Chapter, §
1 Intro | faults, through a renewed historical and theological evaluation
2 Intro | connected with particular historical and cultural contexts in
3 Intro | by correctly combining historical and theological judgement?
4 Intro | not to examine particular historical cases but rather to clarify
5 Intro | is not a question of the historical institution alone or solely
6 Intro | posed. It moves from a brief historical revisiting of the theme (
7 Intro | The precise correlation of historical and theological judgement
8 1, 3 | forgiveness to a multitude of historical events in which the Church,
9 1, 4 | also rich in the variety of historical experiences, positive and
10 1, 4 | above all, because of the historical judgement which this requires.
11 1, 4 | closely intertwined. An historical hermeneutic is therefore
12 1, 4 | forgiveness for episodes or historical periods marked by injustices.
13 1, 4 | assigned ‘guilt’ for isolated historical phenomena like the Crusades
14 2, 1 | asks forgiveness for the historical sins of her children.”38 ~
15 3 (41)| Christian authors of various historical periods reproached the Church
16 3, 1 | ensemble of her visible and historical aspects stands in relation
17 3, 1 | among themselves despite historical differences of time and
18 4 | 4. Historical Judgement and Theological
19 4 | first of all, a correct historical judgement, which is also
20 4 | answered through rigorous historical analysis can one then ask
21 4 | The relationship between “historical judgement” and “theological
22 4 | the time, in the light of historical context of the epoch.”64~
23 4, 1 | from the point of view of historical knowledge? To determine
24 4, 1 | situated in a complex of historical relationships, and in order
25 4, 2 | 4.2. Historical Investigation and Theological
26 4, 2 | interpretative process within which historical judgement and theological
27 4, 2 | be kept in mind that the historical periods are different, that
28 4, 2 | the enormous diversity of historical and geographical situations.
29 4, 2 | Second, the correlation of historical judgement and theological
30 4, 2 | discerned these by attentive historical and theological study.~Thanks
31 4, 2 | People of God in its various historical situations, interpretation
32 4, 2 | possible contributions by the historical sciences and interpretative
33 4, 2 | methods. The exercise of historical hermeneutics should not,
34 4, 2 | II observes, “an accurate historical judgement cannot prescind
35 4, 2 | excuse or condemn various historical periods. She entrusts the
36 5 | carry out an appropriate historical examination of conscience
37 5, 1 | possible to attribute to past historical deeds a different quality,
38 5, 1 | educated.~The combination of historical judgement and theological
39 5, 1 | the relationship between historical judgement and theological
40 5, 1 | the correct combination of historical evaluation and theological
41 5, 2 | eleventh century, cultural and historical factors played an important
42 5, 2 | determined – by cultural factors, historical conditioning, and those
43 5, 3 | in the great variety of historical situations: “Then there
44 5, 3 | always, establishing the historical truth by means of historical-critical
45 5, 4 | course of time is a sad historical fact and is the cause of
46 6, 2 | example, of the various historical models of the theology of
47 6, 2 | identified with appropriate historical and theological discernment,
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