{"id":2627,"date":"2022-07-12T19:51:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T19:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/?page_id=2627"},"modified":"2022-07-12T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T19:52:40","slug":"authority-from-a-shiite-perspective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/archive\/volume-10\/number-1\/authority-from-a-shiite-perspective\/","title":{"rendered":"Authority from a Shi&#8217;ite Perspective"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2627\" class=\"elementor elementor-2627\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3505538 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3505538\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-486dd90\" data-id=\"486dd90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-de4058d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"de4058d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"aux-parallax-section elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d22dac\" data-id=\"1d22dac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49bae1a elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"49bae1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-list.min.css\">\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-alt\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Authority from a Shi'ite Perspective<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-995274e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"995274e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\tIn this paper I propose to describe the teachings of Shi\u2018ite Islam about authority in a manner accessible to Catholic partners in dialogue. For this purpose, I will contrast Shi\u2018ite views on these issues with those of Catholics, and those of Sunni theologians, and I will also mention a few of the differences of opinion on these matters among the various Shi\u2018ite sects and Sufis.  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-767c60b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"767c60b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.6 - 08-06-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading 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table<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class='campos'>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authority from a Shi&#8217;ite Perspective In this paper I propose to describe the teachings of Shi\u2018ite Islam about authority in a manner accessible to Catholic partners in dialogue. For this purpose, I will contrast Shi\u2018ite views on these issues with those of Catholics, and those of Sunni theologians, and I will also mention a few [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2585,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2627"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649,"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2627\/revisions\/2649"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/messageofthaqalayn.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}