Some Recent Work
Read the conclusion to my commentary on the Vatican II's Pastoral Decree on Priestly Life and Ministry. The commentary, coauthored with Fr. Guy Mansini, OSB appears as part of a new Commentary on the sixteen documents of Vatican II. The book is entitled Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition is edited by Fr. Matthew Lamb and is the work of some 20 commentators. It is published by Oxford University Press. To purchase Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition click here The commentary is meant to transcend the mass-media storyline of “liberal” versus “conservative.” It studies the documents of Vatican II in terms of its continuity with two millennia of Church Tradition employs what Pope Benedict XVI has called a "Hermeneutic of continuity." Articles To read my review that appeared in Nova et Vetera of John Noonan's A Church That Can and Cannot Change click here. Since the subject of the principles of cooperation has been in the news lately, I have posted a copy of an article I wrote on cooperation and sterilization. This article appeared in Linacre Quarterly in 2000. To read my article click here Some articles on the magisterium Theological Studies (this article appeared in the September 2003 issue) Postscript to the New Blackfriars Essay Article review of Authority in the Roman Catholic: Theory and Practice St. Thomas Lecture
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For the Church and within the Church: Priestly
Representation A later version was published in The Thomist, October 2001 |