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Freedom of the Individual towards the Authority of the Church

Author(s): Stanisław Gałkowski
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Theology and Religion, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
Keywords: authority; Church; subordination; morality; obedience

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the role of the Catholic Church as a deontic and epistemic authority. It discusses the problem of whether the Church’s authority undermines the autonomy of the conscience of the faithful. It then provides a justication for the thesis that while the Church wields authority in moral issues, its authority is of an epistemic nature.

  • Issue Year: 20/2017
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 21-32
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish