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Vito Mancuso authored, "The Soul and its Destiny", a highly successful book that has been recommended by Cardinal Martini. In it, there is no longer any sin or redemption, but instead man saves himself. ...
...The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has not involved itself directly in the case because Mancuso has no institutional connections with the Church, nor does he teach in an ecclesiastical university. But the fear was that silence on the part of the Church authorities would have fostered the idea that the theses in this book were innocuous or even commendable, offered as part of a fruitful debate, as recommended by Cardinal Martini in his preface.
"L'Osservatore Romano" and "La Civilt Cattolica" have broken the silence and provided an authoritative indication of what is and is not consistent with Catholic doctrine and with the correct method of conducting theology.


Vito Mancuso, 46, married with children, teaches modern and contemporary theology in the faculty of philosophy at the Universit San Raffaele in Milan, a private institution without Church ties. He obtained his doctorate in theology at the Pontifical Lateran University. His thesis, sponsored by the president of the Italian Theological Association, Piero Coda, became his first book: "Hegel teologo e l'imperdonabile assenza del Principe di questo mondo [Hegel the theologian and the unforgivable absence of the Prince of this world]," issued in 1996. His next book was published in 2002: "Il dolore innocente. L'handicap, la natura e Dio [Innocent suffering: disability, nature, and God]." Both books were favorably received by established theologians of certified orthodoxy, like Fr. Gianni Baget Bozzo and Bishop Bruno Forte. [The latter is a member of the international theological commission that flanks the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith....He heads the archdiocese of Chieti and Vasto, was ordained a Bishop by Cardinal Ratzinger, and presides over the commission for theology and culture of the Italian bishops' conference.] ...

...In "L'Osservatore Romano" of February 2nd, it is the Archbishop-theologian Forte himself who deeply criticizes Mancuso's latest book.
His conclusion is straightforward: "This is not Christian theology, but 'gnosis', the presumption of saving oneself on one's own."

But the many readers who have bought "L'anima e il suo destino" find at the opening of the volume a preface by another Archbishop of widespread fame, the Jesuit Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, who vigorously recommends the book !...
[But, even Cardinal Martini admits there are severe problems with the book's doctrine!]
...Martini does not say what the points are that deviate from Catholic doctrine.

But these points are, instead, set out in black and white in "L'Osservatore Romano " and "La Civilt Cattolica." According to the latter magazine, "about a dozen" dogmas are either "denied" or "emptied of meaning" in the book. And they are all of the highest importance.

Bruno Forte is no less critical in "L'Osservatore." He sees demolished the ideas of original sin, the resurrection of Christ, the eternity of hell, the salvation that comes from God. The thesis of the book is that man is sufficient for himself and is saved by himself, in the light of his reason alone.

Mancuso, who claims to be a Catholic, is aware of the earthquake that he has caused. But his stated purpose is precisely that of "refounding" the Christian faith. In an article published on January 22 in the newspaper "il Foglio," he also rejected the dogma of creation and the doctrine of "Humanae Vitae" on contraception. He made the following argument against this latter doctrine:

"We must look reality in the face for what it is, and not for what we would like it to be, and the reality is that sexual relations are widely practiced outside of marriage and beginning from a very early age."

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