<nettime> Zero identity

[Morlock Elloi <morlockelloi@gmail.com>]

One space remained free of identity lunacy, survivors, creepdom and 
infantilized safety. It's funny and terrifying how the process of 
elimination can make this space remaining oasis of intellectual inquiry.

From "The Teaching Ministry of the Diocesan Bishop" (1992):

Freedom of Theological Inquiry

“Theological science responds to the invitation of
truth as it seeks to understand the faith. It thereby aids the
People of God in fulfilling the Apostles command (cf.
1 Pt 3:15) to give an accounting for their hope to those
who ask it" (Instruction, 6). There is within the Church a
lawful freedom of scholarly inquiry, debate, and specu-
lation that ultimately serves the magisterium and the
Church at large (sec Gaudium et Spes [== GS] 10; 62; CIC,
c. 218). Within the framework of acceptance of church
teaching, there is broad freedom for exploration and
critique. The underlying assumptions and explicit formu-
lations of doctrine are subject to investigation, to ques-
tions about their meaning or their doctrinal and pastoral
implications, to comparison with other doctrines, to the
study of their historical and ecclesial context, to transla-
tion into diverse cultural categories, and to correlation
with knowledge from other branches of human and sci-
entific inquiry (sec GS 44, 62; cf. Instruction, 10). Such
critical analyses or probing for context and meaning or
even persistent questioning of the presuppositions, asser-
tions, and formulations of magisterial statements enable
the Church to achieve greater clarity in its teaching; to
apply it in an appropriate manner to Christian life; to
respond to new problems and possibilities as they arise;
and to proclaim the essential truth of the gospel in a
manner that is appropriately adapted to the requirements
of a culture or to the needs of the times (cf. Instruction,
24). Scholars carry on this work as believing members of
the Church, faithful to its magisterium. They are also
bound by the methodological requirements of their par-
ticular theological discipline, and they are subject to the
critique of their peers (cf. Instruction, 9, 11; Doctrinal
Responsibilities, p. 5). The vitality of Catholic theology and
its fidelity to Sacred Scripture, tradition, and the magiste-
rium, are strengthened by the vigorous exercise of peer
review, critique, and dialogue within the theological disci-
plines. These necessary functions in theological discourse
cannot be suspended or eliminated without debilitating
consequences for theology itself.
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