Hans Urs von Balthasar e Eugenio Corecco: sul rapporto tra teologia e diritti religiosi

The figure of Eugenio Corecco is nodal for the current processes of scientific approach to religious laws: his peculiar vision of the relationship between theology and canon law is still fundamental for a deep understanding of the peculiarities that distinguish the legal systems based on religious beliefs. In particular, through the figure of Eugenio Corecco, the contribution aims at reflecting on the relationship between theology and canon law. While some scholars emphasized that the scientific autonomy of canon law could to be admitted only by postulating his familiarity with the juridical experience of secular systems, Corecco stated that it is impossible to apply to canon law the proper methodology of secular juridical sciences; He was also convinced that canon law, as derived from the supernatural nature of the Church, should be considered a legal system derived from faith and not exclusively from reason. Corecco's theology of Canon law has been investigated starting from the theological arguments of Hans Urs Von Balthasar and his ideas on the juridical dimension of theology.