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A Church That Can and Cannot Change: The Development of Catholic Moral Teaching (ND Erasmus Institute Books)

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Description for A Church That Can and Cannot Change: The Development of Catholic Moral Teaching (ND Erasmus Institute Books) Paperback. Demonstrates that the moral teaching of the Catholic Church has changed and continues to change without abandoning its foundational commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. This book looks at the profound changes that have occurred over the centuries in Catholic moral teaching on freedom of conscience, lending for a profit, and slavery, and more. Series: Erasmus Institute Books. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 460.

Using concrete examples, John T. Noonan, Jr., demonstrates that the moral teaching of the Catholic Church has changed and continues to change without abandoning its foundational commitment to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Specifically, Noonan looks at the profound changes that have occurred over the centuries in Catholic moral teaching on freedom of conscience, lending for a profit, and slavery. He also offers a close examination of the change now in progress concerning divorce.

In these changes Noonan perceives the Catholic Church to be a vigorous, living organism answering new questions with new answers, and enlarging the capacity of ... Read more

Noonan also states that the Church cannot change its commitment to preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Given this absolute, how can the moral teaching of the Church change? Noonan finds this question unanswerable when asked in the abstract. But in the context of the specific facts and events he discusses in this book, an answer becomes clear. As our capacity to grasp the Gospel grows, so too, our understanding and compassion, which give life to the Gospel commandments of love, grow.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Series
Erasmus Institute Books
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268036041
SKU
V9780268036041
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About John T. Noonan
John T. Noonan, Jr., is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco, California. He is a historian of ideas, distinguished lecturer, and author of thirteen books.

Reviews for A Church That Can and Cannot Change: The Development of Catholic Moral Teaching (ND Erasmus Institute Books)
“What might at first glance seem to be a problematic piling up of disparate answers . . . actually helps to seal Noonan's case. The multiple interwoven issues lead one toward the realization that there has been a certain heterogeneous inconsistency, even not excluding the church's determination of what is unnatural or intrinsically evil.” —American Catholic Studies "Crisply written and ... Read more

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