medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
ATLA Religion Index was remarkably unhelpful on this subject.
The most formal condemnation of a movement as heresy I can recall for the
20th Century is Modernism, which was condemned by Pius X as heretical in
1907. Such condemnations seem to have given way to more disciplinary
actions, like silencing a theologian. Another approach is disavowing
certain elements of a theology without condemning it outright. This seems
to be the present pope's approach to Liberation Theology:
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19840806_theology-liberation_en.html
Wikipedia gives a whole list of individual censored or held suspect by
Catholic or Protestant authorities in the 20th century:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy_in_the_20th_century
It does not list individuals like Hans Kung and Charles Curran, both
controversial Roman Catholic theologians, except in the See Also links.
As far as I can tell, Curran never was condemned formally, although he
lost his teaching post. Nor has Kung been excommunicated, to the best of
my knowledge. Edward Schillebeeckx was questioned by the Holy Office, but
there again I know of no condemnation for heresy.
Not that there are no accusations of heresy, but formal proceedings for
Heresy seem to be uncommon.
The concept, however, remains in canon law. See this excerpt from the new
Code (1983):
Can. 751 Heresy is the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the
reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and
Catholic faith; apostasy is the total repudiation of the Christian faith;
schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion
with the members of the Church subject to him.
See: http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG1104/_INDEX.HTM
Tom Izbicki
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> This is a somewhat far-fetched request, but does anyone on this list know
> of
> any literature studying accusations of heresy in modern religious colleges
> or institutions?
>
> Andrew E. Larsen
>
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