Non-Catholic Reactions to Veritatis Splendor

Sławomir Nowosad

doi:10.25167/so.3304

Published: 2015-12-31

Vol. 15 (2015)

Non-Catholic Reactions to Veritatis Splendor

Sławomir Nowosad

Studia Oecumenica

Section: Articles

https://doi.org/10.25167/so.3304

Abstract

A growing ecumenical awareness among Christian theologians and ethicists has found in John Paul II’s moral encyclical Veritatis Splendor a fresh impetus for a development of common studies of moral issues. Not few mainly Protestant ethicists expressed their com- ments on the way the Pope discusses and defines fundamental problems of Christian moral teaching. Some of those comments were apparently positive, at times even enthusiastic (e.g. R. Benne, S. Hauerwas, O. O’Donovan, J.B. Elshtain), while others displayed a mixed reaction to the papal teaching (e.g. L.S. Mudge. G. Meilaender, M. Banner). There were also some authors who approached Veritatis Splendor critically, some even rejected it alto- gether (e.g. N.P. Harvey, R. Preston, H. Oppenheimer).

Keywords:

Veritatis splendor, moral theology/Christian ethics, ecumenical dialogue, Christian moral life

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Nowosad, S. (2015). Non-Catholic Reactions to Veritatis Splendor. Studia Oecumenica, 15, 97–122. https://doi.org/10.25167/so.3304

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