Magisterium - Spiritual Dictionary, Navigating the Interior Life

Magisterium – Spiritual Dictionary

MAGISTERIUM – Spiritual Dictionary: The Church’s teaching authority, vested in the bishops, as successors of the Apostles, under the Roman Pontiff, as successor of St. Peter. Also vested in the Pope, as Vicar of Christ and visible head of the Catholic Church.

This Spiritual Dictionary term is an excerpt from the Glossary of Dan Burke’s highly acclaimed book Navigating the Interior Life – Spiritual Direction and the Journey to God, published in 2012, and one of several books in the Navigating the Interior Life series of books. To learn more, click here.

To read a series of posts on the magisterium by Father Angelo Geiger, entitled Mysticism and Magisterium, click here: Mysticism and Magisterium Series.

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Dan Burke

Dan Burke is the past President and C.O.O. of EWTN's worldwide news
network. He is presently the founder and President of the Avila Institute for Spiritual Formation, which offers graduate and personal enrichment studies in spiritual theology to priests, deacons, religious, and laity in 90 countries and prepares men for seminary in over 40 dioceses.

Dan is the author and editor of numerous books on authentic Catholic spirituality and hosts the Divine Intimacy Radio show with his wife, Stephanie, which is broadcast weekly on EWTN Radio. Past episodes can be found, along with thousands of articles on the interior life, at SpiritualDirection.com.

In his deep commitment to the advancement of faithful Catholic spirituality, he is also the founder of Apostoli Viae, a world-wide, private association of the faithful dedicated to living and advancing the authentic spiritual patrimony of the Church.

Most importantly, Dan is a blessed husband, father of four, grandfather of one—and grateful to be Catholic.