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VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE
ANNO XXII - N° 52
DATA 08-03-2012
Summary:
- THEOLOGY TODAY: PERSPECTIVES, PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA
- VATICAN MUSEUMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXHIBITION: "THE ETRUSCANS: HEROIC IDEAL
AND LUSTROUS WINE"
- AUDIENCES
- OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
___________________________________________________________
THEOLOGY TODAY: PERSPECTIVES, PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - The International Theological Commission is
today publishing an English-language document entitled: "Theology Today:
Perspectives, Principles and Criteria".
A communique on the subject, released by the International Theological
Commission this morning, states that "the document examines certain
contemporary theological issues and proposes, in light of the basic principles
of theology, methodological
criteria which are vital for Catholic theology with respect to other similar
disciplines, such as the religious sciences. The text is divided into three
chapters: theology presupposes listening to the Word of God which is accepted
in faith (chapter 1);
it is practised in communion with the Church (chapter 2); its aim is to
elucidate a scholarly approach to the truth of God, in a perspective of
authentic wisdom (chapter 3)".
The text of the new document may be consulted on the International Theological
Commission's page within the Vatican website (www.vatican.va). On the same day
it will appear in the magazine "Origins. CNS Documentary Service" and on the
website of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. An Italian translation will
shortly be available in "La Civiltà Cattolica" and translations are
also being planned in other major languages.
The communique also explains how "work on the document began during the
preceding quinquennium 2004-2008, in the sub commission presided by Fr.
Santiago del Cura Elena, and it was drawn up while taking account of studies
undertaken during the current
quinquennium, in the sub commission presided by Msgr. Paul McPartlan".
The text was approved "in forma specifica" by the International Theological
Commission on 29 November 2011. It was submitted to the president of the
Commission, Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, who
authorised its publication.
___________________________________________________________
VATICAN MUSEUMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXHIBITION: "THE ETRUSCANS: HEROIC IDEAL AND
LUSTROUS WINE"
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - "The Etruscans: Heroic Ideal and Lustrous
Wine" is the title of an exhibition, which was presented this morning in the
Vatican Museums and which will open in Palazzo Mazzetti in the Italian city of
Asti on 17 March.
The exhibition brings together more than 300 pieces, some of which are little
known or are being put on display for the first time. One hundred and forty
artefacts come from the Gregorian Etruscan Museum of the Vatican Museums, and
the others from the
principal Etruscan collections in Italy.
The exhibition, which documents the historical and cultural ties between the
eastern Mediterranean and the Etruscan world, opens with the helmet of
Villanova, symbol of the first contact between the Etruscans and the community
of the Tanaro Valley. The
helmet was discovered in the late nineteenth century in the river which runs
through Asti. The first section of the exhibition is dedicated to the
importation of heroic and Homeric ideals into Etruria through a number of
features (such as myth, trade
and athleticism) which characterised the early phases of Etruscan culture.
With the spread of Homeric verse in Italy, the image of authority in the
Etruscan community began to change, adopting the model of the prince-hero
whose merits included not only
military prowess but also the accumulation of wealth. One of the most
important pieces in this section of the exhibition is the bronze mask, from
the Vatican Museums, which also adorns the poster for the event.
Section two is dedicated to banqueting ceremonies in their various forms, as
documented on precious objects, and on sculptures and paintings. Among the
items on display will be the original layout of the frescoes of the "Tomb of
the Black Sow", which
were removed from the hypogeum in order to conserve them. Another exhibit is
the sarcophagus of the Vipiniana of Tuscania, with the image of the deceased
participating in the banquet on the lid (held in the National Archaeological
Museum of Florence)
and the myth of Niobe depicted on the base (part of the collection of the
Gregorian Etruscan Museum). The section closes with a number of votive heads
of various kinds including children and old people, and two masks held in the
store rooms of the
Vatican Museums and which come from Etruscan shrines.
The exhibition closes with the Etruscan room of Racconigi Castle, which
belonged to Carlo Alberto of Savoia, an example of the Etruscan artistic style
which was popular in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
___________________________________________________________
AUDIENCES
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father today received in audience:
- David McAllister, minister president of Lower Saxony, Germany, accompanied
by an entourage.
- Twelve prelates of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on
their "ad limina" visit:
- Archbishop John Clayton Nienstedt of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, accompanied
by Auxiliary Bishop Lee Anthony Piche.
- Bishop Michael J. Hoeppner of Crookston.
- Bishop Paul D. Sirba of Duluth.
- Bishop John Martin LeVoir of New Ulm.
- Bishop John Francis Kinnety of Saint Cloud.
- Bishop John M. Quinn of Winona, accompanied by Bishop emeritus Bernard
Joseph Harrington.
- Bishop David A. Kagan of Bismarck.
- Bishop Samuel Joseph Aquila of Fargo.
- Bishop Robert D. Gruss of Rapid City.
- Bishop Paul Joseph Swain of Sioux Falls.
- Nikola Kaloudov, ambassador of Bulgaria, accompanied by his wife, on a
farewell visit.
___________________________________________________________
OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Liam Stephen
Cary of the clergy of the archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, U.S.A., pastor of
the parish of St. Mary in Eugene, as bishop of Baker (area 173013, population
502,610, Catholics
37,029, priests 60, permanent deacons 12, religious 25), U.S.A. The
bishop-elect was born in Prineville, U.S.A. in 1947 and ordained a priest in
1992. Before ordination he spent many years working with poor people and
migrants. Since becoming a priest
he has worked in pastoral care in a number of parishes and as vicar forane.
___________________________________________________________
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VISnews120308
VATICAN INFORMATION SERVICE ANNO XXII - N° 52DATA 08-03-2012
Summary: - THEOLOGY TODAY: PERSPECTIVES,
PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA -
VATICAN MUSEUMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXHIBITION: "THE ETRUSCANS: HEROIC IDEAL AND
LUSTROUS WINE" - AUDIENCES - OTHER PONTIFICAL ACTS ___________________________________________________________
THEOLOGY TODAY: PERSPECTIVES, PRINCIPLES AND CRITERIA
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - The International Theological Commission
is today publishing an English-language document entitled: "Theology Today:
Perspectives, Principles and Criteria".
A communique on the subject, released by the International Theological
Commission this morning, states that "the document examines certain
contemporary theological issues and proposes, in light of the basic principles
of theology, methodological
criteria which are vital for Catholic theology with respect to other similar
disciplines, such as the religious sciences. The text is divided into three
chapters: theology presupposes listening to the Word of God which is accepted
in faith (chapter 1);
it is practised in communion with the Church (chapter 2); its aim is to
elucidate a scholarly approach to the truth of God, in a perspective of
authentic wisdom (chapter 3)".
The text of the new document may be consulted on the International
Theological Commission's page within the Vatican website (www.vatican.va). On
the same day it will appear in the magazine "Origins. CNS Documentary Service"
and on the website of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. An Italian translation will
shortly be available in "La Civiltà Cattolica" and translations are
also being planned in other major languages.
The communique also explains how "work on the document began during the
preceding quinquennium 2004-2008, in the sub commission presided by Fr.
Santiago del Cura Elena, and it was drawn up while taking account of studies
undertaken during the current
quinquennium, in the sub commission presided by Msgr. Paul McPartlan".
The text was approved "in forma specifica" by the International Theological
Commission on 29 November 2011. It was submitted to the president of the
Commission, Cardinal William Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, who
authorised its publication.
VATICAN MUSEUMS CONTRIBUTE TO THE EXHIBITION: "THE ETRUSCANS: HEROIC IDEAL
AND LUSTROUS WINE"
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - "The Etruscans: Heroic Ideal and
Lustrous Wine" is the title of an exhibition, which was presented this morning
in the Vatican Museums and which will open in Palazzo Mazzetti in the Italian
city of Asti on 17
March.
The exhibition brings together more than 300 pieces, some of which are
little known or are being put on display for the first time. One hundred and
forty artefacts come from the Gregorian Etruscan Museum of the Vatican
Museums, and the others from
the principal Etruscan collections in Italy.
The exhibition, which documents the historical and cultural ties between
the eastern Mediterranean and the Etruscan world, opens with the helmet of
Villanova, symbol of the first contact between the Etruscans and the community
of the Tanaro Valley.
The helmet was discovered in the late nineteenth century in the river which
runs through Asti. The first section of the exhibition is dedicated to the
importation of heroic and Homeric ideals into Etruria through a number of
features (such as myth,
trade and athleticism) which characterised the early phases of Etruscan
culture. With the spread of Homeric verse in Italy, the image of authority in
the Etruscan community began to change, adopting the model of the prince-hero
whose merits included not
only military prowess but also the accumulation of wealth. One of the most
important pieces in this section of the exhibition is the bronze mask, from
the Vatican Museums, which also adorns the poster for the event.
Section two is dedicated to banqueting ceremonies in their various forms,
as documented on precious objects, and on sculptures and paintings. Among the
items on display will be the original layout of the frescoes of the "Tomb of
the Black Sow", which
were removed from the hypogeum in order to conserve them. Another exhibit is
the sarcophagus of the Vipiniana of Tuscania, with the image of the deceased
participating in the banquet on the lid (held in the National Archaeological
Museum of Florence)
and the myth of Niobe depicted on the base (part of the collection of the
Gregorian Etruscan Museum). The section closes with a number of votive heads
of various kinds including children and old people, and two masks held in the
store rooms of the
Vatican Museums and which come from Etruscan shrines.
The exhibition closes with the Etruscan room of Racconigi Castle, which
belonged to Carlo Alberto of Savoia, an example of the Etruscan artistic style
which was popular in Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Vatican City, 8 March 2012 (VIS) - The Holy Father appointed Fr. Liam
Stephen Cary of the clergy of the archdiocese of Portland in Oregon, U.S.A.,
pastor of the parish of St. Mary in Eugene, as bishop of Baker (area 173013,
population 502,610,
Catholics 37,029, priests 60, permanent deacons 12, religious 25), U.S.A. The
bishop-elect was born in Prineville, U.S.A. in 1947 and ordained a priest in
1992. Before ordination he spent many years working with poor people and
migrants. Since becoming
a priest he has worked in pastoral care in a number of parishes and as vicar
forane.
Per ulteriori informazioni e per la ricerca di documenti consultare il
sito: www.wisnews.org e www.vatican.va Il servizio del
VIS viene inviato soltanto agli indirizzi di posta elettronica che ne
hanno
fatto richiesta. Se per qualunque motivo non si desidera continuare a
riceverlo, si prega di visitare nostra pagina dinizio: http://212.77.1.245/news_services/press/vi
/italinde.php
Copyright (VIS): Le notizie contenute nei servizi del Vatican
Information Service possono essere riprodotte parzialmente o totalmente
citando la fonte: V.I.S. - Vatican Information Service.
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