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501 Note, 2    |        publication.~ ~Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for
502 Pre        |    Congregation sent the text of the official Contestatio to the author,
503            | often
504            | once
505 Note, 1    |          played by references to the ontic or pre-moral level.23 This
506 Note, 1    |           see “Divine Wisdom” as the ontological (and therefore objective)
507 Note, 2    |           perspective of inquiry and openness”.32 For the person who is
508 Pre        |       together with his own personal opinion. This second Response was
509 Note, 1    |       through the author’s frequent “options” and “preferences”.21 In
510 Note, 2    |            of this Congregation, and ordered its publication.~ ~Rome,
511 Note, 1    |         influence”, a “context”, an “orientation”,15 a “new frame of reference”
512 Pre        |       Actitudes (in both the Spanish original and the most recent Italian
513            | others
514 Pre        |             Informed of the positive outcome of the meeting, the Cardinal
515            | over
516            | own
517 Pre        |          Preguntas dirigidas al Rev. P. Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.R.”,
518 Note, 1(1) |           with the volume number and page number; the corresponding
519 Note, 1(22)|      Editrice, 1994), 142-145: these pages on the Encyclical Letter
520 Note, 2    |            in other documents of the papal Magisterium before45 and
521 Note, 1(13)|            an exhortation, a generic paraenesis, which the autonomous reason
522 Note, 2    |           With regard to responsible parenthood, the author states that
523 Pre        |         place on June 2, 2000. Those participating were the Cardinal Prefect
524 Note, 1    |              them,10 but rather as a partition which comes between man
525 Pre        |       Christian faithful, especially pastors of souls, teachers of moral
526 Pre        |            an additional three month period in which to make his response,
527 Note, 1(13)|       context, universally valid and permanent. The word of God would be
528 Note, 1    |             secular imperatives of a personalism of political alterity”.19~
529 Note, 2    |             sexual relations between persons of the same sex.34 The degree
530 Note, 2    |            the Feast of the Chair of Peter, Apostle.~ ~+ Joseph Cardinal
531 Pre        |              Tobin and Father Joseph Pfab, C.Ss.R., former Superior
532 Pre        |              on the basis of all the phases of the examination and the
533 Note, 1    |         sciences and by contemporary philosophical currents. However, this
534 Pre        |         meeting with the author took place on June 2, 2000. Those participating
535 Note, 1    |           completely on a horizontal plane. Therefore, Moral de Actitudes
536 Note, 1    |               as well as to the role played by references to the ontic
537 Note, 1    |      imperatives of a personalism of political alterity”.19~The Christian
538 Note, 2    |              Church.~ ~The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II, at the Audience
539 Note, 2    |          some situations it does not pose a moral problem, “given
540 Note, 2    |             In his discussion of the possibility of medical intervention
541 Note, 1(22)|          Veritatis splendor (Madrid: PPC, 1994) especially 24-26,
542 Note, 2    |              depenalization; some in practice constitute the legalization
543 Note, 1    |              currents. However, this praiseworthy concern often does not achieve
544 Note, 1    |             the theological virtues, prayer, the beatitudes, the resurrection,
545 Note, 1    |           references to the ontic or pre-moral level.23 This leads to a
546 Note, 1    |              moral object of an act, precision of language, and integrity
547 Pre        |                                      PREFACE~ ~One of the responsibilities
548 Note, 1    |              frequent “options” and “preferences”.21 In particular, his commentary
549 Pre        |              of the Respuesta a las “Preguntas dirigidas al Rev. P. Marciano
550 Pre        |  Congregation judged it necessary to prepare a Notification, which would
551 Note, 2    |             to be valid”.41 But even prescinding from conflict situations, “
552 Note, 1    |   sufficiently detailed study of the principal concepts and themes of Christian
553 Pre        |       verifying, in keeping with the principles recognized by the author,
554 Pre        |      translations of these published prior to the Notification, cannot
555 Note, 2    |             it does not pose a moral problem, “given that the intention
556 Note, 2(34)|              Letter Homosexualitatis problema (October 1, 1987), 3-8:
557 Pre        |          doctrinal questions and the procedural aspects of the case, Father
558 Pre        |          Regulations. This manner of proceeding and the text of the above-mentioned
559 Pre        |              heterologous artificial procreation, therapeutic and eugenic
560 Pre        |      Notification, and a cordial and productive conversation regarding the
561 Note, 1    |         attentive to the gradual and progressive nature of life and of moral
562 Note, 1    |              value of the norms that prohibit such actions.~ ~
563 Note, 1    |             theological methodology, proper definition of the moral
564 Note, 2    |            and there is a reasonable proportion between the failures and
565 Note, 1(13)|              God would be limited to proposing an exhortation, a generic
566 Pre        |           Faith is to watch over and protect the doctrine of the faith,
567 Pre        |           June 4, 1998, Father Vidal provided his Response, which had
568 Note, 2    |              adds, one must “adopt a provisional attitude”, formulated “from
569 Pre        |              out, even by means of a public notification, the ambiguities
570 Note, 2    |       encourage moral theologians to pursue the task of renewing moral
571 Note, 1    |              man”.6 This dialogue is pursued with magnanimity and understanding,
572 Note, 1(10)|              Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 100, a. 2, c.~
573 Note, 1    |          characteristic and specific quality of the Christian ethos is
574 Note, 1    |            He does not conceive of “‘ratio’ normativa”9 as a link between
575 Note, 1    |             in fact to a secularized rationality laid out completely on a
576 Note, 2    |         Apostle.~ ~+ Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger~Prefect~ ~+ Tarcisio Bertone,
