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| | 1978 Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith document on apparition discernment |
 | | Intervention of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | | | At Rome, the Palace of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 27, 1978. | | | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith elaborated, from 1974-1978, some new criteria for discerning apparitions and revelations, which were expounded in a normative text, which, for a long period, was only made available to the Ordinary [local bishop] who, confronted with the fact of an apparition, addressed himself to the Sacred Congregation. |
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http://www.theotokos.org.uk/pages/appdisce/cdftexte.html
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| | The Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | Reflections of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated October 30, 1998 on the primacy of Peter's Successor in the Mystery of the Church. | | | Note on the Expression "Sister Churches" The proper use of the expression "sister churches" is discussed in a note by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that was distributed to heads of bishops' conferences. | | | Commentary on the Notification of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism by Father Jacques Dupuis, S.J., Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, March 20, 2001. |
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | Rome, from the seat of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, March 11 1985. | | | Issued by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on March 11, 1985. | | | The doctrinal congregation studied the text of the book under its doctrinal and pastoral aspects, and expressed a number of reservations to the author in a letter of May 15, 1984, which invited him to accept them and at the same time offered him the possibility of a dialogue for the sake of clarification. |
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http://www.eternalwordtelevision.net/library/curia/cdfboff.htm
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| | USCCB - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration | | | Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 6, 2000, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. | | | This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism “characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘one religion is as good as another'”. |
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith: Information From Answers.com |
| | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. | | | It was changed to Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 7, 1965, at the end of the Second Vatican Council. | | | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is mentioned in the following topics: |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/congregation-for-the-doctrine-of-the-faith
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| | Article of Comment on the Notification of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith pertaining to the book of J. ... |
| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dec. Dominus Iesus, n. | | | In second place the faith of the church in Jesus Christ, completion and fullness of divine revelation, is reconfirmed, against the opinion that the revelation of/in Jesus Christ is limited, incomplete and imperfect. | | | On July 1, 1988, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published both the Professio fidei, designed for the faithful called to exercise an office in the name of the church, and a special “oath of fidelity” concerning the particular duties inherent in the office to be assumed. |
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http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/documents/commentary.htm
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| | CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH |
| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration | | | Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 6, 2000, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. | | | This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism “characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘one religion is as good as another'”. |
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http://members.surfbest.net/patronage@surfbest.net/HTML/dominus_iesus.english.page.html
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1986 |
| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 1986 | | | The community of faith today, in unbroken continuity with the Jewish and Christian communities within which the ancient Scriptures were written, continues to be nourished by those same Scriptures and by the Spirit of Truth whose Word they are. | | | In bringing this entire matter to the Bishops' attention, this Congregation wishes to support their efforts to assure that the teaching of the Lord and his Church on this important question be communicated fully to all the faithful. |
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http://www.dignityusa.org/1986doctrine/ratzinger.html
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| | Reply from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | Secretary of the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith | | | Reply from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | | | This Congregation has taken careful note of what you had to say, but has come to the conclusion that the argumentation is especially based on social and socio-political points of view and that, unfortunately, convincing theological grounds cannot be found. |
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| | USCCB - (Office of Media Relations) - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | As the problems presented by the two authors were primarily of a doctrinal nature, in 1995, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life transferred the entire case to the competence of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. | | | Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 31, 1999. | | | Because of their statements and activities, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and for Societies of Apostolic Life received numerous complaints and urgent requests for clarification from Bishops and others in the United States of America. |
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http://www.nccbuscc.org/comm/archives/1999/99-171b.shtml
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| | Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, 1992 |
| | Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, 1992 | | | Revised statement issued on July 22, 1992 by the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. | | | The first section will recall relevant passages from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith's 'Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons' of 1986. |
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http://www.dignityusa.org/1992pastoral.html
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| | Catholic World News (CWN) |
| | Primary: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith | | | Originally known as the Inquisition and then the Holy Office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) received its current appellation in 1965, but is still unofficially known as La Suprema in recognition of its preeminence. | | | Because the CDFs work deals with matters of the faith, the CDF prefect is also president of both the Pontifical Biblical Commission and the International Theological Commission. |
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http://www.cwnews.com/news/biosgloss/definition.cfm?glossID=32
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| | Catholic Culture : Document Library : The Primacy of the Successor of Peter in the Mystery of the Church |
