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	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia.
		On July 21, 1542 Pope Paul III, with the Constitution Licet ab initio, established the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Roman and Universal Inquisition, staffed by cardinals and other officials whose task it was "to maintain and defend the integrity of the faith and to examine and proscribe errors and false doctrines".
		It was changed to Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on December 7, 1965, at the end of the Second Vatican Council.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Congregation_for_the_Doctrine_of_the_Faith (531 words)

	Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Doctrine, from Latin doctrina (compare doctor), means "a code of beliefs", "a body of teachings" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system.
		In matters of foreign policy, a doctrine is a body of axioms fundamental to the exercise of a nation's foreign policy.
		Doctrines of this sort are almost always presented as the personal creations of one particular political leader, whom they are named after.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Doctrine (353 words)

	1978 Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith document on apparition discernment
		The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith elaborated, from 1974-1978, some new criteria for discerning apparitions and revelations, which were expounded in a normative text, which, for a long period, was only made available to the Ordinary [local bishop] who, confronted with the fact of an apparition, addressed himself to the Sacred Congregation.
		Intervention of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		At Rome, the Palace of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, February 27, 1978.
	www.theotokos.org.uk /pages/appdisce/cdftexte.html (1090 words)

	USCCB - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		This truth of faith does not lessen the sincere respect which the Church has for the religions of the world, but at the same time, it rules out, in a radical way, that mentality of indifferentism “characterized by a religious relativism which leads to the belief that ‘one religion is as good as another'”.
		Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, August 6, 2000, the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord.
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration
	www.usccb.org /pope/doctrineoffaith.htm (7781 words)

	Year of the Eucharist \| Resources
		Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect, and Archbishop Tarcisio Bertone, secretary, led the delegation from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		Doctrine cannot be detached from life; indeed, the faithful living of the moral life is a primary form of witness and evangelization.
		Doctrinal commissions should send their publications to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on an annual basis and, depending on the nature of the documents, those of other commissions as well.
	www.sfarchdiocese.org /abl-vallombrosa.html (2369 words)

	Profile
		Founded in 1542 by Pope Paul III with the Constitution "Licet ab initio," the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was originally called the Sacred Congregation of the Universal Inquisition as its duty was to defend the Church from heresy.
		It is the oldest of the Curia's nine congregations.
		Given the nature of its task, congregation work is divided into four distinct sections: the doctrinal office, the disciplinary office, the matrimonial office and that for priests.
	www.vatican.va /roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_pro_14071997_en.html (328 words)

	The Ratzinger Fan Club: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		Note on the Expression "Sister Churches" The proper use of the expression "sister churches" is discussed in a note by the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith that was distributed to heads of bishops' conferences.
		Reflections of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith dated October 30, 1998 on the primacy of Peter's Successor in the Mystery of the Church.
		Occasionally Cardinal Ratzinger and the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had to fulfill their sacred obligation of disciplining a particular theologian who's teaching was found to be at odds with that proclaimed by the Catholic Church.
	ratzingerfanclub.com /cdf.html (1067 words)

	Article of Comment on the Notification of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith pertaining to the book of J. ...
		It is moreover clear that the proclamation of the truth of the Catholic faith implies also the refutation of error and the censure of ambiguous and dangerous propositions that introduce confusion and uncertainty among the faithful.
		On July 1, 1988, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith published both the Professio fidei, designed for the faithful called to exercise an office in the name of the church, and a special “oath of fidelity” concerning the particular duties inherent in the office to be assumed.
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, dec. Dominus Iesus, n.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/documents/commentary.htm (1839 words)

	Declaration on Procured Abortion - Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		Charged with the promotion and the defense of faith and morals in the universal Church,(2) the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith proposes to recall this teaching in its essential aspects to all the faithful.
		It hopes that all the faithful, including those who might have been unsettled by the controversies and new opinions, will understand that it is not a question of opposing one opinion to another, but of transmitting to the faithful a constant teaching of the supreme Magisterium, which teaches moral norms in the light of faith.
		Given in Rome, at the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on November 18, the Commemoration of the Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, in the year 1974.
	www.priestsforlife.org /magisterium/quaestiodeabortu.htm (4762 words)

