A glance at the April 20 issue of Commonweal: Academic freedom, church law, and the medieval university
Even in medieval times, Roman Catholic scholars did not practice an ideal of complete subordination to ecclesiastical authorities, writes Jean Porter, a professor of ethics at the University of Notre Dame. Ms. Porter argues that this is an important fact when considering Ex corde Ecclesiae, which is about to start requiring Catholic theologians to obtain a mandatum, or approval of their teachings, from the local bishop.
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