577 Note, 1    |          acknowledged insofar as it “re-contextualizes the secular imperatives
578 Note, 2    |              is not possible for the reader to determine what form of
579 Note, 1    |          author, while informing his readers about the teaching of the
580 Note, 1    |           and of lived experience of reality”,14 or in what sense it
581 Note, 2    |             possible, and there is a reasonable proportion between the failures
582 Note, 1    |              to recognize that moral reasoning can be “enlightened by divine
583            | recent
584 Pre        |          aimed at obtaining explicit recognition of the errors and ambiguities
585 Note, 1    |              a consequent failure to recognize that moral reasoning can
586 Pre        |          keeping with the principles recognized by the author, his commitment
587 Note, 2(26)|    sterilization is “the only method recommended”.~
588 Pre        |        Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer. It was composed of an introduction,
589 Note, 1    |            Christian themes, such as redemption, the Cross, grace, the theological
590 Note, 1    |             level.23 This leads to a reductionistic treatment of some theoretical
591 Note, 1    |             as to the role played by references to the ontic or pre-moral
592 Pre        |            an invitation to a deeper reflection, for his sake and that of
593 Note, 2    |                and ambiguities.30 It reflects the defects present “in
594 Pre        |              by way of exception, to reformulate its questions in order to
595 Pre        |              productive conversation regarding the doctrinal questions
596 Note, 1    |              of ‘theonomic autonomy’ reinterpreted through an ‘ethic of liberation’”.7
597 Note, 2    |            we hold that it cannot be rejected...”.48 If the likelihood
598 Note, 1    |            end, and therefore do not relate to each other simply to
599 Note, 2    |         objective morality of sexual relations between persons of the same
600 Pre        |           that the People of God may remain faithful to the teaching
601 Note, 2    |          risk to the unborn child is removed as far as possible, and
602 Note, 2    |    theologians to pursue the task of renewing moral theology, in particular
603 Pre        |             of the Congregation, who represented the Spanish Episcopal Conference,
604 Pre        |             he would comply with the requests made by the Congregation.
605 Note, 2    |             control is good in every respect. “It is inconsistent and
606 Note, 2    |              of the embryo is always respected, then “homologous artificial
607 Note, 1    |            simply to delineate their respective areas of responsibility
608 Pre        |              it was decided that his responses should be prepared personally,
609 Pre        |                 PREFACE~ ~One of the responsibilities of the Congregation for
610 Pre        |              Prefect the text of the Respuesta a las “Preguntas dirigidas
611 Note, 1    |          prayer, the beatitudes, the resurrection, judgment, and eternal life,
612 Pre        |               Preguntas dirigidas al Rev. P. Marciano Vidal, C.Ss.
613 Pre        |             recent Italian edition), revealed errors and ambiguities.
614 Pre        |           the Congregation, the Most Reverend Antonio Cañizares Llovera,
615 Note, 1(1) |              enlarged and completely revised), 902 pp. [Italian trans.
616 Note, 1    |              objective is a personal revision of this paradigm, but he
617 Note, 2    |             considered an individual right;54 nevertheless, he goes
618 Note, 2    |              on abortion. The author rightly affirms the overall immorality
619 Note, 2    |              necessarily lead to the rigid morality of either becoming
620 Note, 2    |                 If the likelihood of risk to the unborn child is removed
621 Note, 2(34)|                                  Cf. Rom 1: 24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1
622 Note, 2    |           ordered its publication.~ ~Rome, from the Offices of the
623 Note, 1(13)|             99 = 103 in reference to Sacred Scripture; all this is in
624 Pre        |           deeper reflection, for his sake and that of the Church in
625 Note, 1    |           data supplied by the human sciences and by contemporary philosophical
626 Note, 1    |              juxtaposed in fact to a secularized rationality laid out completely
627 Note, 1    |             moral education. It also seeks to moderate positions considered
628            | seems
629 Note, 1    |           moral problems, as will be seen below. ~Consideration must
630 Pre        |              name he carries out his service of teaching theology, it
631 Pre        |         Congregation in the Ordinary Sessions of June 14, 2000, and February
632 Note, 1(3) |            Morale dell’amore e della sessualità (Assisi: Cittadella Editrice,
