Sentence:  Insofar as these norms require modifications of the ideals and social goals that Catholicism aspired to in the long period from Constantine to Napoleon, they can be seen as encouraging either a progressive development of doctrine in social matters or a <WSD>resourcement</WSD> in which the church returns to patterns of organization and social aspiration which were appropriate to its early formative experiences as a minority group more concerned to survive hostility and contempt than to mold society. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An American theological movement involving a return to the original sources of the Catholic church.