Pedro Rodriguez (theologian)

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Pedro Rodriguez is a theologian who specializes on church studies or ecclesiology. He teaches at the University of Navarra, in Pamplona Spain and was its dean of theology for many years. He is a priest of the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei.

Rodriguez's critical edition of the original manuscript of the Catechismus Romanus, the catechism of the Council of Trent, was praised by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as being of "great significance" for his own work on the Catechism of the Catholic Church. [1]

William May has praised him for his work of analyzing Opus Dei and the founder's teachings, saying that "he has masterfully" discussed the founder's teachings on holiness. [1] Some of Rodriguez's works are:

  • Critical edition. Roman Catechism.
  • The Primacy of the Pope in the Church
  • Rodriguez, Pedro, Particular Churches and Personal Prelatures. Dublin, Four Courts Press, 1986.
  • RODRÍGUEZ, Pedro; Pío G. AVES IE SOUSA y José Manuel ZUMAOUERO (eds.). Mons. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y el Opus Dei en el 50 Aniversario de su Fundación (2° ed.). Pamplona, Ediciones Universidad de Navarra, 1985.
  • Pedro Rodriguez, Fernando Ocáriz, and Jose Luis Illanes, Opus Dei in the Church: An ecclesiological study of the life and apostolate of Opus Dei, Princeton 1994
  • Rodriguez, Vocación, trabajo, contemplación (Pamplona: EUNSA, 1986)
  • Rodriguez, Camino: edición critico-histórica, (Instituto Histórico Josemaría Escrivá) -- 1250 pages of analysis of Escriva's main work, The Way.