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description: Teaching with Authority The Catholic Church claims to possess the fullness of Christian truth but getting to the truth on some matters of doctrine or morals can be a challengewith different popes documents and theologians treating them with different levels of authority and shades of meaning. This can lead not only to personal confusion butincreasingly in our dayconflict and disagreement among Catholics. Teaching with Authority is a unique valuable and long-overdue resource for all Catholics as well as those inquiring about the Faith. It will help deepen your understanding of what the Church teaches by showing you (maybe for the first time) how and why and where it does. Not another catechism or Catholicism for beginners book Teaching with Authority isnt about understanding specific teachings of the Faith (even the complicated and misunderstood ones) but rather about understanding Catholic teaching itself. Where does the Churchs teaching authority come from? How do we weigh dogmas versus practices doctrines versus disciplines conciliar declarations versus papal interviews? How do we sort through the many kinds of ecclesial documents and determine their relative authority and relevance? And in an age when accusations of heresy! fly regularly across social media with competing sides eager to paint the other as unfaithful to Catholic tradition or to the current pope Jimmy also tackles the issues of incredulity apostasy and schismshowing you how to recognize different forms of dissent and respond to them fittingly. 
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title: Teaching with Authority: How to Cut Through Doctrinal Confusion & Understand What the Church Really Says
publisher: Catholic Answers Press