The New Testament Document TX002187 Definition of Magisterium The Churchs living teaching office which consists of all bishops in communion with the Pope Not all statements are created equal There are levels of authority in documents that the Magisterium issues ID: 684260
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Levels of Authority in Church Teaching
The New Testament
Document #: TX002187Slide2
Definition of
Magisterium
: The Church’s
living teaching office, which consists of all bishops, in communion with the Pope.Slide3
Not all statements are created equal! There are levels of authority in documents that the Magisterium issues.Slide4
Levels of Authority in Church Teaching
Ex
cathedra
Conciliar documents
Papal encyclicals
Apostolic exhortations, constitutions,
and
letters
Pastoral letters issued by
national
bishops’ conferencesSlide5
The most authoritative teachings of the Magisterium: statements issued by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome,
ex cathedra
, “from the chair.”
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Examples of dogma issued
ex cathedra
: the Immaculate Conception of Mary (declared in 1854) and the Assumption of Mary (declared in 1950).Slide7
Next (second) level of Magisterial teachings: conciliar documents
.
Issued
by an Ecumenical Council
The
collective work of the entire Magisterium
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Next (third) level of Magisterial teachings:
papal
encyclicals.Slide9
Next (fourth) level of Magisterial teachings: apostolic exhortations, constitutions, and letters.Slide10
Next (fifth) level of Magisterial teachings: Pastoral letters issued by national bishops’ conferences.
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A few additional notes:
Remember
that the general term used to refer to Church teaching, at any level, is
doctrine.
These
five levels of Church doctrine are not exhaustive.Slide12
A few additional notes:
These
levels of authority in Church doctrine help us to understand a teaching of the Second Vatican Council, stated in its Decree on Ecumenism: the hierarchy of truths.Slide13
A few additional notes:
Scripture informs every doctrine of the Church, at every level of authority.Slide14
Small-group work: exploring Scripture in the doctrine of the Church, at various levels
of
authority.