To Hold and Teach the Catholic Faith: The Faithful Exposition of Sacred Doctrine

The faithful down through the ages have always aspired to know, profess, practice, safeguard and transmit Christ's message to others. History has shown that methods for doing so have enjoyed varying degrees of success along the way. This has certainly been true in our own day and age. Because of a certain de-emphasis on doctrine since Vatican II along with a corresponding decline of emphasis on obedience and holiness of life, we find ourselves witnessing today a great hunger on the part of many for holy wisdom, divine charity, and the Truth that will truly set them free. This book provides an analysis of this issue and provides a theological solution, based on the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, to handing on the truths of the Faith with unwavering fidelity in the third millennium.

ISBN 0818909994   DEWEY 230.2 ISBN13 9780818909993 (What's this?)   Pages 218 Publisher St Pauls Publishing   Volumes 1 Imprint ALBA HOUSE   Weight (grammes) 277 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 213 Publication date 01 May 2006   Width (mm) 143 Library of Congress 2005026819

Ch. 1		The doctrinal crisis in the church today		1
A		Introduction to the current issues		1
B		A crisis of doctrine		8
C		Toward a solution to the crisis of faith		27
Ch. 2		The meaning of sacred doctrine		33
A		Teaching doctrine in the history of the church		33
B		The doctrinal purpose of the Summa Theologiae		42
C		Sacra Doctrina in the Summa Theologiae		49
D		A new synthesis of Sacra Doctrina		52
Ch. 3		Sacred doctrine in recent church teaching		59
A		Sacred doctrine in catechesis and theology		59
B		The role of sacred doctrine today		69
C		The catechism is the source of sacred doctrine		82
D		Teaching sacred doctrine for conversion to Christ		91
Ch. 4		A hermeneutic of sacred doctrine for all times		99
A		A theology of sacred doctrine : the "hermeneutic of the whole"		99
B		The hermeneutic of God		105
Ch. 5		Doctrine and the evangelist		107
A		Christ as the sole teacher of sacred doctrine		107
B		Catholic evangelists must be living witnesses of Christ		111
C		The vocation of the Catholic evangelist		124
		Conclusion : teaching holy wisdom with divine love and mercy		131
App. 1		A survey of magisterial support for St. Thomas Aquinas		143
App. 2		Summary of views of commentators on Sacra Doctrina, STh I, 1		199

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