Riflessioni metodologiche per una teologia del progresso
For the Christian the inevitable question arises: what is the relation of the mystery of salvation with the ideal of progress which dominates today so intensely the consciousness of humanity? The first phase of the Christian reflexion on this problem has been dominated by the preoccupation of collec...
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Ed. Pontificia Univ. Gregoriana
1969
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Gregorianum
Year: 1969, Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 19-31 |
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| Summary: | For the Christian the inevitable question arises: what is the relation of the mystery of salvation with the ideal of progress which dominates today so intensely the consciousness of humanity? The first phase of the Christian reflexion on this problem has been dominated by the preoccupation of collecting the data of the problem. But now one feels the need of clarifying the methodical characteristics for the construction of a valid theology of progress. 1) It seems that one can proceed only in this way: confronting the phenomenon of actual progress (as it is de facto realised by man and by the concrete aspirations of contemporary humanity) with the revealed image of the economy of salvation. The conclusions arrived at will constitute the theology of progress. One notes however that it is not a question of syllogistic conclusions but of affirmations gathered together by means of objective understanding of revelation, which permits us to see that which God has not expressly said, but which results from a global consideration of God's word to man. 2) The conclusions of the theology of progress are based on the knowledge and judgment of the contingent phenomenon of actual progress. One does not reach this judgment by methods that are strictly theological. The theologian as such therefore can make a judgment only of this nature: « In the case where humanity encounters needs and possibilities like those just enunciated, revelation demands such and such a comportment ». The Magisterium of the Church however, which must guide the People of God in the different historical situations, enjoys a special assistance of the Holy Spirit for the pastoral indications which it gives as regards progress. Finally it cannot be said that the problems arising from the theology of progress constitute a special discipline. They embrace all the matter of the classical tracts. |
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