The Theology of Canon Law: A Methodological Question

Authors

Eugenio Corecco

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Phenomenological Experience p.1

Chapter 2 The Unity of Law in Christian Philosophical Thought p.5

Premises in Greco-Roman Philosophy p.5

The Unity of Law and the Stoic Concept of Nature p.8

Heterogeneity of Law within Sophistic Pluralism p.12

Metaphysical Foundation of the Unity of Law in the Synthesis of Plato and Aristotle p.15

Eclectic Reception of Greco-Roman Philosophy by the Church Fathers p.21

The Encounter of Divine Positive Law with Stoic Law p.21

The Unity of Law in the Metaphysical and Religious Synthesis of St. Augustine p.26

Superimposition of Divine and Natural Law from Late Antiquity to Scholasticism p.29

The Unity of Law in the Distinction between Natural and Supernatural in St. Thomas p.35

Divine Will as Sole Source of the Unity of Law in Ockhamism p.39

Rationality as Ultimate Source of Law in Intellectualism p.43

The Synthesis of Christian Thought around the Suarezian Formula: Jus divinum, sive naturale sive positivum p.48

Chapter 3 The Unity of Law in Orthodox, Protestant and Catholic Theology p.55

The Cultural Background 55 Orthodox Theology p.58

The Contemplation of Transcendence p.60

Universal and Local Church p.62

The Principle of “Economy” p.68

Dogma and Law p,70

Protestant Theology p.77

Law and Gospel p.78

The Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms p.84

Invisible Church and Visible Church p.89

Gospel and Law p.94

Christology and Trinitarian Doctrine: The New “Loci theologici” of Canon Law'? p.103

Critical Observations 105

Catholic Theology p.108

Law and Grace p.108

Methodological Developments p.112

The Ontological and Epistemological Statute p.128

Publication Date

1992

Publisher

Duquesne University Press

City

Pittsburgh

Disciplines

Philosophy | Psychology

Recommended Citation

Corecco, E. (1992). The Theology of Canon Law: A Methodological Question. Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/phen-books/3