the christian faith

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J. NEUNER, S.J. — J. DUPUIS, S.J.
THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
IN THE
DOCTRINAL DOCUMENTS OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
EDITED BY
JACQUES DUPUIS
Seventh Revised and Enlarged Edition
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FOREWORD
The origin of this book goes back as far as 1938 to the first
publication in German of the Church's doctrinal documents
edited by J. Neuner and H. Roos under the title Der Glaube der
Kirche in den Urkunden der Lehruerkundigung. Later editions of that
book were prepared by K. Rahner, the two editors being
prevented by circumstances from pursuing their work. An
English translation of the sixth edition of the work was brought
out by Mercier Press, Cork, Ireland, in 1967, under the title The
Teaching of the Catholic Church. In 1969 the Mercier Press licensed
an Indian edition of the book. This was mostly a reprint of the
English edition; except for a few modifications and additions, it
innovated only by appending to each chapter a survey of the
doctrine of the Second Vatican Council.
The profound changes in theological thinking characteristic
of recent years have, however, made it desirable to produce a
new edition of the Church's doctrinal documents. Not only was
an updating of the material required in order to include some
characteristic texts of Vatican II and post-conciliar documents; it
seemed also necessary to leave out some texts which have lost
their relevance while re-introducing others. The introductions to
the chapters had to be re-written in the light of the Council's
doctrine; those to the various documents had to be revised in
the light of recent scholarship. Translations needed amending
and have in many cases been done anew. Most of all, it seemed
opportune to introduce new chapters so as to cover some
important fields of modern theology.
This work has enlisted the collaboration of professors
belonging to the two theological faculties of Vidyajyoti, Institute
of Religious Studies, Delhi, and of Jnana-Deepa Vidyapeeth,
Institute of Philosophy and Religion, Pune. Individual chapters
were prepared by the following authors: Symbols and
Professions of Faith, Chapters VI, XI, XII, XIII, XV: J. Dupuis;
Chapters I, III, VII, XVI: J. Neuner; Chapter II: R. Van de Walle;
Chapters IV, V: P. De Letter; Chapters VIII, IX: J. Lerch; Chapter
X: G. Gispert-Sauch; Chapters XIV, XVII, XX: G. Gilleman;
Chapters XVIII, XXII: G. Lobo; Chapters XIX, XXIII: A. Bermejo;
Chapter XXI: F. Timmermans. The coordination and unification
of the chapters is the work of the two editors. The responsibility
for the book in its present form lies therefore with them only.
The editors wish to express their gratitude to the authors for
their co-operation.
Since the first edition of the forerunner of this book in 1938
other publications of Church documents have appeared in
various languages. It is in the nature of these works that they
are all inter-related and mutually dependent as regards the
selection and arrangement of texts as well as the evaluation
and interpretation of the documents provided in various
introductions and notes. As other collections have derived some
help from the predecessor of the present book, it has in turn
drawn some inspiration from them. Mention may be made of
G. Dumeige, La Foi Catholique, Paris 1969. Above all, however, it
is on the new edition of the Enchiridion Symbolorum, Definitionum
et Declarationum de Rebus Fidei et Morum first made by A.
Schonmetzer in 1962 that every new collection of doctrinal
documents necessarily depends as its main source. The editors
gratefully acknowledge the help derived by them from these
various sources.
J. NEUNER— J. DUPUIS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION TO THE FIRST EDITION XXXIII
INTRODUCTION TO THE SEVENTH REVISED
AND ENLARGED EDITION XLffl
SYMBOLS AND PROFESSIONS OF FAITH 1
The Der-Balizeh Papyrus 3
The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus (c. 215-217) 3
The Symbol of St. Ambrose (d. 397) 4
The Symbol of Rufinus (c. 404) 4
The Symbol of the Roman Order of Baptism 4
The Symbol of Eusebius 5
The First General Council of Nicaea
Symbol of Nicaea (325) 6
The Symbol of Cyril of Jerusalem (c. 348) 7
The Symbol of Epiphanius (374) 1 7
The First General Council of Constantinople
Symbol of Constantinople (381) 8
The "Faith of Damasus" 10
The Pseudo-Athanasian Symbol Quicumque 12
The Eleventh Council of Toledo
Symbol of faith (675) 13
The Fourth Lateran General Council
Symbol of Lateran (1215) 14
The Second General Council of Lyons
"Profession of Faith of Michael Palaeologus" (1274) 17
The profession of faith of Pius IV
Bull Iniunctum Nobis (1564) 21
The profession of faith of Paul VI (1968) 23
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
New Formula for the Profession of
Faith (25 Feb. 1989) 31
CHAPTER Is REVELATION AND FAITH 33
Condemnation of Fideism, Traditionalism,
Rationalism 37
Promise signed by L.E. Bautain (1844) 38
The 4th Proposition signed by A. Bonnetty (1855) 38
Pius IX, Encyclical Letter Qui Pluribus (1846) 38
id., Syllabus of condemned errors (1864) 41
The First Vatican Council, Third Session
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius on the
Catholic Faith (1870) 42
Leo Xin, Errors of A. Rosmini-Serbati condemned
by the Holy Office (1887) 50
Pius X, Oath against the errors of Modernism (1910) 51
Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Humani Generis (1950) 54
The Second Vatican General Council
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum (1965) 57
Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (1965) 60
Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Ecclesiam Suam (1964) 60
Declaration Mysterium Ecclesiae of the S. Congregation
for the doctrine of the faith (1973) 63
John Paul II, Apostolic Constitution Sapientia
Christiana (1979) 65
id., Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi Tradendae (1979) 66
