Jaarboek Thomas Instituut 2006 - Thomas Instituut te Utrecht

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being taken seriously, even in the area of academic theology." But it
seems to me that where one does not subscribe to the duplex ordo of
secular and ecclesial theological disciplines, or a simple separation
between them, but to the simplex ordo of all disciplines together, the
synergy between them must be expressly promoted, and the
secularization of the practice of theology must be opposed. I
subscribe to Congar's statement that, for Thomas, sacra doctrina is
primarily one continuing body of knowledge, and sincerely hope that
those practicing theology in the Netherlands who are interested in the
classical practice of theology, or in other words, theological
theology, will share this view. Such a practice of theology is, it is
true, mindful of the different demands of academic discipline and the
Church, but is aware of the original and final unity of both.47 It is,
furthermore, a practice of theology that does not exclude the
practitioner of the theology, but includes the practitioner in its self
reflection." It is, of course, not for nothing that I began this lecture
with an analysis of holy and holiness, and Christ as the source of all
holiness." I should like to express the hope that, in the footsteps of
the holy Saint Thomas, theology will once again start to include
holiness more and more in its culture as a service to the sacred
mystery of our faith: I hope that theology will become more
theological. In recent decades, the secularization of the practice of
theology has gone hand in hand with a secularization of the
46 MarcelSarot,De goddeloosheid van de wetenschap. Theologie, geloof en
het gangbare wetenschapsideaal, Zoetermeer2006.
47 "If theologyis to be theology,it mustbe ecclesiai",Gavind'Costa(2005),
o.c., 216. For an approach that seeks a balance between academia and
church, see: Adelbert Denaux, Katholieke theologie in een context van
(post)moderniteit, TilburglUtrecht2006.
48 De Grijs (1988), o.c., 31: "Theologyis [...J above all, the languageof
faith.Thismeansthatat thisjuncturein timetheologyshouldreturnto faith,
to the act of believing.The way of rationalismin theologyhas reached its
end. That way has given us much,but has nothingmoreto offer."Here,De
Grijs quotes Schillebeeckx, who in 1958 wrote in the Theologisch
Woordenboek (Dictionaryof Theology)"[...J the basis of the academic
approachto theologyis nothinglessthan faithitself.Withoutfaiththerecan
be no academictheology."
49 STh JIJ, q. 83 a. 3 ad 2: "Quia enim sanctitasChristi fons est totius
sanctitatisecclesiasticae[...)." Thomassays the same of the Eucharistin 4
SN 13.1.2.5c: 'totius sanctitatis causa '. SeeEucharisticPrayerII.