Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria
(March 08, 2012) To examine more important doctrinal questions (and as part of its
work of assisting the Holy See, and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
in particular,) the International Theological Commission on Thursday issued a new
English-language document, entitled Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria.
It will be published on the International Theological Commission’s page on the Vatican
website and in the CNS documentary service Origins. This document examines a number
of contemporary theological issues and sets forth, in light of the foundational principles
of theology, methodological criteria which must be considered decisive for Catholic
theology vis-à-vis other related disciplines, such as the religious sciences. The
document is divided into three parts: theology presupposes attentive listening to
the word of God accepted in faith; it is practised in communion with the Church; and
its aim is to ground a scientific approach to God’s truth within a horizon of authentic
wisdom. The text was approved by the International Theological Commission on 29th
of November 2011 and submitted to the President of the Commission, Cardinal William
Levada, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who authorized
its publication.
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