Veritatis Gaudium: or about the desire for all to be one

Abstract

With regard to the recent publication of the apostolic constitution, Veritatis Gaudium, on the reform of studies, faculties and ecclesiastical universities, this article is meant to grasp the theology of education implicit in it. The fundamental thesis that I hold is that VG distills an educational theology inspired by a Trinitarian Theology that resonates with intratrinitarian relationships of reciprocal love for the fundamental elements of an educational theory: a curricular theory, the educational sociology of each center and the relationships of all the institutions that teach ecclesiastical studies. The fundamental claim of this dynamic is, on the one hand, the formation of a new humanity and, on the other, that those institutions where ecclesiastical studies are taught are already a living testimony of that civilization of love.