An unfinished council
Subtitle: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the renewal of Catholicism
By: Richard R. Gaillardetz
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minnesota
Language: eng
Number of pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780814683095; 9780814683347
Subjects: Doctrines; Influence; Church renewal; Catholic Church; Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano); History
Description: The Second Vatican Council has become an indespensable referencce point for understanding Roman Catholicism today. Yet in spite of its impact, Vatican Ii was in many ways an unfinished council. The council bishops were able to establish key pillars in the construction of a new vision for the church of our time, but, for various reasons, they were not able to draw those pillars together into a coherent, unified structure. This volume describes both the council's building project itself and the challenges facing the church today if we are to complete the project begun fifty years ago.
Notes: "A Michael Glazier Book."
Table of contents: title: The council in context; title: The council that almost failed; title: Toward a new ecclesial form; title: The ecclesial virtue of humility; title: A noncompetitive theology of the Church; title: Pope Francis and the reception of Vatican II; title: From a pastoral council to a pastoral renewal.