A t the same time, the local church "is not a community i- isolation from other communities of the Church one and catt- olic

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ENCOURAGING LOCAL THEOLOGIES

Cebuano-Visayan Resources

James H. Kroeger, M.M.

The central task of evangelization, undoubtedly, is to maKe rne message and life of Christ truly incarnate in the minds and lives of people. Toward this end, the Asian bishops assert that the

"primary focus of our task of evangelization then, a t this time in our history, is the building up of a truly local church."

This message, first spoken in 1974 (Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences [FABC] I, 9), was reiterated in 1979 during the International Mission Congress held in Manila: "the continuec building up of the local church [is] the focus of the task of evange- lization today

. . ."

(International Mission Congress [IMC], 19).

Because a truly local church is t o be indigenous and incultur- ated, it must theologize about faith-and-life realities, using t h ~ language, symbols, metaphors, images and meanings of the peopl~

and their context.

A t the same time, the local church "is not a community i- isolation from other communities of the Church one and catt- olic.

. . .

In a special way it rejoices in i t s communion and filie oneness with the See of Peter, which presides over the u n i v e r ~ Church in love" (FABC I, 11). Thus, while every local churcl- focuses on its own mission, it is also "co-responsible for t h ~ mission of all i t s sister-churches" (IMC, 14).

This dynamic interaction and cross-fertilization among sister- local-churches within the universal church finds solid groundin;

within the theology of Vatican I I. For example, in the dogmati:

constitution on the church (Lumen Gentium, 23), one finds t h ~ universal church, the whole Mystical Body, described as th?

K R O E G E R 11 1

T Y S ecclesiarum". In English translation, this has been ren- c as "the body of the churches" (W. M. Abbott, The Docu-

.T o f Vatican 11) and as "a corporate body of churches" (A.

--wy, Vatican Council 11, The Conciliar and Post Conciliar - nents).

's in their dynamic interaction that local churches within the :-sal church serve each other for their proper development;

~ v i t a n t l y , local theologies certainly derive benefit and r-ment from other churches as well as from the universal

.

of churches. In a word, the structure and interrelationship

- - - e local churches within the universal church can be seen as an

_ _

^_+ = .ive paradigm for developing local, yet catholic, theologies.

J -"ding upon these brief notes describing the necessary role of 3cal church and local theology within the "corpus ecclesia- . ,

.

this piece now focuses i t s attention upon those works of the :-sal church which have already been rendered into Cebuano-

7 . zn. It i s readily admitted that this task of translation is but : zimension of developing truly local and catholic theologies.

- -3 list of materials presented here encompasses the last three --::?s (1960-1990); it is comprehensive to date - 1990. I t also - - - -

I -

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as a challenge to Cebuano-Visayan Christians t o further

- : 13 their local church through additional Cebuano theological- -: -al-biblical-catechetical resources.

- - 2 works are simply presentedlcatalogued in chronological

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with their source/author, their title in Cebuano translation,

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3riginal Latin title, the place of publication, and the trans-

---Y blisher.

:--I XXl l l lnahan ug Magtutudlo (Selections) Mater et Magistra

Davao - Maryknoll Language School

.I-- XXI II Kalinaw sa Yuta Pacem in Terris

Davao - Maryknol~ Language School n I I Mao Kini ang Simbahan

Lumen Gentium

Cebu - C. J. Alcoseba

112 E N C O U R A G I N G L O C A L THEOLOGIES

Vatican I1 Mao Kini ang Apostolado sa mga Leman Apostolicam Actuositatem

Cebu

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C. J. Alcoseba

Vatican I I Ang Simbahan sa Kalibotan Karon Gaudium et Spes

Ozamiz - Mindanao - Sulu Publications Paul VI Kauswagan sa mga Tawo (Full Text)

Populorum Progressio

Davao - Maryknoll Language School Paul VI Kauswagan sa Katawhan (Synthesis Text)

Populorum Progressio

Davao - Maryknoll Language School 1971 Synod Hustisya sa Kalibotan

De lustitia in Mundo

Ozamiz - Mindanao - Sulu Publications Paul VI Ebanghelisasyon ngadto sa Kalibotan Karon

Evangelii Nuntiandi

Ozamiz - Mindanao - Sulu Publications John Paul I I Manunubos sa Katawhan

Redemptor Hominis

Ozamiz - Mindanao - Sulu Publications John Paul I I Panimalay nga Kristyanos sa Kalibotan Karon

Familiaris Consortio Cebu - M. S. Salvador John Paul I I

Sollicitudo Rei Socialis

Ozamiz - Community Formation Center Finally, this author is aware that additional materials ar.

currently under development; they include two documents o' Vatican I I (Ad Gentes and Presbyterorum Ordinis) and John Pal:

11's Christifideles Laici. All these modest contributions to encourac- ing local theologies within the local church are gratefully receivc and appreciated.

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x k Reviews and Notices

- - 'Z'TIONAL ISLAM IN THE MOCE' --- London & New York: Kegan Pac -

-::d features distinguish this book, -:

=: yribute paid t o the great Catho' r - - - 1962). On the other hand the r-s - - =mething t o satisfy people of ar..

: s the terminology used in desc- -' I-e insights here set forth, excel's- - - - _- - - z ! l y Islamic. This appears, for s u

- - --'a of work where Nasr writes: ".

the love of the maker for that ,.

the person who creates it and qitting to the person who 0bt2

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- ~ z < s for traditional Islam?" or per-:

:-T. "Who claims to speak for t-5 - - - - _{- -} to set aside the fact that grea:

s among Muslims. A sacred Tr+=

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?n centers is not around poir-r zrpretation of the sacred la\*:

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