	The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith presents moral imperative of politics
		The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, having received the opinion of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, has decided that it would be appropriate to publish the present Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life.
		All the faithful are well aware that specifically religious activities (such as the profession of faith, worship, administration of sacraments, theological doctrines, interchange between religious authorities and the members of religions) are outside the state’s responsibility.
		Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, November 24, 2002, the Solemnity of Christ the King.
	www.owensborodio.org /archives/newspaper/2003/3politic.html (4048 words)

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		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (L'Osservatore Romano, December 4, 1996)
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (L'Osservatore Romano, November 27, 1983)
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (November 18, 1974)
	www.catholicculture.org /search/resultslist.cfm?requesttype=docbrowseauth&resourcetype=1&catlabel=author&catid=255 (818 words)

	Notification Regarding Jacques Dupuis Book
		Following the doctrinal examination of the book and the outcome of the dialogue with the author, the Bishop and Cardinal Members of the Congregation, in the Ordinary Session of June 30, 1999, evaluated the analysis and the opinions of the Congregation's Consultors regarding the author's Responses.
		At the conclusion of the ordinary procedure of examination, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to draft a Notification, intended to safeguard the doctrine of the Catholic faith from errors, ambiguities or harmful interpretations.
		It is therefore contrary to the Catholic faith to hold that the salvific action of the Holy Spirit extends beyond the one universal salvific economy of the Incarnate Word.
	www.ourladyswarriors.org /dissent/dupuis.htm (920 words)

	Considerations regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Doctrinal Note on some questions regarding the participation of Catholics in political life (November 24, 2002), 4.
		(5) Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Persona humana (December 29, 1975), 8.
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Letter on the pastoral care of homosexual persons (October 1, 1986), 10.
	www.catholic.com /library/homo_union_cdf1.asp (2631 words)

	The ordination of women in the Roman Catholic Church
		Hence I take the C.D.F.'s statement to mean that it is a clearly established fact that the world-wide Catholic episcopate is in agreement with Pope John Paul II in teaching that the exclusion of women from ordination to the priesthood is a divinely revealed doctrine that must be held definitively by all the faithful.
		Other examples of doctrines that had a long tradition but were subsequently reversed concerned the morality of owning slaves and exploiting their labor, and the obligation requiring rulers of Catholic nations to prevent the propagation of Protestantism in their territories.
		Official documents, then, have proposed three ways of establishing that a doctrine is taught by the ordinary and universal magisterium: consultation with all the bishops, the universal and constant consensus of Catholic theologians and the common adherence of the faithful.
	www.womenpriests.org /teaching/sulliva1.asp (875 words)

	Catholic World News (CWN)
		Primary: Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		Originally known as the Inquisition and then the Holy Office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) received its current appellation in 1965, but is still unofficially known as La Suprema in recognition of its preeminence.
		Because the CDFs work deals with matters of the faith, the CDF prefect is also president of both the Pontifical Biblical Commission and the International Theological Commission.
	www.cwnews.com /news/biosgloss/definition.cfm?glossID=32 (312 words)

	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Address of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger
		But the faith is not primarily the matter for intellectual experimentation, it is rather the solid foundation - the hypostasis, as the Letter to the Hebrews (11,1) tells us - on which we can live and die.
		The doctrine of the multiple meanings of Scripture, which was developed by the Fathers and in the Middle Ages was given a systematic form, based today upon this particular concept of the formation of the text is again recognized as scientifically satisfactory.
		The doctrine of the Sacraments in the "Catechism'
	www.jknirp.com /ratz1.htm (5579 words)

	Mysterium Ecclesiae
		Likewise, the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose task it is to "preserve the doctrine of faith and morals in the whole Catholic world,"(2) intends to gather together and explain a number of truths concerning the mystery of the Church which at the present time are being either denied or endangered.
		It also confidently addresses the Declaration to the faithful and particularly, in view of the important office which they hold in the Church, to priests and theologians, so that all may be of one mind in the faith and may be in sincere harmony with the Church.
		Given in Rome, at the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on June 24, 1973, the feast of St. John the Baptist.
	www.saint-mike.org /Library/Curia/Congregations/Faith/Mysterium_Ecclesiae.html (2900 words)

	Congregation for Doctrine of Faith (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		This sacred congregation is in a position to reply that this circumstance is due to an editorial criterion which was followed also in the case of other associations likewise unmentioned inasmuch as they are contained in wider categories.
		The faithful, who enroll in Masonic associations are in a state of grave sin and may not receive Holy Communion.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CURIA/CDFMASN2.HTM (239 words)

