FINALITÀ
General Objective:
To gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a
human being, in light of each one’s own and all of humanity’s
relation to God. This will include each one’s own and God’s
relation to the whole cosmos and, in particular, to the world
in which we live.
ARGOMENTI
Course Outlines:
1. Biblical texts for the theology of grace and redemption.
2. Paul’s letter to the Romans as a text of theological
anthropology. 3. A further look at the theology of original
sin (its New Testament roots, its development in Augustine
during the Pelagian controversy, its ongoing effect on the
Western tradition). 4. The theology of grace from Augustine to Aquinas. 5. Various ways of describing or classifying grace;
justification in Paul, in the Reformers, in Trent and in the
context of today’s ecumenical accords; grace, free will and
predestination, from the Reformation to our day; faith, grace
and works; nature, culture and grace; the operation of grace
within and beyond the Church. 6. The anthropological vision
of Vatican II in reference to the contemporary world, and in
the light of the Church’s tradition.
TESTI
Textbook:
Haffner, Paul. 2010. Mystery of Creation. 2nd Rev. Edition.
Leominster: Gracewing.
Bibliography:
Bonino, Serge-Thomas, ed. 2009. Surnaturel: A Controversy
at the Heart of Twentieth-Century Thomistic Thought. Florida:
Sapientia Press; Duffy, Stephen. 1993. The Dynamics of Grace.
Collegeville: Liturgical Press; Lutheran World Federation
and Roman Catholic Church. 2000. Joint Declaration on
Justification. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans; Oakes, Edward.
2016. A Theology of Grace in Six Controversies. Grand Rapids:
William B. Eerdmans; Ormerod, Neil. 2007. Creation, Grace
and Redemption. New York: Maryknoll; Vatican Council II.
1965. Gaudium et Spes: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in
the Modern World. Vatican City: LEV.