Monday, November 28, 2005
Theology
As a friendly amendment to Michael Scaperlanda's title and as a follow up to his excellent question, I would suggest that what we face are, in the first instance, questions of theology, not of Catholic legal theory: theology of priesthood, theology of vocation, theology of the person, theology of sexuality, ecclesiology, etc. One of the intellectual assets of this blog is the theological insight and creativity so often brought to bear by many of its contributors. I'd value seeing a working out of the theological cases for and against the particulars of the Holy See's recent statement. I'm particularly interested in the relevant theological views of those who do not dissent from the Church's teachings on homosexuality as such and on homosexual sexual acts specifically. This gets back to Amy Wellborn's analysis (which Rob reported): Is the opposition to this exercise by the Church of formative control over her priesthood and those institutions that contribute to it primarily a manifestation of dissent from particular teachings about sexuality and sexual acts? How much does the criticism of the statement advance an implicit (or explicit) counter-ecclesiology?
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