	Dominus Iesus - Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith
		The doctrine of faith must be firmly believed which proclaims that Jesus of Nazareth, son of Mary, and he alone, is the Son and the Word of the Father.
		Similarly, the doctrine of faith regarding the unicity of the salvific economy willed by the One and Triune God must be firmly believed, at the source and centre of which is the mystery of the incarnation of the Word, mediator of divine grace on the level of creation and redemption (cf.
		Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Declaration Mysterium Ecclesiae, 1: AAS 65 (1973), 396-398.
	www.marymediatrix-resourceonline.com /library/files/documents/dominus_iesus.htm (8285 words)

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		Notification of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith concerning Sr Jeannine Gramick SSND and Fr Robert Nugent SDS (31 May 1999)
		Protocol Agreement of the Vatican and Archbishop Lefebvre Signed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and Archbishop Lefebvre in May 1988.
		A reflection on the Instruction regarding the collaboration of the lay faithful in the ministry of priests.
	www.catholic-pages.com /DIR/curia_cdf.asp (859 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Vatican accused on modern 'inquisition'
		The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith was once known as the Holy Inquisition.
		America acknowledges that the Congregation is entitled to examine the writings of any author whose doctrine appears "erroneous" or "dangerous" but argues that the terms are too broad and too vague for comfort.
		If the Congregation finds a person's opinions to be in error, the writer is instructed to correct their views or to "clarify" their texts to the congregation's satisfaction.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/1251677.stm (471 words)

	The Word From Rome May 13, 2005
		Second, Levada worked in the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith from 1976 to 1982, during the era that Croatian Cardinal Franjo eper was prefect under Popes Paul VI and John Paul II, and for the early months of Ratzinger's own term.
		Within the congregations, none is as critical as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		During the General Congregation meetings of cardinals in the interregnum, a petition was signed by many cardinals asking that the next pope waive the waiting period.
	www.nationalcatholicreporter.org /word/word051305.htm (3909 words)

	Ad Tuendam Fidem
		These truths, in the investigation of Catholic doctrine, illustrate the Divine Spirit’s particular inspiration for the Church’s deeper understanding of a truth concerning faith and morals, with which they are connected either for historical reasons or by a logical relationship.
		CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian Donum veritatis (24 May 1990), 17: AAS 82 (1990), 1557.
		CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, Instruction on the Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian Donum veritatis (24 May 1990), 16: AAS 82 (1990), 1557.
	www.memorare.com /liturgy/atf.html (608 words)

	Milingo_Consecrations
		The Church, obliged as she is to proceed to this painful action for the good of the faithful, does not cease to pray to the Lord, the Good Shepherd, for the desired return of the Archbishop to the embrace of the Church and the common Father.
		Rome, from the Offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, July 16, 2001.
		Last month, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said in a note that the excommunication of the archbishop would come into force Aug. 20, unless Milingo left Maria Sung and the Moon sect, and publicly declared his fidelity to the doctrine and discipline of celibacy and his obedience to the Supreme Pontiff.
	www.tboyle.net /Catholicism/Milingo_Consecrations.html (1177 words)

	Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
		After a preliminary study of the book Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism by Father Jacques Dupuis, S.J., the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith decided to proceed to a comprehensive examination of the text by means of its ordinary procedure, in accordance with Chapter 3 of the Regulations for Doctrinal Examination.
		[6] It is therefore contrary to the Catholic faith to maintain that revelation in Jesus Christ (or the revelation of Jesus Christ) is limited, incomplete or imperfect.
		[10] It is therefore contrary to the Catholic faith to hold that the salvific action of the Holy Spirit extends beyond the one universal salvific economy of the Incarnate Word.
	www.bc.edu /research/cjl/meta-elements/texts/cjrelations/topics/dupuis_notification.htm (1225 words)

	Bishop Accountability
		The fathers of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith examined the commission's work carefully and submitted to the supreme pontiff conclusions on the determination of more grave delicts and the manner of proceeding to declare or impose sanctions, with the exclusive competence in this of the apostolic tribunal of this congregation remaining firm.
		When the trial in the tribunal is finished in any fashion, all the acts of the case are to be transmitted ex officio as soon as possible to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
		Rome, from the offices of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, May 18, 2001.
	www.bishop-accountability.org /resources/resource-files/churchdocs/EpistulaEnglish.htm (614 words)

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