Ecclesial Ethics and the Gospel sine glossa: Sacramental Politics and the Love of the World

This article examines the charge that the approach D. Stephen Long identifies as “ecclesial ethics” is a world-denying approach. The article examines typologies that pit world-affirmers against world-deniers, showing how “neo-Augustinians” end up on both sides of this divide, depending on who is con...

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Main Author: Cavanaugh, William T. 1962- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2020]
In: Modern theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 3, Pages: 501-523
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Lubac, Henri de 1896-1991 / Catholic theology / Ecclesiology / Sacramentality / Attributes of God / Love / The Supernatural
IxTheo Classification:KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KDB Roman Catholic Church
NBC Doctrine of God
NBN Ecclesiology
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Summary:This article examines the charge that the approach D. Stephen Long identifies as “ecclesial ethics” is a world-denying approach. The article examines typologies that pit world-affirmers against world-deniers, showing how “neo-Augustinians” end up on both sides of this divide, depending on who is constructing the typology. The article argues that these typologies are inaccurate, distorting, and often self-contradictory. It offers an alternative etiology, making a case that “ecclesial ethics” can be understood as a development of the progressive wing of Catholic thought that surfaced in Vatican II. The article examines Giuseppe Dossetti’s advocacy of a Gospel sine glossa at Vatican II, and argues that this type of ethics has deep roots in a Catholic sacramental theology. Finally, the article examines Henri de Lubac’s work as exemplary of such a sacramental theology. The article concludes that the basis of “ecclesial ethics” is a deeply sacramental view of creation being transformed by the grace of God through Jesus Christ.
ISSN:1468-0025
Contains:Enthalten in: Modern theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/moth.12604