifically connected with the issues.”
Top Highlights
“The Church’s constant missionary proclamation is endangered today by relativistic theories which seek to justify religious pluralism, not only de facto but also de iure (or in principle).” (source)
“The proper response to God’s revelation is ‘the obedience of faith (Rom 16:26; cf. Rom 1:5; 2 Cor 10:5–6) by which man freely entrusts his entire self to God, offering ‘the full submission of intellect and will to God who reveals’ and freely assenting to the revelation given by him’” (source)
“metaphysical emptying of the historical incarnation of the Eternal Logos, reduced to a mere appearing of God in history” (source)
“tendency to read and to interpret Sacred Scripture outside the Tradition and Magisterium of the Church” (source)
“the definitive and complete character of the revelation of Jesus Christ” (source)
- Title: Dominus Iesus: Declaration on the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church
- Author: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
- Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- Print Publication Date: 2000
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Jesus Christ › Person and offices; Catholic Church › Doctrines; Catholic Church › Apologetic works
- Resource ID: LLS:DMNSSSDCLRTNNCT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:36:43Z