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This dissertation provides an analysis of the attempts by John Henry Newman to account for the historical reality of doctrinal change within Christianity in the light of his lasting conviction that the idea of Christianity is fixed by reference to the dogmatic content of the deposit of faith. The existing literature on Newman is enormous and wide-ranging but this present work fills a notable gap by treating Newman at any particular point in the account as a person with an open future, where his present acts are not determined by later events, and where any apologetic intent has to be identified and accounted for by reference to the immediate matter under consideration and the contemporaneous evidence. The argument of the thesis is that Newman proposed a series of hypotheses to account for the apparent contradiction between change and continuity, that this series begins much earlier than is generally recognised and that the final hypothesis he was to propose, contained in An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, (‘Essay’), provided a methodology of lasting theological value. The introduction establishes the centrality of the problem of change and continuity to Newman's theological work as an Anglican, its part in his conversion to Roman Catholicism and its contemporary relevance to Roman Catholic theology. It also surveys the major secondary literature relating to the question, with particular reference to those works published within the last fifty years. In the first main chapter, covering the period to the publication of his first major work, The Arians of the Fourth Century, in 1833, Newman's earliest awareness of the problem and first attempts to solve it are considered. The growing confidence of Newman's Tractarian period and his development of the notion of the Via Media form the second chapter and the collapse of that confidence, the subject matter of the third. The fourth chapter is concerned with the emergence of the theory of development and the writing and content of the Essay. The conclusion considers the legacy of the Essay as a tool in Newman’s theology and in the work of later theologians, finally suggesting that it may offer a useful methodological contribution to the contemporary Roman Catholic debate about hermeneutical approaches to the Second Vatican Council.

Submitted by Marlene Aparecida de Souza Cardozo (mcardozo@pucsp.br) on 2016-11-29T11:36:22Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Genivaldo Cordeiro de Oliveira.pdf: 2801187 bytes, checksum: 0543494403cf9793cc7fb413d10b7852 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-29T11:36:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Antonio Genivaldo Cordeiro de Oliveira.pdf: 2801187 bytes, checksum: 0543494403cf9793cc7fb413d10b7852 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The research shows the construction of a unique identity in contemporary Japanese Catholicism. Utilizing primary sources, the author demonstrates a change in the paradigm of understanding of Catholic mission, with a historic-sociological reconstruction of the Catholic Church transplantation from the XIX century and the necessary accommodations during the expansionism of the Greater Japanese Empire. He then points out the Japanese episcopacy's participation in the Vatican II Council and highlights their commitment to inculturation issues and the construction of a local Church identity. Finally, he describes the emblematic conflict between the Newcatechumenal Way and the local Episcopal Conference in the past decades. The locus of this study is theoretically in regards to the religious transplantations and cultural transference process and its efforts to achieve an autochthonous identity. On the one hand, by demonstrating the formation of a Japanese identity within Catholicism, the study challenges the general understanding that Christianity continues to be considered as a foreign religion in Japan; on the other hand, it confirms the tendency of the Japanese people in appropriating a religious tradition and innovating it / A pesquisa mostra a construção de uma identidade particular no catolicismo contemporâneo Japonês. A partir de fontes primárias, o autor apresenta a mudança de paradigma no entendimento da missão católica com uma reconstrução histórico-sociológica da transplantação da Igreja Católica a partir do século XIX e as acomodações necessárias durante o expansionismo do Império do Grande Japão. Posteriormente, situa a participação do episcopado japonês no Concílio Vaticano II e destaca o compromisso deste com a inculturação e com a construção da identidade de igreja local. Finalmente, descreve o emblemático conflito entre o Caminho Neocatecumenal e a Conferência Episcopal local nas últimas décadas. O estudo situa-se teoricamente no tema das transplantações religiosas e dos processos de transferências culturais e suas transformações até alcançar uma identidade autóctone. Ao demonstrar a formação de uma identidade católica japonesa, por um lado o estudo desafia o entendimento geral de que o cristianismo continue a ser considerado como religião estrangeira no Japão; por outro lado, confirma a tendência dos japoneses em apropriarem-se de uma tradição religiosa e inová-la

