Tag: Doctrinal

Free Download Aulis Aarnio, "Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law"
English | 2011 | pages: 222 | ISBN: 940073770X, 9400716540 | PDF | 2,0 mb
Essays on the Doctrinal Study of Law is a summary of the author’s 40 years of research in the fields of civil law and the philosophy of law. The main focus is on the two main tasks in the doctrinal study of law: the interpretation and systematisation of legal norms. In this regard, Professor Aarnio deals with the theory of argumentation as well as with its foundations – i.e., with the ontology, epistemology and methodology of legal thinking – and develops the ideas that were first presented in The Rational as Reasonable (Kluwer 1987) in all of these dimensions. The work includes an updated discussion on the writings of Robert Alexy, Jûrgen Habermas, Ronald Dworkin and Alf Ross. A focal point of view concerns the distinction between positivism and non-positivism, in which the core of the criticism focuses on Scandinavian realism.

Free Download Doctrinal Note on Some Aspects of Evangelization: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith By Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith; Robert Robert Bar; The Catholic Church
2012 | 95 Pages | ISBN: 0809147602 | EPUB | 1 MB
The book offers an English translation of the document of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, accompanied by five comments explaining the importance of the document.

Free Download Theories of Doctrinal Development in the Catholic Church by Michael Seewald, David West
English | March 23, 2023 | ISBN: 1009272004 | 240 pages | PDF | 1.16 Mb
The contemporary Catholic Church finds itself in deep crisis as it questions which elements are essential to the Catholic faith, and which can be changed. Bringing a longue durée perspective to this issue, Michael Seewald historicizes the problem and investigates how theologians of the past addressed it in light of the challenges that they faced in their time. He explores the intense intellectual efforts made by theologians to explain how new components were added to Christian doctrine over time, and that dogma has always been subject to change. Acknowledging the historic cleavage between ‘conservatives’ who refer to tradition, and reformers, who formulate their arguments to address contemporary needs, Seewald shows that Catholic thought is intellectually expansive, enabling the Church to be transformed in order to meet the challenges of the present day. His book demonstrates how theology has dealt with the realization that there is a simultaneity of continuity and discontinuity in doctrinal matters.