tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post8982706134035639138..comments2024-02-19T22:24:48.553-06:00Comments on Ite ad Thomam Institute: 130th Anniversary of the Opening of the Vatican CouncilUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-56105318711216743002009-12-08T11:42:37.363-06:002009-12-08T11:42:37.363-06:00By the way, I also had Regis Martin, and he said t...By the way, I also had Regis Martin, and he said the same thing: Vatican II was the first council to speak on ecclesiology. All you have to do is go to the systematic index in Denzinger and see that this is a ridiculous idea.Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13921692353515274589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-11255590823899099752009-12-08T11:40:31.036-06:002009-12-08T11:40:31.036-06:00One minor clarification, Anonymous. You are right...One minor clarification, Anonymous. You are right that Vatican II does not bind the faithful to BELIEVE in its teaching (as something that is 'De fide'), whereas Vatican I does and is, therefore, superior in its dogmatic authority than Vatican II, as you rightly point out. Vatican II, however, DOES ask the faithful to assent to the teaching "with a religious submission of mind and Don Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13921692353515274589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24504461.post-66315668716296773572009-12-08T11:27:12.814-06:002009-12-08T11:27:12.814-06:00And my ecclesiology professor (Regis Martin, at St...And my ecclesiology professor (Regis Martin, at Steubenville) told us that we were not going to study Vatican I in that class because Vatican I had not said anything significant on ecclesiology! <br /><br />But as this post shows, Vatican I has a whole dogmatic constitution on the Church--and one of superior authoritative dogmatic value than Vatican II's 'Dogmatic Constitution on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com