id., Address to scientists (1980) 67
id., Address to the Secretariat for non-Believers (1981) 70
id., Address to the European Convention of
Pax Romana (1982) 71
id., Discourse to Scientists on the 350th anniversary
of the Publication of Galileo's "Dialogui" (1983) 72
id., Address on the ceremony of conferring the
Paul VI prize on Hans Urs von Balthasar (1984) 73
id., Address to the plenary assembly of the
Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1986) 73
id., Letter to the Director of the Vatican
Observatory (1988) 74
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith,
Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the
Theologian Donum Veritatis (1990) 77
John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation
Pastores Dabo Vobis (1991) 82
id., Address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1992) 84
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) 86
John Paul II, Motu Propris Ad Tuendam Fidem (1998) 88
id., Encyclical Letter Fides et Ratio (1998) 89
CHAPTER II: TRADITION AND SCRIPTURE 95
The Council of Laodicea (360?) 98
Innocent L Letter Consulenti Tibi to Exsuperius,
bishop of Toulouse (405) 98
Gelasius I, Decree of Gelasius 98
The Second General Council of Constantinople
Profession of Faith (553) 98
The Lateran Council (649) 99
The Second General Council of Nicaea ,(787) 99
Leo IX, Letter Congratulamur Vehementer to Peter,
Patriarch of Antioch (1053) 99
The General Council of Florence
Decree for the Copts (1442) 100
The Council of Sens (Paris) (1528) 100
The General Council of Trent (1546) 101
Decree of reception of the sacred books and
apostolic traditions 102
Decree on the vulgate and on how scripture
is to be interpreted 103
The First Vatican General Council
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius on the
Catholic Faith (1870) 104
Leo XIII, Encyclical Letter Providentissimus Deus
(1893) 105
Pius X, Decree Lamentabili of the Holy Office (1907)
Articles of Modernism condemned 108
Benedict XV, Encyclical Letter Spiritus Paraclitus (1920) 109
Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Divino Afflante Spiritu
(1943) 111
Letter of the Biblical Commission to Cardinal Suhard,
Archbishop of Paris (1948) 114
Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Humani Generis (1950) 115
Instruction of the Biblical Commission Sancta Mater
Ecclesia on the historical truth of the Gospels (1964) 116
The Second Vatican General Council
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum (1965) 118
S. Congregation for Catholic Education on Theological
Formation of Future Priests (1976) 123
John Paul II, Apostolic Exhortation Catechesi
Tradendae (1979) 124
S. Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on certain
questions concerning the minister of the
Eucharist (1983) 124
id., Instruction Libertatis Nuntius on certain aspects of
the theology of liberation (1984) 125
Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with
the Jews on presenting the Jewish faith (1985) 126
John Paul II, Letter regarding Archbishop Lefebvre
(1988) 127
Congregation for Catholic Education, Instruction
on the study of the Fathers of the Church in
the formation of priests (1989) ' 128
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) 133
Pontifical Biblical Commission, The Interpretation
of the Bible in the Church (1993) 135
CHAPTER III: THE TRIUNE GOD 139
Dionysius, Letter to Dionysius of Alexandria (262) 142
The First General Council of Nicaea
Symbol of Nicaea (325) 143
The First General Council of Constantinople
Symbol of Constantinople (381) 144
The Council of Rome
"Tome of Damasus" (382) 144
The Pseudo-Athanasian Symbol Quicumque 146
The Eleventh Council of Toledo
Symbol of faith (675) 146
The Fourth Lateran General Council (1215) 151
The Second General Council of Lyons
Constitution on the Blessed Trinity and the
Catholic Faith (1274) 154
The General Council of Florence 154
Decree for the Greeks (1439) 155
Decree for the Copts (1442) 155
The First Vatican General Council
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius on the
Catholic Faith (1870) 156
The Second Vatican General Council 157
Declaration Mysterium Filii Dei of the S. Congregation
for the doctrine of the faith (1972) 158
John Paul II, Letter to Commemorate the Councils of
Constantinople I and of Ephesus (1981) 158
id., Encyclical Letter Dominum et Vivificantem (1986) 160
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,
Clarification on the Greek and Latin tradiltions
regarding the Procession of the Holy Spirit (1995) 161
CHAPTER IV: HUMANKIND AND THE WORLD 163
The Council of Constantinople
Anathemas against the Origenists (543) 167
The Council of Braga
Anathemas against the Priscillianists (561) 167
Innocent III, Profession of faith prescribed to
the Waldensians (1208) 168
The Fourth Lateran General Council
Symbol of Lateran (1215) 169
The General Council of Vienne (1311-1312) 169
John XXII, Errors of Eckhart on the relation between
God and world and the human being (1329) 170
Benedict XII, Libellus Cum Dudum (1341) 171
The General Council of Florence
Decree for the Copts (1442) 171
The Fifth Lateran General Council
Bull Apostolici Regiminis (1513) 172
Pius IX, Syllabus of condemned errors (1864) 172
The First Vatican General Council
Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius on the Catholic
Faith (1870) 173
Pius XII, Encyclical Letter Humani Generis (1950) 174
The Second Vatican General Council 175
Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et Spes (1965) 176
Declaration Nostra Aetate (1965) 177
John Paul II, Address to the Third General Assembly
of Latin American Bishops (1979) 178
id., Encyclical Letter Redemptor Hominis (1979) 179
id., Letter to the Director of the Vatican observatory (1988) 182
id., Apostolic Letter Mulieris Dignitatem (1988) 182
Pontifical Commission Justitia et Pax on racism (1988), 184
John Paul II, Address to the Pontifical Academy of
Sciences (1992) 185