From jfgannon@cloud9.net Sun Nov 11 06:53:28 2001 Received: from mailscan2.cac.washington.edu (mailscan2.cac.washington.edu [140.142.33.16]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with SMTP id fABErQn100438 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 06:53:27 -0800 Received: FROM mxu2.u.washington.edu BY mailscan2.cac.washington.edu ; Sun Nov 11 06:53:23 2001 -0800 Received: from russian-caravan.cloud9.net (russian-caravan.cloud9.net [168.100.1.4]) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.11.6+UW01.08/8.11.6+UW01.10) with ESMTP id fABErN401073 for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 06:53:23 -0800 Received: from jfgannon (203-180.dialup.cloud9.net [168.100.203.180]) by russian-caravan.cloud9.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CF2428D8E for ; Sun, 11 Nov 2001 09:53:21 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002501c16ac1$1c205d40$b4cb64a8@jfgannon> From: "J.F. Gannon" To: References: <001701c16a05$40893880$c9b01fc4@al40> Subject: Re: serpere in Bellarmine Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2001 09:56:56 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Far be it from me to dispute with your relative, but in the book I am reading about Galileo there is a reference to the successor of the Holy Office and the author calls it the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. The book was written in Italian and this is the English of the Italian, and I do not have great confidence in the translator. Still I would conjecture that what lies behind this is something like Congregatio de doctrina fidei, which probably means something like the Congregation concerned with the teaching (or doctrinal content) of the faith. Regards, JFG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terrence Lockyer" To: "Classics List" Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 11:31 AM Subject: Re: serpere in Bellarmine > On Thursday, November 08, 2001, I suggested that "the Roman Inquisition" > > : was, I recall being told, at some time connected (or > : even identical) with the congregatio de propaganda > : fide, or was my informant mistaken? > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, J. F. Gannon wrote > > : The Roman Inquisition was called the Holy Office, > : but I do not know the Latin title. In any case it now > : has a different name, which I also do not know, and > : is headed by Cardinal Ratzinger. I believe that the > : Congregatio de propaganda fide was concerned > : with missionary work and probably still is. > > Ratzinger is presently head of the Congregatio de propaganda fide > ("Congregration for the Propagation of the Faith" is what a relative, who is > ordained in the OMI, called it, so I presume that is still the standard > English designation). The CDPF's role seems to have changed, so perhaps > different functions have been merged under this title. One reference I > found in my books here was to its role as overseer of foreign missions, but > it now seems to have more general responsibilities in matters of doctrine. > > > Terrence Lockyer > Johannesburg, South Africa > > .