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Mercy and Justice : A Challenge for Contemporary Theology.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology SeriesPublisher: Boston : BRILL, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (205 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004432529
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mercy and JusticeDDC classification:
  • 262.9/44
LOC classification:
  • KBU3090 .H346 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Mercy and Justice: A Challenge for Contemporary Theology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Sacrament of Penance: Liturgy and Law -- 1 The Reconciling Community: The Rite of Penance, Past and Present -- 2 ".equally a Judge and a Physician" - Questioning Canon 978 1 CIC/1983 from a Canonical and Pastoral Point of View -- Part 2: Penitence in Recent Church Teaching and Law -- 3 Merciful and Just? A Tension in Contemporary Semantics in the Doctrinal Regulations on the Sacrament of Penance -- 4 Fulfilling Mercy? Reconsidering the Jubilee Year Regulations on Penance and Reconciliation -- Part 3: Justice and Mercy: Can These Two Principles Be Reconciled? -- 5 Punishment and Reconciliation in this World and the Next: The Relationship between the Penitential Discipline of the Church and Reconciliation with God in the Twelfth Century -- 6 Justice and Mercy: Can they be Reconciled from a Systematic Point of View? -- 7 Misericordia, Benevolentia, Aequitas? Is there Room for Mercy in Canon Law? -- Part 4: Rethinking Penitence: What May We Learn from New Approaches to Forgiveness? -- 8 "...as we forgive those who trespass against us."? Aspects of a Theology of Forgiveness from a Protestant Perspective -- 9 Free from Burdens? Cultural and Social Aspects of the Concept of Reconciliation in Latin America -- 10 What Remains? Some Answers, and Yet More Questions -- Index.
Summary: Mercy is omnipresent in Catholic debates. Mercy calls to consider an individual's needs and this conflicts with justice necessitating equal treatment for everyone. This is most apparent in the Sacrament of Penance, and other forms of penitence, forgiveness, and reconciliation where mercy both transcends and undermines justice.
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Intro -- Mercy and Justice: A Challenge for Contemporary Theology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Authors -- Introduction -- Part 1: The Sacrament of Penance: Liturgy and Law -- 1 The Reconciling Community: The Rite of Penance, Past and Present -- 2 ".equally a Judge and a Physician" - Questioning Canon 978 1 CIC/1983 from a Canonical and Pastoral Point of View -- Part 2: Penitence in Recent Church Teaching and Law -- 3 Merciful and Just? A Tension in Contemporary Semantics in the Doctrinal Regulations on the Sacrament of Penance -- 4 Fulfilling Mercy? Reconsidering the Jubilee Year Regulations on Penance and Reconciliation -- Part 3: Justice and Mercy: Can These Two Principles Be Reconciled? -- 5 Punishment and Reconciliation in this World and the Next: The Relationship between the Penitential Discipline of the Church and Reconciliation with God in the Twelfth Century -- 6 Justice and Mercy: Can they be Reconciled from a Systematic Point of View? -- 7 Misericordia, Benevolentia, Aequitas? Is there Room for Mercy in Canon Law? -- Part 4: Rethinking Penitence: What May We Learn from New Approaches to Forgiveness? -- 8 "...as we forgive those who trespass against us."? Aspects of a Theology of Forgiveness from a Protestant Perspective -- 9 Free from Burdens? Cultural and Social Aspects of the Concept of Reconciliation in Latin America -- 10 What Remains? Some Answers, and Yet More Questions -- Index.

Mercy is omnipresent in Catholic debates. Mercy calls to consider an individual's needs and this conflicts with justice necessitating equal treatment for everyone. This is most apparent in the Sacrament of Penance, and other forms of penitence, forgiveness, and reconciliation where mercy both transcends and undermines justice.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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