Benozzo Gozzoli, Le triomphe de saint Thomas d'Aquin, 1471

mardi 19 mai 2015

The Hermeneutic of Vatican II and the Metaphysics of Participation

            We have the pleasure to inform our readers, that we already published a new study (in italian) on the the hermeneutic of Vatican II and the metaphysics of participation. It can be downloaded in the section Publications en libre accès (on the left side of this page), or directly here:

https://uprait.academia.edu/AlainContat 

In this study, we have sought to establish if and how the metaphysics of participation can offer a valid instrument for the “hermeneutics of reform in continuity”, which Pope Benedict XVI encouraged for a correct understanding of Vatican II. Using the ontology of Cornelio Fabro and the ecclesiology of Charles Journet as inspiration, we have studied and organized under this light five great novelties of the Council: 1. the “subsistence” of the Church of Christ in the Catholic Church, which alone has the totality of the means of salvation, refers to “ecclesiality per essentiam”; 2. The presence of “elements of sanctification” beyond the visible limits of the Catholic Church manifests the reality of an “ecclesiality per participationem”; 3. the “strains of truth”, at work in the non-Christian communities and denominations are interpreted as means that manifest the participability of the human condition to Christic Revelation; 4. civil liberty in religious matters, results from the transcendence of the human person with respect to the State in this sphere; 5. the existence of a twofold subject of supreme magisterial and jurisdictional power in the Church, constitutes a very particular case of univocal participation in the same perfection.

L’ermeneutica del Vaticano II e la metafisica della partecipazione

    Ci permettiamo di segnalare ai nostri lettori la pubblicazione di un nostro nuovo studio, il cui argomento è L’ermeneutica del Vaticano II e la metafisica della partecipazione. Tentiamo di interpretare il novum dell’ultimo concilio ecumenico alla luce della nozione metafisica di partecipazione. Ne esce una interpretazione tomista del corpus conciliare in linea con l’«ermeneutica della riforma nella continuità» auspicata dal Papa emerito Benedetto XVI.
     L’articolo può essere liberamente scaricato a partire dal collegamento ad hoc nella rubrica publications en libre accès, sulla colonna di sinistra, oppure cliccando sul seguente link:

https://uprait.academia.edu/AlainContat .