La riforma della "Ratio studiorum" di fronte al paradigma scientifico moderno: La prospettiva di Luigi Taparelli SJ, rettore al Collegio Romano (1824-1829)
At the Twentieth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in 1820, a decree was issued for the reform of the Ratio studiorum, one of the Society's fundamental juridical texts formulated in the sixteenth century and outlining the programme of study that was to be followed in all Jesuit educa...
| Published in: | Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Italian |
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Institution of Catholic Studies
[2017]
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| In: |
Archivum historicum Societatis Iesu
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Rectors (Universities & colleges)
B Jesuits Congresses B Taparelli d'Azeglio, Luigi, 1793-1862 B Palazzo del Collegio romano (Rome, Italy) B Congregationalism |
| Summary: | At the Twentieth General Congregation of the Society of Jesus in 1820, a decree was issued for the reform of the Ratio studiorum, one of the Society's fundamental juridical texts formulated in the sixteenth century and outlining the programme of study that was to be followed in all Jesuit educational institutions throughout the world. In 1832, the reform process was concluded with the release of a new version of the Ratio, following a long and polemical period of consultation between the members of the restored Society. Through a detailed analysis of the process - somewhat overlooked in contemporary historiography - this essay proposes to reframe the subject, by considering it in its own context, and with particular reference to the figure of Luigi Taparelli d'Azeglio SJ, dean at the Collegio Romano (1824-1829). The first section provides a contextual discussion of the political and ecclesiastical circumstances of the period, dealing especially with the reinstatement of the Collegio Romano to the Society of Jesus in 1824 by Leo XII, as part of the Papal States' university reforms. The second section outlines Taparelli's response to the crisis of the original Ratio in the face of the rise of modern science, which initially was characterized by a firm resistance to any reform of the programme. The third section analyses Taparelli's subsequent efforts to reach a compromise solution for its reform. It shows that, by drawing on developments in French eclecticism at the time, Taparelli invented a semantic strategy by using modern language to preserve, in a new form, the Thomistic-Aristotelian epistemological foundations of the original Ratio. The last section provides some reflections on the relationship between the reform of the Ratio and the contemporary self-representation of the Society of Jesus as a communitarian body, integrated within the modern social system of the communication of knowledge. (English) |
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