Editing Jacques Dupuis (Jesuit) (section)

==Under investigation==

In 2001, the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]], a department of the [[Roman Curia]], determined that his book ''Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism'' contained ambiguities that present "difficulties on important doctrinal points" with respect to the proper understanding of "the seeds of truth and goodness that exist in other religions."<ref>{{cite news | work = Christianity Today | access-date = 3 July 2017 | date = 1 February 2001 | title = Vatican Attempts to Clarify Jesuit's Stance on Religious Pluralism | url = https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2001/februaryweb-only/55.0c.html | first = Luigi | last = Sandri }}</ref> Even a positive reviewer, [[Gavin D'Costa]], noted that in Depuis's argument, "there is no 'necessity' (Lumen Gentium 14) of the Church as the mediator of salvation."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=D'Costa |first=Gavin |date=October 1998 |title=Book review |journal=The Journal of Theological Studies |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=910–914}}</ref>

Dupuis was told to clarify his position in relation to that document, but he was never disciplined. Future editions of his book had to include a copy of the Congregation's notification about areas in which it considered his work unclear. A visitor reported in 2003 that "the ordeal he went through with the C.D.F. had caused havoc to his mental and physical health."<ref>{{cite news | title =Inclusive Pluralism | date = 3 February 2003 |access-date = 3 July 2017| url =  https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/culture/inclusive-pluralism |work = [[America (magazine)|America]] | first = Peter C. | last = Phan }}</ref> The notification stated: "It is consistent with Catholic doctrine to hold that the seeds of truth and goodness that exist in other religions are a certain participation in truths contained in the revelation of or in [[Jesus]] Christ. However, it is erroneous to hold that such elements of truth and goodness, or some of them, do not derive ultimately from the source-mediation of Jesus Christ."<ref>[https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20010124_dupuis_en.html NOTIFICATION on the book "Toward a Christian Theology of Religious Pluralism" (Orbis Books: Maryknoll, New York 1997) by Father JACQUES DUPUIS, S.J.]</ref>

Subsequently, however, Dupuis's 'pioneering' work was highly praised on the meaning of other religions in "God's plan of salvation of mankind."<ref>Cf. [https://archive.today/20130209234221/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/USCCBnews/message/827 "Theological Contributions Of Jesuit Jacques Dupuis Celebrated In Rome"], by Gerard O'Connell on USCCB News. Accessed 5 December 2012</ref>