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-08T17:06:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 116043.pdf: 3801232 bytes, checksum: c7bb6790815a7e549cdd6a8f489e230b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-03-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The liturgical repertoire for choir in Brazil from the last decades of the twentieth century was marked by the determinations of Vatican II, an event that promoted the reform of the Catholic rite. Due to this context of change, which allowed the celebration of Mass in the vernacular, the liturgical chant, which includes choral, suffered a readjustment, along the lines proposed by the conciliar bishops. / O repertório litúrgico para coro no Brasil a partir das últimas décadas do século XX foi marcado pelas determinações do Concílio Vaticano II, evento que promoveu a reforma do rito católico. Em decorrência deste contexto de mudanças, que permitiu a celebração da Missa em vernáculo, o canto litúrgico, que inclui o canto coral, sofreu uma readequação, seguindo os moldes propostos pelos bispos conciliares.

As a key contributor to the current discussion of the Catholic theology of religions, Gavin D'Costa's writings represent a consistent attempt to utilize the resources of the doctrine of the Trinity to address a number of issues regarding the theological significance and function of religions in the salvific plan of God. The aim of this thesis is to examine critically his Trinitarian theology of religions through the lens of a main proponent of patristic theology, Basil of Caesarea, and through a historical-systematic study, address the question of whether his underlying Trinitarianism is consonant with classical Trinitarian theology. After a discussion of Vatican II and post-Conciliar sources, the main contours of D'Costa's theology are highlighted through an interpretive grid of particularity/universality (Christology/Pneumatology) with a second-order universality/particularity. Despite his distancing from the three-fold typology of exclusivism-inclusivism-pluralism, we analyzed that much of his theology continues to fall within the category of traditional inclusivism, particularly since his recent proposal of the limbo of the Fathers contained serious difficulties pertaining to his intention to maintain a singular OT Judaism-Christianity relationship. Next, we examined the main features of Basilian Trinitarianism, and proposed that three major themes are of relevance for a comparative analysis with D'Costa's theology, namely, (1) the doctrines of divine simplicity and inseparable operations, (2) the enlightening work of the Spirit, and (3) the theology of baptism and theosis. Throughout the discussion, in recognition that Basil's thought is part of the patristic theological matrix of his time, we will also reference the writings of other Church Fathers, including Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Augustine. We concluded that while in Basil's theology, economy, relationality and ethics are intricately woven into each other, D'Costa's system, despite its significant merits, was at risk of disaffiliating the connections between the three.

Étudiant en histoire à La Sorbonne, Henri Rollet (1917-2003) découvre l’action sociale de l’Église, grâce à Mgr Chaptal, évêque auxiliaire de Paris. Sa responsabilité de « patron » dans l’industrie ne l’empêche pas, en 1948, de soutenir une thèse de doctorat qui retrace l’action sociale des catholiques en France (1871-1901). Dès l’année suivante, il est nommé président du Secrétariat Social de Paris. Plus tard il deviendra président national, puis international de l’action catholique des hommes, auditeur laïc au Concile Vatican II, et ensuite président de l’Institut Catholique de Paris. Pendant cette période, il écrit plusieurs ouvrages souvent historiques sur le rôle des catholiques sociaux, rédige beaucoup d’articles, donne de très nombreuses conférences. C’est essentiellement à partir des informations et commentaires donnés par la presse sur ses livres, articles, et conférences, que l’on peut découvrir le comportement, les opinions, et les prises de position de ce laïc engagé. Comment, au cours de cette deuxième partie du XX° siècle, a-t-il conçu et exercé sa mission de laïc engagé ? Comment a-t-il porté témoignage de sa foi, en France, mais également dans d’autres pays ? Comment a-t-il milité pour donner au laïc un rôle plus important au sein de l’Église ? Comme on le verra, un certain nombre de sujets énoncés il y a cinquante ans, sont encore d’actualité ! À partir des documents retrouvés, ce travail tente de répondre à ces questions, en montrant toute l’importance et l’actualité de la Doctrine Sociale de l’Église. / While studying history at the Sorbonne, Henri Rollet (1917-2003) discovered the Church’s social teaching through Emmanuel Chaptal, an auxiliary bishop of Paris. Though he was an industry manager, he nevertheless submitted a doctoral thesis in 1948 on how Catholics had engaged with French society between 1871 and 1901. The following year, he was appointed President of the Secrétariat Social de Paris. Later he would become national President and then international President of Catholic Action for men, a lay auditor at Vatican II, and then president of the Institut Catholique de Paris. During this period he wrote several works on the role of socially engaged Catholics, mostly of a historical kind, as well as many articles; and he gave numerous conferences. It is essentially though press reports and commentaries on his books, articles and talks that one can discover who this committed lay person was: his attitudes, his opinions, the stands he took. How did this committed lay person conceive and carry out his mission in the second half of the 20th century? How did he bear witness to his faith, not only in France but also in other countries? How did he struggle to give the lay person a more significant role within the Church? As will be seen, a number of topics worked through fifty years ago are still all too relevant. Drawing on newly discovered documents, this study attempts to answer these questions, while bringing out the full importance and relevance of Catholic Social Teaching.

