The Pope: His Mission and His Task

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by  Gerhard Ludwig Müller

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The PoPe
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The Pope
His Mission and His Task
Gerhard Cardinal Müller
Translated by Brian McNeil
The Catholic University of America Press
Washington, D.C.
2021
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Originally published as
Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Der Papst. Sendung und Auftrag
© 2017 Verlag Herder GmbH, Freiburg im Breisgau
The present text is the translation of an abridgement
made by Cardinal Müller of the original work.
English translation copyright ©2021
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Müller, Gerhard Ludwig author | McNeil, Brian, translator
Title: The Pope: His Mission and His Task / Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Translated by Brian McNeil.
Other titles: Papst. English
Description: Washington, DC : The Catholic University of America, 2021.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021035710 (print) | LCCN 2021035711 (ebook)
ISBN 9780813234694 (paperback) | ISBN 9780813234700 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Papacy | Petrine office | Papacy and Christian union | Popes–Primacy.
Classification: LCC BX1805 .M85513 2021 (print) | LCC BX1805 (ebook) |
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With gratitude
to
Lois and Carl Davis
whose generosity
made this publication possible
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Contents
Translator’s Note // xi
Preface // xiii
Abbreviations // xvi
I: The PoPes In The sTory of My LIfe // 1
1 The emergence of My religious Convictions // 1
2 My Catholic Childhood and youth // 4
3 Theological studies, Doctorate,
and ordination to the Priesthood // 32
4 Assistant Pastor, Professor, Bishop // 40
5 Cardinal Prefect of the Congregation
for the Doctrine of the faith // 56
6 A Grateful Look Back // 70
7 In saint Peter’s Basilica in rome // 71
II: The PAPACy As A fACT
of hIsTory AnD of reveLATIon // 75
1 That Which is Definitive in history // 75
2 secular and Theological Papal history // 77
3 The Papacy—seen in the hermeneutic of faith // 79
4 The Papacy in the Clash of Images of the Church // 80
5 The history of the Papacy
in Conformity with Its Divine Institution // 85
6 The Papacy in the structure of the sacramental Church // 89
7 The Papacy between Divine Power
and Powerlessness in the World // 90
8 The Papacy at rome—founded in revelation // 92
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III: he Who founDeD
The ChurCh ALso founDeD The PAPACy // 99
1 Divine revelation and the human
Knowledge of This revelation // 100
2 The Theological-historical Content of the Gospels // 103
3 Jesus Makes simon an Apostle with the surname Peter // 109
4 The Calling and Appointment of the Apostles // 110
5 Peter in the College of the Apostles // 113
6 Peter as head of the College of the Apostles // 114
7 The Petrine Apostolate
in the Testimony of the Gospel of Matthew // 116
8 Peter’s Infallibility
in the Confession of Jesus’s Divine sonship // 121
9 The Institution of the enduring Petrine Ministry // 123
10 The Petrine Ministry in the Mortal Crisis
of faith in the Messiah // 131
11 The Initial Gathering of the Church by Peter at Pentecost // 135
12 The Petrine Primacy in the Gospel of John (AD 95‒100) // 136
13 Peter’s Apostolic Teaching // 142
14 Peter founds the Church of Jews and Gentiles // 146
Iv: The CAThoLIC ChurCh
In The APosToLIC TrADITIon // 149
1 The Metamorphosis of the Church
of the Apostles into the Apostolic Church // 149
2 The Translation of the Primacy
and the Teaching of Peter to rome // 150
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3 The rule of the faith and epistemological
Principles of Catholic Theology // 159
4 The roman Primacy in the Life of the Church // 165
5 The emerging Theology of the Primacy // 166
6 on the Development of Dogma // 171
7 The Church after the Constantinian Turning Point // 174
8 The Development of the Doctrine of Primacy // 176
9 The Dogmatic Contribution
of the undivided Christianity to the Doctrine of Primacy // 183
10 Tensions between east and West in the Catholic Church // 191
11 rapprochements between east
and West in the Question of the Primacy // 195
v: The DoGMA of The DoCTrInAL AnD
JurIsDICTIonAL PrIMACy of The roMAn PoPe // 201
1 Church and Primacy in the supernatural order // 201
2 The ecclesiological Introduction
to the Constitution Pastor Aeternus // 203
3 The Doctrine and Canons of Pastor Aeternus // 206
4 The ecclesiological significance
of the Primacy in Teaching and Jurisdiction // 215
5 Papal Infallibility and Intellectual and ethical relativism // 217
vI: The InTeGrATIon of The PAPACy InTo The
ChurCh AnD The CoLLeGe of BIshoPs // 221
1 The Dogma that the episcopate is of Divine right // 221
2 The unity of the episcopate with and in the Pope // 225
3 reform and Mission of the Church:
The new Impulse from Evangelii Gaudium // 233
4 The one Church in Its universal
Mission and Its Local Concretization // 237
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5 The reciprocal Integration of Primacy and episcopacy // 239
6 The Pope and the Bishops at the service of the one Church // 240
7 The Ministry and the reform of the roman Curia // 243
8 The Mission of the Pope and the Church Today // 251
vII: The PoPe—ChrIsT’s WITness
To The DIGnITy of every huMAn BeInG // 253
1 The Prophetic voice raised on Behalf of human Dignity // 253
2 The human Being is the Path of the Church // 256
3 human rights—
A reconciliation of the Church With Modernity? // 260
4 The relevance of the Church’s social Doctrine Today // 267
5 The new humanism: Care for our Common home // 270
6 The Pope on the side of the Poor // 280
vIII: The PoPe—TeACher of GoD’s TruTh
AnD GuArAnTor of huMAn freeDoM // 293
1 every human Life has an Indestructible Meaning // 293
2 faith’s reason—and reason’s faith // 298
3 The Truth of God is the Basis of human freedom // 300
IX: The PoPe—The ChurCh’s PAsTor
on ITs PATh To GoD // 311
1 Through faith We have Peace with God (rom 5:1) // 311
2 In hope of God’s Glory (rom 5:3) // 328
3 The Love of God is Poured out
into our hearts (rom 5:5) // 335
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