633 Pre        |           the points at issue. A new set of questions was submitted
634 Note, 2    |          between persons of the same sex.34 The degree of subjective
635 Note, 1(3) |               Moral del amor y de la sexualidad (Madrid: Editorial PS, 1991),
636 Pre        |        perspective or who themselves share such views, in order that
637 Pre        |     satisfaction that the author had shown himself willing to correct
638 Pre        |           acceptance by affixing his signature. ~This resolution is not
639 Note, 2    |        foundation28 and suffers from significant conditioning29 and ambiguities.30
640 Note, 2    |              on eugenic abortion are similarly ambiguous.53 On abortion
641 Note, 2    |             a husband and wife (‘the simple case’), we hold that it
642 Note, 1    |             not relate to each other simply to delineate their respective
643            | Since
644 Pre        |      addition, while manifesting the sincere hope that Father Vidal would
645 Note, 2(38)|              Catholic Church, 2352; >small 1Leo IX, Letter Ad splendidum
646 Note, 1(4) |         etica teologica, III: Morale sociale (Assisi: Cittadella Editrice,
647 Pre        |        ministry as a theologian, but solely on the works examined. It
648 Note, 2(26)|        sterilization as an “adequate solution” in some cases, and Det,
649 Note, 1    |            from that teaching in the solutions given to various special
650 Pre        |      faithful, especially pastors of souls, teachers of moral theology,
651 Note, 1    |              distinct, have a common source and end, and therefore do
652 Note, 2    |  responsibility to the Church.~ ~The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II, at
653 Note, 2    |            maintains that, generally speaking, they cannot be considered
654 Note, 1    |           solutions given to various special moral problems, as will
655 Note, 2    |     artificial insemination with the sperm of a donor,50 on heterologous
656 Note, 1    |           Nazareth as horizon or new sphere of understanding and of
657 Note, 2(38)|             small 1Leo IX, Letter Ad splendidum nitentis (1054): DS 687-
658 Note, 1(10)|                                      St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae,
659 Note, 2    |             author applies this same standard of judgment to sterilization,
660 Note, 2    |          nevertheless, he goes on to state that “not all liberalization
661 Note, 2    |           judgment to sterilization, stating that in some situations
662 Note, 2    |          notes with satisfaction the steps already taken by the author
663 Note, 2(27)|            the Faith, Response Circa sterilizationem in nosocomiis catholicis (
664            | still
665 Note, 1    |          Moral de Actitudes does not stress sufficiently the ascending
666 Note, 2    |        situations, “the moral use of strictly contraceptive methods must
667 Note, 2    |        suitable for the formation of students in moral theology.~ ~With
668 Note, 2    |            same sex.34 The degree of subjective moral culpability in individual
669 Pre        |              the Congregation, would subsequently be published. These decisions
670 Pre        |             at issue, though without substantial or concrete modification
671 Note, 1    |           chosen model, errors which substantially correspond to those indicated
672 Note, 1    |   christological foundation does not succeed at giving concrete ethical
673 Note, 2    |            the well-founded hope for success, and the human condition
674 Pre        |    personally, in an unambiguous and succinct form, and should arrive
675 Note, 2    |            biblical foundation28 and suffers from significant conditioning29
676 Note, 2    |     Conference will result in a text suitable for the formation of students
677 Note, 1(10)|                  St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 100,
678 Note, 2    |               gravity ex toto genere suo of masturbation” has not
679 Pre        |              de Actitudes, under the supervision of the Doctrinal Commission
680 Note, 1    |            consideration of the data supplied by the human sciences and
681 Note, 2    |       Cardinal Ratzinger~Prefect~ ~+ Tarcisio Bertone, S.D.B.~Archbishop
682 Pre        |         especially pastors of souls, teachers of moral theology, and those
683 Note, 1    |            his presentation of moral teachings. ~As a result of the moral
684 Note, 1    |            be given, finally, to the tendency to make use of a methodology
685 Pre        |             to an examination of the texts by means of its Ordinary
686            | them
687 Note, 1(10)|            St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae, I-II, q. 100, a. 2, c.~
688 Pre        |              or on his ministry as a theologian, but solely on the works
689 Note, 2    |           through precise use of the theological-moral methodology, in keeping
690 Note, 1    |          option for the paradigm of ‘theonomic autonomy’ reinterpreted
691 Note, 1    |     reductionistic treatment of some theoretical and practical problems,
692            | therein
693 Note, 1    |             love and sexuality.3 The third volume treats social morality.4
694 Note, 1(10)|                                  St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae,
695            | though
696 Pre        |          which has been received. At times, the Congregation must proceed
697 Note, 2(34)|              1: 24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tm 1:10; Congregation for the
698            | together
699 Pre        |              meeting with the author took place on June 2, 2000. Those
700 Note, 2    |             becoming heterosexual or total abstinence”.33 These positions
701 Pre        |            on his intentions, on the totality of his work, or on his ministry
702 Note, 2    |         asserts that the “gravity ex toto genere suo of masturbation”
703            | towards
704 Note, 1    |               he does not accept the traditional doctrine on intrinsically
705 Note, 2    |             is referring to what has traditionally been called “indirect abortion”,
706 Note, 1(1) |    corresponding text in the Italian translation will be cited also, indicated
707 Pre        |             Pablo II, as well as any translations of these published prior
708 Note, 1    |            leads to a reductionistic treatment of some theoretical and
709 Note, 1    |         sexuality.3 The third volume treats social morality.4 The Diccionario
710 Note, 2    |        Veritatis splendor and with a true sense of their responsibility
711 Note, 1(13)|       normative directives which are truly ‘objective,’ that is, adapted
712 Note, 2    |              of the Magisterium, and trusts that his collaboration with
713 Note, 1    |     relationship between freedom and truth, conscience and law, fundamental
714 Note, 2    |              are, however, different types of depenalization; some
715 Note, 1    |             this paradigm, but he is unable to avoid some of the errors
716 Pre        |           prepared personally, in an unambiguous and succinct form, and should
717 Note, 2    |            likelihood of risk to the unborn child is removed as far
718 Note, 2    |              Audience granted to the undersigned Cardinal Prefect on February
719 Note, 1    |              its goal, because it is undertaken at the expense of essential
720 Note, 1    |           between man and God, which unites them,10 but rather as a
721 Note, 1    |        competence which every person unquestionably possesses,11 and there is
722 Pre        |              which, finding it to be unsatisfactory, decided to offer Father
723            | used
724 Pre        |              morality; eschatology – utopia). ~On June 4, 1998, Father
725 Note, 1    |          actions and on the absolute value of the norms that prohibit
726 Note, 1    |       methodology of the conflict of values or of goods in the study
727 Note, 1(22)|                           Cf. Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, Dogmatic
728 Note, 1(5) |         Estella [Navarra]: Editorial Verbo Divino, 1991), 649 pp. (
729 Note, 2    |          D.B.~Archbishop Emeritus of Vercelli~Secretary~ ~ ~
730 Pre        |            ambiguities found, and at verifying, in keeping with the principles
731 Note, 1(22)|            addition, see the Italian version of Ma I, Manuale di etica
732 Note, 1    |           sufficiently the ascending vertical dimension of Christian moral
733            | very
734 Note, 2(27)|              sterilization, see Paul VI, Encyclical Letter Humanae
735 Pre        |            who themselves share such views, in order that they may
736 Note, 1    |               grace, the theological virtues, prayer, the beatitudes,
737 Pre        |          Doctrine of the Faith is to watch over and protect the doctrine
738            | we
739 Note, 1    |                 but the influence is weak, because it is juxtaposed
740            | where
741            | whether
742            | whose
743 Pre        |           reason, and because of the wide circulation of these books
744 Pre        |              and errors contained in widely-distributed works that may be harmful
745 Note, 2    |             limited to a husband and wife (‘the simple case’), we
746 Pre        |             author had shown himself willing to correct the ambiguities
747 Note, 2    |          taken by the author and his willingness to follow the documents
748 Note, 1    |              possible to see “Divine Wisdom” as the ontological (and
749 Note, 2    |  Notification, the Congregation also wishes to encourage moral theologians
750            | without
751 Note, 1(13)|             valid and permanent. The word of God would be limited
752 Pre        |               on the totality of his work, or on his ministry as a
753 Note, 1    |             the level of the kind of world-view which accompanies” those