Forfatternavn:Oddvar

Avisa Dagen skriver at vi katolikker sender våre prestestudenter (det går ikke helt klart fram av artikkelen) til Roma for at de der skal undervises om ting som i det siste har blitt nevnt som problematiske på MF. Slik skriver avisa:

Menighetsfakultetet tilbyr et katolsk studietilbud og fagmiljø, men katolske studenter tar ikke «kontroversielle fag» ved institusjonen.

Hvis undervisningen skal dreie seg om moral, må vi få det formidlet av katolske foredragsholdere. De fagene MF ikke dekker fra vårt synspunkt tar studentene våre i Roma, sier biskop Bernt Eidsvig i Oslo katolske bispedømme. …

.. Fagene som kan være kontroversielle tar de ikke på MF, uten at det er begrunnet i noe mistro mot MF i utgangspunktet, sier Eidsvig. Han forklarer at forutsetningene er nokså forskjellige. Som luthersk institusjon, skiller MF seg fremfor alt fra katolsk lære i troslæren. Etikk og dogmatikk er blant fagene de katolske studentene tar under sitt ett til to-årige opphold i Roma, eller ved blokkforelesninger av katolske professorer som besøker MF. …

Lederen av Troskongregasjonen, kardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, har for ikke lenge siden gitt et langt intervju, som WWW.CHIESA beskriver slik: «In a book-length interview recently released simultaneously in Italy, Spain, and the United States, Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller, prefect of the congregation for the doctrine of the faith, revisits and develops what he had already reiterated last fall in an article in “L’Osservatore Romano” that made a sensation. In that article, Müller dwelt above all on the question of communion for the divorced and remarried, reiterating the reasons for the prohibition.»

Og i intervjuet sier han svært så tydelig:

Q: The problem of the divorced and remarried has recently been brought to public attention again. On the basis of a certain interpretation of Scripture, of the patristic tradition, and of the texts of the magisterium, solutions have been suggested that propose innovations. Is a change of doctrine on the way?

A: Not even an ecumenical council can change the doctrine of the Church, because its founder, Jesus Christ, has entrusted the faithful custody of his teachings and his doctrine to the apostles and their successors. We have a well-developed and structured doctrine on marriage, based on the word of Jesus, which must be offered in its integrity. The absolute indissolubility of a valid marriage is not a mere doctrine, but rather a divine dogma that has been defined by the Church. In the face of the de facto rupture of a valid marriage, another civil “marriage” is not admissible. If it were, we would be facing a contradiction, because if the previous union, the “first” marriage – or rather, simply the marriage – is really a marriage, another subsequent union is not “marriage.” It is only by a play on words that one can speak of a first and second “marriage.” A second marriage is possible only when the legitimate spouse has died, or when the marriage has been declared invalid, because in these cases the previous bond has been dissolved. If this is not the case, we are in the presence of what is called the “impediment of the bond.”

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Jeg leste i går en grundig artikkel skrevet av en gruppe amerikanske teologer, som tar opp spørsmålet de neste to bispesynodene skal diskutere. Artikkelen har overskriften: Recent Proposals for the Pastoral Care of the Divorced and Remarried: A Theological Assessment – og kan leses på engelsk her.

Artikkelen er også oversatt til flere andre språk – se her.

Pave Frans gjorde nylig enda et intervju med journalisten Eugenio Scalfari, og der ble det bl.a. referert noe om gifte prester, og om et problem som skulle kunne løses. Vatikanets pressetalsmann, p. Federico Lombardi, sa om dette:

“If it can be maintained that overall the article conveys the sense and spirit of the conversation between the Holy Father and Scalfari, what was said on the occasion of a previous ‘interview’ that appeared in ‘Repubblica’ must be reiterated forcefully, namely that the individual statements reported, in the formulation presented, cannot be attributed to the pope with certainty.»

In particular, Fr. Lombardi cast doubt on the notion that the pope had proclaimed, with regard to the celibacy of the clergy, «I will find the solutions.”

Den tyske kardinalen og historikeren Walter Brandmüller har skrevet om dette hos www.chiesa, og hevder at sølibatskravet/ -idealet går helt tilbake til apostlene. Likevel fins det noen unntak, bl.a. dette:

… There is a similar motivation behind the papal dispensation from celibacy granted – beginning with Pius XII – to the Protestant pastors who convert to the Catholic Church and want to be ordained priests. This rule was recently applied by Benedict XVI to the numerous Anglican prelates who wanted to unite, in conformity with the apostolic constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus,» with the Catholic mother Church. With this extraordinary concession, the Church recognizes the long and sometimes painful religious journey of these men of faith who have reached their destination with conversion. A destination that in the name of truth leads those directly concerned to renounce even the financial support realized until that moment. It is the unity of the Church, a good of immense value, that justifies these exceptions. …