Christology and the Christian Life
Pulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained. How to revive it? Wadell offers sugges...
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The Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.
2013-01-01
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| description | Pulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained. How to revive it? Wadell offers suggestions: rooting moral theology in scripture, adopting a positive, virtue-based line; seeing the moral life as an initiation into the life of Christ and as an ongoing conversion process, nurtured and developed in a liturgical setting; and living life in mission for the Kingdom of God. Wadell argues, following Joseph Fuchs, that the moral life is, first and foremost a person, not a law, to follow. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cbd829d6eaac4df3b775ac62ab015ef92023-10-20T17:34:29ZengThe Journal of Moral Theology, Inc.Journal of Moral Theology2166-28512166-21182013-01-0121Christology and the Christian LifePaul J. WadellPulling pre-Vatican II moral theology out of its "crisis" is no easy task: a moral theology rooted in dry manuals, a negative, law-based approach focusing on sin rather than virtue, centered on priests in the confessional could no longer be sustained. How to revive it? Wadell offers suggestions: rooting moral theology in scripture, adopting a positive, virtue-based line; seeing the moral life as an initiation into the life of Christ and as an ongoing conversion process, nurtured and developed in a liturgical setting; and living life in mission for the Kingdom of God. Wadell argues, following Joseph Fuchs, that the moral life is, first and foremost a person, not a law, to follow.https://jmt.scholasticahq.com/article/11250-christology-and-the-christian-life |
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