Obsequium Religiosum
''Obsequium religiosum'' is a Latin phrase meaning religious submission, religious assent, or religious respect; it is used particularly in the theology of the Catholic Church. Second Vatican Council The Latin term is used in the Latin original document ''Lumen gentium'' of the Second Vatican Council regarding the duty of the faithful to give ''obsequium religiosum'' (Latin for "religious submission") of will and intellect to certain teachings of the Magisterium of the Church. The Magisterium is a reference to the authoritative teaching body of the Roman Catholic Church. The phrase appears in ''Lumen gentium'' 25a in the following context, here translated as both "religious assent" and "religious submission": Bishops, teaching in communion with the Roman Pontiff, are to be respected by all as witnesses to divine and Catholic truth. In matters of faith and morals, the bishops speak in the name of Christ and the faithful are to accept their teaching and adhere to it with a religio ...
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Catholic Theology
Catholic theology is the understanding of Catholic doctrine or teachings, and results from the studies of theologians. It is based on Biblical canon, canonical Catholic Bible, scripture, and sacred tradition, as interpreted authoritatively by the magisterium of the Catholic Church. This article serves as an introduction to various topics in Catholic theology, with links to where fuller coverage is found. Major teachings of the Catholic Church discussed in the early councils of the church are summarized in List of Christian creeds, various creeds, especially the Nicene Creed, Nicene (Nicene-Constantinopolitan) Creed and the Apostles' Creed. Since the 16th century the church has produced catechisms which summarize its teachings, most recently Catechism of the Catholic Church, in 1992. The Catholic Church understands the living tradition of the church to contain the essentials of its doctrine Infallibility of the Church, on faith and morals and to be protected from error, at time ...
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