Contra +Sanborn's Teachings on so called "Opinionism"
Aug 12, 2023 9:18:49 GMT -5
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Post by Pacelli on Aug 12, 2023 9:18:49 GMT -5
Msgr. G. Van Noort, The Sources of Divine Revelation/Divine Faith, 1961, pp. 282-283, since it illustrates the errors of the “anti-opinionists”:
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(Comment: Its worth noting that Bishop Sanborn is neither a theologian, nor an ordinary bishop of the Catholic Church, and the training he received was not even from approved Catholic seminary. His status as a "sacramental bishop" does not make him in any way an approved teacher in the Church. In short, he has no standing, credentials or authority in the Catholic Church, and just like the rest of us, in our times must only rely on the substance of arguments he makes. Van Noort is discussing reckless censorship by private theologians, so I would like the reader to keep in mind that reckless censorship being used by men in our times is much lesser even than to what Van Noort describes. It is censorship by men that are not even close to the level of the Church's theologians, who do not even have approved seminary training, or any office or standing in the Church at all!)
(Wisely preserved by forum member Didymus)
(Comment: Its worth noting that Bishop Sanborn is neither a theologian, nor an ordinary bishop of the Catholic Church, and the training he received was not even from approved Catholic seminary. His status as a "sacramental bishop" does not make him in any way an approved teacher in the Church. In short, he has no standing, credentials or authority in the Catholic Church, and just like the rest of us, in our times must only rely on the substance of arguments he makes. Van Noort is discussing reckless censorship by private theologians, so I would like the reader to keep in mind that reckless censorship being used by men in our times is much lesser even than to what Van Noort describes. It is censorship by men that are not even close to the level of the Church's theologians, who do not even have approved seminary training, or any office or standing in the Church at all!)
I. Notion and types of censorship
Censures fall into one of two main categories: ecclesiastical and theological. Ecclesiastical censures are those that the church inflicts on people who are guilty of a crime. These censorships are dealt with in Canon Law. Theological censures are directed at doctrines, not at people.
A theological censorship can be defined as: a qualification that marks some proposition as more or less harmful to faith or religion.
Theological censorships are divided into: (a) merely doctrinal (or private) censorships that are inflicted by expert theologians who do not possess an authorized magisterium; such, for example, were the censorships inflicted in earlier times by the theological faculties of the universities: (b) authorized censorships (public, judicial). These are inflicted by the infallible magisterium of the Church, or, at least, by her authentic magisterium. Here we are concerned only with authoritative or judicial censorship. Obviously a merely doctrinal or "private" censorship has no more weight than the intelligence and arguments of the person who inflicts it. Finally, it is good to recall here the prohibition issued by Innocent XI against the reckless use of censorship by private theologians:
“Finally, so that doctors, be they scholastics or any other people, refrain in the future from harmful lawsuits and safeguard peace and charity, the Holy Pontiff himself orders them under holy obedience, both in printed and handwritten books. as in theses, disputes and sermons too, to avoid all censorship and note and also all violent protests against those propositions which are still disputed here or there among Catholics until the matter has been brought to the attention of the Holy See and a judgment is issued on those same propositions. . (DB 1216)”
Censures fall into one of two main categories: ecclesiastical and theological. Ecclesiastical censures are those that the church inflicts on people who are guilty of a crime. These censorships are dealt with in Canon Law. Theological censures are directed at doctrines, not at people.
A theological censorship can be defined as: a qualification that marks some proposition as more or less harmful to faith or religion.
Theological censorships are divided into: (a) merely doctrinal (or private) censorships that are inflicted by expert theologians who do not possess an authorized magisterium; such, for example, were the censorships inflicted in earlier times by the theological faculties of the universities: (b) authorized censorships (public, judicial). These are inflicted by the infallible magisterium of the Church, or, at least, by her authentic magisterium. Here we are concerned only with authoritative or judicial censorship. Obviously a merely doctrinal or "private" censorship has no more weight than the intelligence and arguments of the person who inflicts it. Finally, it is good to recall here the prohibition issued by Innocent XI against the reckless use of censorship by private theologians:
“Finally, so that doctors, be they scholastics or any other people, refrain in the future from harmful lawsuits and safeguard peace and charity, the Holy Pontiff himself orders them under holy obedience, both in printed and handwritten books. as in theses, disputes and sermons too, to avoid all censorship and note and also all violent protests against those propositions which are still disputed here or there among Catholics until the matter has been brought to the attention of the Holy See and a judgment is issued on those same propositions. . (DB 1216)”