ARTICLES

Servais Pinckaers

The Recovery of the New Law in Moral Theology Since recent attempts to renew moral theology seem to follow the same basic pattern as the manualist tradition, can the recovery of the New Law bring about the renewal in moral theology called for by the Council?

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Lawrence J. Welch

Christ, the Moral Law, and the Teaching of the Magisterium The author explores the Christological foundation for the claim that the Church has taught infallibly many traditional moral doctrines. In his exploration, the author rediscovers, among other things, a largely ignored theological understanding of natural law.

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Martin Henry

How Christian is Christian Mysticism? The origins and historical development of the term 'mysticism' reveal that the notion itself is ambiguous. The original, objective mysticism rooted in the Divine Liturgy gradually evolved into a subjective version rooted in the individual, one that has left its mark on Western Culture. Among the issues raised is the possible extent to which mysticism may have been a compensation strategy for the failure of the parousia to materialise.

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Benignus Millett

The Beatified Martyrs of Ireland, I: Patrick O'Healy, OFM, Conn O'Rourke, OFM On 22 September 1992, Pope John Paul II beatified seventeen Irish martyrs. The first step in bringing the beatification process to its successful conclusion was the setting up in 1975 of a Commission of professional historians to determine with all possible accuracy the facts of the life and death of each martyr. The members of the Commission were, from 1981, Patrick J. Corish (chairman); Benignus Millet, OFM (secretary); Kevin Kennedy, PP; Francis Finegan, SJ; F. X. Martin, OSA; Drs Ciaran Brady and Colm Lennon. The following auxiliary members were co-opted: John J. Meagher, PP; James Coombes, PP; Kieran Devlin, PP; Augustine Valkenburg, OP. The person named in connection with each study had the primary responsibility for its completion.

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Commentary

Thomas Finan

The Canonization of Edith Stein

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