Alcance jurídico de la constitución apostólica “Ex Corde Ecclesiae” en las Universidades Católicas

Abstract

The process of evolution of Catholic universities in the world, was prolonged stating its beginnings in the thirteenth century, there being no world precedents of other universities in the Middle Ages. In this development, the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" signified the culmination of this historical process, because it constitutes the most important instrument related to Catholic university education. The general objective pursues to analyze the fulfillment by the Catholic universities of the guidelines of the aforementioned Constitution, in order to determine if there is specialized professional training, which allows students to acquire or deepen the authentically Christian life; The foundation of this research is constituted by the series of church instruments on university education and the founded opinion of ecclesiastical and university authorities of PUCESI about the application of an education that harmonizes with the richness of humanistic and cultural development with training specialized professional and integrate and structure the data obtained. The hermeneutical method was used in this work for the interpretation of the written texts and the content of the Apostolic Constitution, as well as the socio-legal one, with a descriptive depth taking into account the opinions of numerous authors to determine its legal scope. It is revealed prima facie that the process of university Catholic education was perfected with the promulgation of the Apostolic Constitution "Ex Corde Ecclesiae" of Pope Saint John Paul II legislative text that regulates various matters related to Catholic colleges and universities.