Ex corde Ecclesiae

• Introduction • Part 1 - Identity and Mission • Part 2 - General Norms • Transitional Norms • Conclusion ==Role of theology==

• "Theology plays a particularly important role in the search for a synthesis of knowledge as well as in the dialogue between faith and reason. It serves all other disciplines in their search for meaning... Because of its specific importance among the academic disciplines, every Catholic University should have a faculty, or at least a chair, of theology" ( §19) ==Impact==

A number of Catholic universities started offering programs in Catholic studies as a response to the encyclical. For example, the Center for Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota was founded in 1992. ==See also==