Truth and Certainty

includes index and biblioraphy

Part i Articles I Historical development of the Problem 1 Norms of christian allegiance and identity in the history of the church .......11 2 truth and verification at vatican I...........27 3 The person and office of peter in the new testament .........42 II interdisciplinary considerations Certainty, truth and the church`s teachig office ....................................56 the concept of infallibility...........................65 III The problem of the infallibility of the church`s office A theological reflection................................77 IV Peter as the foundation stone in the present uncertainty...........................95 Part II Documentation A hundred years after vatican I ...............117 A short balance -sheet of the debate on infallibility ........................129