Teologia fondamentale 2RA0311

To introduce students to the structural theme of Fundamental Theology: Divine revelation and its credibility—to this is added the corresponding act of faith on the part of the thinking and believing subject as a subjective principle of theological knowledge. To help students develop the capacity to dialogue with the cultures and religions they encounter and to “always be ready to give an explanation to anyone who asks (them) for a reason for (their) hope” (1Pt 3:15).

The main themes are: I.: a) Introduction to the notion of theology, its metaphysical and systematic aspects. Fundamental theology today: identity, task, and content; b) fundamental, structural and hermeneutical aspects of the biblical revelation; c) an outline of the history of the theology of revelation, ending with a detailed study of Dei Verbum. II.: a) A theological synthesis of the study of revelation: the use of models in the theology of revelation, the possibility of revelation; b) the theology of faith; c) the transmission of revelation in the Church: Sacred Scripture, Tradition, Magisterium, sensus fidei fidelium.

Church Documents: Dei Filius: Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith. I Vatican Council. 1870; Pontifical Biblical Commission. Instruction Sancta Mater Ecclesia, 21 April 1964. [DH 904-906]; Dei Verbum: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation. II Vatican Council. 1965; Benedict XVI. Post-Synodal Apostoli exhortation Verbum Domini … on the Word of God in the life and mission of the Church. 2010; International Theological Commission. Theology Today: Perspectives, Principles and Criteria, 2011. Selected readings from the following books: Dulles, Avery. Models of Revelation. Maryknoll (NY): Orbis Books, 1992; Dulles, Avery. The Assurance of Things Hoped For. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994; Fisichella, Rino & Latourelle, René. Editors. Dictionary of Fundamental Theology. Middlegreen: St. Pauls, 1994; Gaillardetz, Richard R. By What Authority? Foundations for Understanding Authority in the Church, Collegeville, Minnesota: Liturgical Press, 2018; Latourelle, René. Theology of Revelation. Eugene: Wipf and Stock, 1966; Léon-Dufour, Xavier. Dictionary of Biblical Theology. Ijamsville: The Word among us, 1988; O’Collins, Gerald. Rethinking Fundamental Theology. Oxford: OUP, 2011.