Sensus Fidelium: Listening for the Echo

Sensus Fidelium:
Listening for the Echo
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CTA Annual Conference 2016
Call for Papers
After the First Vatican Council, John Henry Newman hesitated before
accepting what the Council had to say about papal infallibility. He was,
said Lord Acton, “waiting for the echo”. Acton understood, as many
before and since have failed to do, that it is not the business of those
whom we call “teachers” in the Church to tell us things we did not
know, but to articulate, interpret, clarify, the faith we have in common.
Nothing can become “the teaching of the Church” unless and until the
People of God as a whole “echo” the expression: react to it with
something like “Yes”, “Amen”, “that’s it”.
This echo is sensus fidelium and this year’s CTA Annual Conference
gathers to discuss its implications for the ongoing life of the Church.
Possible responses to this theme may include papers on:
Historical perspectives
Case studies
Church teaching
The role of theology
Christian praxis
Sources and development
We welcome submissions for 20 minute papers on these and wider
questions of Catholic theology. All those interested may send a 300
word abstract and a brief CV to the Secretary, Amy Daughton,
cta@ctagb.org.uk by June 25th, 2016. The conference will be on:
5th-8th September,
The Hayes, Alfreton
Speakers include:
Ormond Rush Helen Costigane
Paul D. Murray Roderick Strange
Sarah Jane Boss Tarcisius Mukuka
Details and booking information will appear
at www.ctagb.org.uk
Attendance is usually reserved for Full,
Associate and prospective Members.
Image: Detail, John Piper, Baptistery Window, Coventry Cathedral
Photograph © Herry Lawford, used under a Creative Commons 2.0 License