Mandatum for Catholic Theology Professors
Catholic canon law states, Can. 812 "Those who teach theological disciplines in any institutes of higher studies whatsoever must have a mandate from the competent ecclesiastical authority."
"The mandatum is fundamentally an acknowledgment by church authority that a Catholic professor of a theological discipline is teaching within the full communion of the Catholic Church ... All Catholics who teach Catholic theological disciplines in a Catholic university are required to have a mandatum." [1]
Some Catholic universities and colleges, including my alma mater, Gonzaga University, are rather secretive as to whether their theology professors are in compliance with Catholic canon law. Many have expressed concern over this, some even withdrawing donation dollars until the situation is reconciled.
The following article gives a partial list of U.S. Catholic Universities who publicly require all Catholic theology professors to have the mandatum or similar oath of fidelity to Catholic doctrine.
Mandatum Schools, National Catholic Register,
http://www.ncregister.com/features/mandatum.htm
[Note: link above expired, see here: http://www.mandatumschools.com/ ]
"The mandatum is fundamentally an acknowledgment by church authority that a Catholic professor of a theological discipline is teaching within the full communion of the Catholic Church ... All Catholics who teach Catholic theological disciplines in a Catholic university are required to have a mandatum." [1]
Some Catholic universities and colleges, including my alma mater, Gonzaga University, are rather secretive as to whether their theology professors are in compliance with Catholic canon law. Many have expressed concern over this, some even withdrawing donation dollars until the situation is reconciled.
The following article gives a partial list of U.S. Catholic Universities who publicly require all Catholic theology professors to have the mandatum or similar oath of fidelity to Catholic doctrine.
Mandatum Schools, National Catholic Register,
http://www.ncregister.com/features/mandatum.htm
[Note: link above expired, see here: http://www.mandatumschools.com/ ]
- University of Dallas
- Creighton University
- Aquinas College
- Benedictine College
- St. Gregory's University
- Franciscan University
- Our Lady of Holy Cross College
- DeSales University
- Our Lady of Corpus Christi
- Magdalen College
- Belmont Abbey College
- Ave Maria College
- University of St. Thomas
- Ave Maria University
It's reasonable to conclude that among those colleges who are less forthright with their mandatum status, not all their theology professors are in compliance with canon law. Consequently, just because the college claims to be Catholic, their professors of theology may have no intention of teaching within the full communion of the Catholic Church.
For the situation at Gonzaga University, see the following article...
Teaching with the Church? Gonzaga Won't Say by Tim Drake http://www.ncregister.com/features/8gonzaga.htm [link expired]
See here: Mandatum Cover-Up? by Tim Drake
God bless,
Dave
Other References:
[1] http://www.usccb.org/bishops/mandatumguidelines.htm
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