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[pt] Na vida de Jesus de Nazaré se destaca a presença e ação do Espírito Santo ao longo do seu ministério messiânico para afirmar a centralidade da relação entre cristologia e pneumatologia. Jesus Cristo é o mistério mais importante de toda a realidade, revelado de modo único, original, irrepetível e insuperável no Espírito. O caminho do Espírito no evento de Cristo é o argumento principal desta tese. O horizonte teológico, assim com a realidade humana são desafios a enfrentar na atualidade. Para tal, primeiramente foi colocado em destaque a relação entre Cristo e o Espírito no NT, nos momentos principais, onde acontece a manifestação do Espírito na vida de Cristo: na encarnação, no batismo e no mistério pascal. Nestes três eventos a presença operante do Espírito revela a constituição divina e humana de Cristo e a universalidade de sua salvação. Após o testemunho bíblico e pós-bíblico destacou-se a presença do Espírito Santo na renovada atenção do Concílio Vaticano II em seus aspectos cristológicos, pneumatológicos e eclesiológicos. O concílio representou uma renovação da Igreja, entretanto com limitações e dificuldades para articular seu conteúdo. Os textos conciliares impulsionaram a produção teológica pós-conciliar valorizando a cristologia pneumatológica, destacando-se as obras de Yves Congar, Walter Kasper e Marcello Bordoni. A reflexão pós-conciliar afetou particularmente a posição teológica na América Latina, por isso foi relevante analisar a presença do Espírito na cristologia latino-americana. Por último, alguns pontos emergem na contemporaneidade, que indicam a necessidade da reflexão teológica de aprofundar a dimensão pneumática do mistério de Cristo. / [en] In life of Jesus of Nazareth stands out the presence and action of Holy Spirit over his messianic ministry to affirm the centrality of relationship between christology and pneumatology. Jesus Christ is the most important of all reality mystery, revealed in a unique way, unrepeatable and unsurpassed in the Spirit. The path of Spirit in Christ event is the main argument of this thesis. The theological horizon with the human reality are challenges to face today. For this purpose, it was first placed highlighted the relationship between Christ and the Spirit in the NT, in key moments, where is the manifestation of Spirit in the life of Christ in the incarnation, in his baptism and the paschal mystery. In all three events the active presence of Spirit reveals the divine and human constitution of Christ and the universality of salvation. After the biblical witness and post-biblical highlighted the presence of Holy Spirit in the renewed attention of Vatican II in its christological, pneumatological and ecclesiological aspects. The Council represented a renewal of Church, though with limitations and difficulties to articulate its contents. The conciliar texts boosted the post-conciliar theological production valuing the pneumatological Christology, highlighting the works of Yves Congar, Walter Kasper and Marcello Bordoni. The post-conciliar reflection particularly affected theological position in Latin America, so it was important to analyze the Spirit s presence in the Latin American christology. Finally, some points emerge in contemporary times, indicating the need for theological reflection to deepen the pneumatic dimension of Christ s mystery.

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