Pontifical Biblical Commission

The Pontifical Biblical Commission ( lateinisch.: Commisio Pontificia de re biblica ) is a by Pope Leo XIII. 1902 was to start the Pontifical Council. The Commission is comprised of leading Catholic exegetes, she advises the Pope in Bible Questions and leads on its behalf by scientific research. The Pontifical Biblical Commission shall also prepare reports in teaching complaint procedures.

History

With the Bible encyclical Providentissimus Deus, Pope Leo XIII. 1893, the standards outlined for the use of Scripture. On October 30, 1902, he dropped the Apostolic Constitution Vigilantiae studiique the foundation for the " Pontifical Biblical Commission ". Initial situation was the end of the 19th century incipient anti-modernism. In this period, there were disputes about the historical criticism of the Bible, the Bible teaching and interpretation of Scripture. The climax of this discussion leads 1897, the confrontation with the modern interpreters and the Holy Office, which was responsible for the Church's teaching. This was one of the triggers for the establishment of the Pontifical Biblical Commission ( Pontificia Commisio de re biblica ).

Anti-modernism

During the pontificate of Pope Pius X, who in his Apostolic Exhortation again convicted in 1907 in the form of a Motu Proprio Praestantia Scripturae the lessons of modernism and as a punishment for the modernists imposed automatic excommunication, occurred within the Biblical Commission a major turn. The previously temperate members gradually left the Commission and were replaced by reactionary members. With the anti-modernist oath from September 1, 1910 Pius X issued an oath text that required all teachers to respect the resolutions and decisions of the Biblical Commission and to swear on the encyclical " Deus Providentissimus ". This meant that after the death of Pius X., chaired by the President Willem Marinus Cardinal van Rossum, C.Ss.R. (1854-1992), who was also prefect of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, no fundamental decisions had been taken. Pius XI. lent of the Biblical Commission the right to award doctorates and was pursuing the promotion of exegetical studies. The right to award academic degrees licentiate and doctorate, is subject to certain conditions. At the same time he established the Pontifical Biblical Institute as a center for academic Bible studies.

After the 2nd Vatikanischem Council

It was Pope Paul VI. of 1971, the decisions of the Second Vatican Council transposed and initiated a fundamental reform of the Pontifical Biblical Commission.

Tasks

Leo XIII. laid down in its constitution that the functions of the Commission stocks is to promote biblical studies and to decide in cases of doubt. For today's duties include the scientific work at the Catholic exegesis, the support of the Church's Magisterium and the maintenance of contacts with bible scientific institutes. The Biblical Commission has since its inception several documents that have the character of treatises published.

Organization

The Pontifical Biblical Commission is part of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, whose prefect of ex officio also president of the Pontifical Biblical Commission. The board thus consists of the president, a secretary and twenty members, who must be biblical scholars. The members of the activated as required under Commission need not be Bible scholars, it is also non-Catholic experts will be appointed to the Sub-Commission. Since the reform of 1971, there were Franjo Cardinal Seper ( 1968-1981 ), Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger ( 1981-2005 ) and William Joseph Cardinal Levada ( 2005-2012) President of the Commission. Its current president is Gerhard Ludwig Müller.

Cardinal Ratzinger in 1988

Bishop Müller 2006

Members

  • President: Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Cardinal ( Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith )
  • Secretary: S. J. Klemens Stock
  • Technical secretary Alessandro Belano FDP
  • Jean -Noël Aletti, SJ
  • Olivier Arthur
  • Pietro Bovati SJ
  • Juan Miguel Díaz Rodelas
  • Christoph Dohmen
  • Denis Farkasfalvy OCist
  • Francolino Gonçalves OP
  • Prosper Grech OESA, Cardinal
  • John Chijioke Iwe
  • Thomas Manjaly
  • Fearghus O'Fearghail
  • Pahk Johan Yeong -sik
  • Brasil Pereira Ney
  • Donald Senior CP
  • Ramón Trevijano Etcheverria
  • Ugo Vanni SJ
  • Henryk Witczyk
  • Carlos Estrada Zesati MSPs

Papers

  • Interpretation of the Bible in the Church, created under the presidency of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, 1993
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