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Development of Doctrine

How doctrine grows and is reformulated; continuity and reform; hermeneutics of the Council.

Also called hermeneutic of reform, aggiornamento.

15 documents

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1960s

  1. Gaudet Mater Ecclesia11 October 1962Address at the Solemn Opening of the Second Vatican CouncilPope
  2. Wednesday reflections on the post-conciliar period15 December 1965Run of Wednesday audiences (Dec 1965 to 1966 and beyond) on living, studying and applying the just-closed Council; opened by the 15 Dec 1965 talk rejecting both nostalgia and "conciliarism"Pope
  3. General Audience of 29 December 196529 December 1965On keeping alive "the spirit of the Council" in the post-conciliar Church (1965)Pope
  4. General Audience of 12 January 196612 January 1966On the Council's doctrinal authority: pastoral in character, no new infallible definitions, but teaching with the authority of the supreme ordinary magisterium (1966)Pope

1970s

  1. General Audience of 7 January 19707 January 1970The Council as an ongoing principle of renewal, avoiding both rejection of tradition and confusing custom with tradition (1970)Pope
  2. Unity of the Faith and Theological Pluralism11 October 1972Unity of the Faith and Theological PluralismTheological & Biblical Commissions
  3. Mysterium Ecclesiae24 June 1973Declaration in defense of Catholic doctrine on the ChurchRoman Curia
  4. Theses on the Relationship between the Ecclesiastical Magisterium and Theology1975Theses on the Relationship between the Ecclesiastical Magisterium and TheologyTheological & Biblical Commissions

1980s

  1. The Interpretation of Dogma1989The Interpretation of DogmaTheological & Biblical Commissions
  2. Ecclesia sub verbo Dei mysteria Christi celebrans pro salute mundi†7 December 1985II Extraordinary General Assembly (1985), 20th anniversary of the conclusion of Vatican II: Final Report (Relatio finalis)Synod of Bishops

2000s

  1. Expergiscere, homo22 December 2005Christmas address to the Roman Curia (hermeneutic of reform in continuity)Pope

2010s

  1. Incontro con il clero di Roma14 February 2013Last meeting with the clergy of Rome: memories of the Council (Council of the Fathers vs Council of the media)Pope
  2. Letter to the Bishops regarding the new revision of n. 2267 of the Catechism1 August 2018Letter on the Death Penalty revisionRoman Curia

2020s

  1. Udienza generale: I documenti del Concilio Vaticano II7 January 2026General audience opening the catechesis cycle on the documents of Vatican IIPope
  2. Theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment of emerging doctrinal, pastoral and ethical issues5 May 2026Synod Study Group 9 Final Report: emerging doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questionsSynod of Bishops