| | Reflections of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated October 30, 1998 on the primacy of Peter's Successor in the Mystery of the Church. | | | On the basis of the New Testament witness, the Catholic Church teaches, as a doctrine of faith, that the Bishop of Rome is the Successor of Peter in his primatial service in the universal Church;[13] this succession explains the pre-eminence of the Church of Rome,[14] enriched also by the preaching and martyrdom of St Paul. | | | In answer to the Holy Father's invitation, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to study the matter by organizing a strictly doctrinal symposium on The Primacy of the Successor of Peter, which was held in the Vatican from 2 to 4 December 1996. |
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| | Declaration on Priestly Ordination of Catholic Women |
| | The women were given time to repent and renounce their ordination, but the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith noted that they have given no sign of repentance. | | | Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, 5 August 2002. | | | In having to take this action, the Congregation trusts that, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, these persons may discover the path of conversion in order to return to the unity of the faith and to communion with the Church, which they have wounded by their actions. |
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| | Congregation for Doctrine of Faith |
| | The Blessed Virgin Mary is the model of ecclesial communion in faith, in charity and in union with Christ.[79] "Eternally present in the mystery of Christ,"[80] she is, in the midst of the apostles, at the very heart of the Church at her birth[81] and of the Church of all ages. | | | Rome, at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the 28th of May 1992. | | | Indeed, "the Church was congregated in the upper part (of the cenacle) with Mary, who was the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. |
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | Given in Rome, at the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on December 29th, 1975. | | | As far as the faithful are concerned, their consent to the setting up of a community of conjugal life must be expressed according to the laws of the Church. | | | It is likewise the Bishops' mission to see that a sound doctrine enlightened by faith and directed by the Magisterium of the Church is taught in faculties of theology and in seminaries. |
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| | Answers to Recent Questions |
| | For this reason, pastors and faithful are invited in this regard to a serious spiritual discernment and to preserve the purity of the faith, morals and the spiritual life, without counting on presumed revelations, but following the revealed Word of God and the directives of the Magisterium of the Church. | | | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has received diverse questions relative to the value and authoritativeness of the notification by this same congregation on October 6, 1995, published in the L'Osservatore Romano on Monday/Tuesday, October 23/24, 1995, page 2, regarding the writing and messages of Mrs. | | | Q: What is the stand of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith regarding the writing and messages of Mrs. |
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| | The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church |
| | In December 2002, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith confirmed, with the explicit approval of the Pope, the excommunication of the seven women who received the ordination to the priesthood on 29th June 2002. | | | Your holding on to the “doctrine” that the ministrial priesthood is reserved for men and that the Church “has no authority at all” to give women the priestly ordination and that this doctrine “has always taught and practised in the Church”, comes close to a falsification of the history of the Church. | | | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith therefore desires, in agreement with the Holy Father, that we women should firmly acknowledge and hold on to the doctrine (Ad tuendam fidem no 4) which can be proved to contradict the full dignity of women as well as their full equality with men (cfr. |
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| | UMass-Amherst Medical Ethics |
| | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is a document stating the official position of the Catholic Church with respect to a number of reproductive technologies. | | | Perhaps the authors of "The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith" felt that the principles are intuitively obvious. | | | The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
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http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~phil164/oncampus/lectures/05-01.html
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| | Congregation for Doctrine of Faith |
| | Issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on September 29, 1984. | | | Finally, for the same reasons, Bishops are asked to guard lest those who lack the required power attempt to lead assemblies in which prayers are employed to obtain liberation from demons, and in the course of which the demons are directly disturbed and an attempt is made to determine their identity. | | | Since the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has been asked what is the proper attitude towards these activities, this Dicastery deems it necessary to make known to all Ordinaries the response which follows: |
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http://www.ewtn.com/library/CURIA/CDFEXORC.htm
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | According to Catholic doctrine, the followers of other religions are oriented to the Church and are all called to become part of her. | | | The Church's faith teaches that the Holy Spirit, working after the resurrection of Jesus Christ, is always the Spirit of Christ sent by the Father, who works in a salvific way in Christians as well as non-Christians. | | | It is consistent with Catholic doctrine to hold that the seeds of truth and goodness that exist in other religions are a certain participation in truths contained in the revelation of or in Jesus Christ. |
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http://www.bc.edu/research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/topics/dupuis_notification.htm
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| | Declaration on Masonic Associations |
| | for the Doctrine of the Faith November 26, 1983 | | | This sacred congregation is in a position to reply that this circumstance is due to an editorial criterion which was followed also in the case of other associations likewise unmentioned inasmuch as they are contained in wider categories. | | | The faithful, who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion. |
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| | Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome |
| | Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 31, 2004, the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. | | | But through her faith in Jesus crucified and risen, the Church knows even more the power of forgiveness and self-giving in spite of any injury or injustice. | | | One could say metaphorically that Mary is a mirror placed before the Church, in which the Church is invited to recognize her own identity as well as the dispositions of the heart, the attitudes and the actions which God expects from her. |
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| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Presentation of the Apostolic Letter in the Form of Motu Proprio ... |
| | Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Presentation of the Apostolic Letter in the Form of Motu Proprio Misericordia Dei (The Mercy of God) Intervention by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect | | | Following is the introduction and explanatory note given by Cardinal Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the presentation of Misericordia Dei on May 2, 2002. | | | Trent is clearly differing from the position of the Reformers, in which the Sacrament of Penance signifies only the manifestation of a forgiveness already granted through faith, and so does not do anything new, but only announces what always already exists in faith. |
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| | Address to the members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the occasion of its Plenary Assembly |
| | Address to the members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on the occasion of its Plenary Assembly | | | However, without an ability to work together, that a common love for the Church makes happen, the Church cannot be her true self: the community of those who are brought together by the closest of bonds, born of the communion with the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. | | | The same is true of all the offices of the Roman Curia, precisely, united by the same faith and the same desire to announce it and witness to it. |
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http://www.pcf.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/speeches/2002/january/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_20020118_dottrina-fede_en.html
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| | The Cardinal Ratzinger Fan Club: Homepage |
| | From 1981 - 2005, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger was appointed head of the Catholic Church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose mission is to "to promote and safeguard the doctrine on the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world" (John Paul II). | | | Pilgrim Fellowship of Faith: The Church as Communion | | | On the occasion of the Cardinal's seventy-fifth birthay, his former students have selected essays, lectures, letters, and conferences that Ratzinger has written in recent years-writing that they feel best represents the position of the Cardinal on issues of theology, the modern world, secularism, non-Christian religions, and other key topics of the Catholic Church. |
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| | US theologian appointed to Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith |
| | He has been a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith International Theological Commission and is editor in chief of the Dominican scholarly quarterly The Thomist. | | | US theologian appointed to Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith | | | Pope John Paul II has appointed Dominican Fr Joseph Augustine Di Noia undersecretary of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. |
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| | RESPONSE TO THE CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH |
| | I accept the doctrine contained in Persona humana (1975), Homosexualitatis problema (1986), and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994) and the adherence which is due to it. | | | At the same time I was informed by my Congregational leaders that the CDF study had found "erroneous" and "dangerous" views in these books. | | | Consequently, I was asked to declare my adherence to the teachings of the Church on homosexuality, acknowledge responsibility for any errors contained in my books and ask pardon within one canonical month. |
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| | Catholic World News : Congregation For Doctrine Of Faith Meets In Rome |
| | The archbishop said that two new themes would be introduced for discussion by the members of the Congregation: the Eucharist in the Church, and the importance of natural law. | | | VATICAN, Jan 14, 02 (CWNews.com) - The members of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith will meet in Rome this week for their annual plenary session. | | | Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, the secretary of the Congregation, said that the members would discuss the work of the Congregation over the past two years. |
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http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=17207
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| | 4 Consulters Appointed to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| | The doctrinal congregation aims to promote and safeguard the doctrine of the faith and morals throughout the Catholic world. | | | VATICAN CITY, APRIL 3, 2003 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II has appointed four consulters for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. | | | 4 Consulters Appointed to Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
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| | Vatican denies it responded to lawyer seeking Kerry's excommunication The-Tidings.com |
| | The questions Balestrieri wrote in Latin and sent to the congregation asked whether the church's condemnation of abortion is a matter of Catholic faith and dogma for which opposition would constitute heresy. | | | "I have no relationship to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith... | | | "The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has had no contact with Mr. |
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| | FR. PAUL COLLINS, AUSTRALIAN PRIEST AND THEOLOGIAN UNDER SCRUTINY BY THE CDF |
| | On the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith specifically he says: | | | Second, he says that the Congregation's consultor must be named. | | | In a letter from the Secretary of the Congregation, Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, to Father Michael Curran, MSC, Superior General of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Father Collins (who is a Sacred Heart priest) is asked to provide "the needed clarifications for submission to |
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| | Finally, concerning pilgrimages to Medjugorje which take place in a private manner, this Congregation holds that they are permitted, on the condition that they not be considered a validation of events in progress and which still call for examination by the Church. | | | By letter of 1 January 1998, you submitted to this Dicastery various questions concerning the position of the Holy See and of the Bishop of Mostar on the subject of the alleged "apparitions" of Medjugorje, private pilgrimages, and the pastoral care of the faithful who go to that place. | | | On that account - whereas I consider it impossible to respond to all of the questions put by your Excellency - I am anxious above all to make clear that it is not the practice of the Holy See to assume, in the first instance, a position of its own regarding supposed supernatural phenomena. |
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| | Doctrine - Open Encyclopedia |
| | See also the Roman Catholic Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. | | | Examples include the Monroe Doctrine, the Stimson Doctrine, the Truman Doctrine, the Eisenhower Doctrine, the Brezhnev Doctrine, and the less catchy Bush administration doctrine of military preeminence, and the Kirkpatrick doctrine. | | | Doctrine, from Latin doctrina, (compare doctor), means "a body of teachings" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. |
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| | Doctrine of the Faith (Congregation) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |
| | Description: promote and safeguard the doctrine on faith and morals in the whole Catholic world; so it has competence in things that touch this matter in any way. | | | Mailing Address: Piazza del S. Uffizio, 11, 00193 Roma, Italy |
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| | Humana, blue cross - Reingenieria Humana. |
| | Persona Humana - Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, sacred congregation doctrine faith, 29 december 1975. | | | Humana Military Healthcare Services no longer maintains a web site for areas in this Humana Military Healthcare Services has been proud to serve the |
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