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Avery Dulles's Advocacy Of Reformulation Of Dogma And Doctrinal Development, Richard Warneck
Avery Dulles's Advocacy Of Reformulation Of Dogma And Doctrinal Development, Richard Warneck
Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation
The first chapter of this study examines the setting for Father Dulles's energetic work in the years immediately following Vatican Council II. With respect to the Church’s dogmatic formulations, it was apparent to Father Dulles that the Council tacitly proclaimed the end of irreformability. The Church's doctrinal statements must undergo reformulation in order to express adequately and communicate incisively the Christian faith to the world of the late twentieth century. Furthermore, his own epistemology, methodology, and theology did, in effect, shape his outlook regarding reformulation. These subjects are treated at length in chapter two, complemented by close attention to his …