Francis A. Sullivan

Francis Aloysius Sullivan, S.J., is a Catholic theologian and a Jesuit priest. He is best known for his research in the area of ecclesiology and the magisterium.

Biography

Francis Sullivan received an M.A. in Philosophy from Boston College in 1945, and an M.A. in Classics from Fordham University in 1948. He received his doctorate from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1956.

From 1956 until 1992, Sullivan was professor of ecclesiology at the Gregorian University, serving as dean from 1964 to 1970. William Levada, the current Prefect of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, received his doctorate under Sullivan in 1971.

From 1992 until the present, Sullivan has been a professor of theology at Boston College.

Bibliography

* "Charisms and Charismatic Renewal", 1982
* "Magisterium: Teaching Authority in the Catholic Church", 1983
* "The Church We Believe In: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic", 1988
* "Salvation Outside the Church?" 1992
* "Creative Fidelity: Weighing and Interpreting Documents of the Magisterium", 1996
* "From Apostles to Bishops: The Development of the Episcopacy in the Early Church", 2001
* Frequent contributions to "Theological Studies".

External links

* [http://www.bc.edu/schools/cas/theology/faculty/fsullivan/ Fr. Sullivan's home page]