Para uma compreensão não absolutista do poder primacial: revendo os fundamentos da Pastor æternus

Abstract

Conforms the catholic doctrine, the bishop of the Church of Rome, as the successor of Peter, occupies a position of authority and final responsibility in the universal Church. This responsibility received dogmatic confirmation in the constitution Pastor aeternus of Vatican Council II. The terms used in Vatican Council II favored the understanding of craft primatial second the model of monarchy absolute, which became the current interpretation in the Catholic Church. However, the advance of the theology, the Vatican Council II and the ecumenical commitment of the Church brought elements difficult to reconcile with this understanding. This works intends, through analysis of the conciliar text and its sources, define if the understanding of the primacy as absolute monarchy is necessary, or if the dogma of Vatican I can be understood in another way.