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True and False Reform in the Church /

Archbishop Angelo Roncali (later Pope John XXIII) read True and False Reform during his years as papal nuncio in France and asked, A reform of the church 'is such a thing really possible?" A decade later as pope, he opened the Second Vatican Council by describing its goals in terms that re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Congar, Yves, 1904-1995
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, 2011.
Edición:Revised edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. Why and how does the church reform itself? The church's holiness and our failures
  • Why and in what way do the people of God need to be reformed?
  • Prophets and reformers
  • pt. 2. Conditions for authentic reform without schism. The problem
  • First condition : the primacy of charity and of pastoral cponcerns
  • Second condition : remain in communion with the whole church
  • Third condition : having patience with delays
  • Fourth condition : genuine renewal through a return to the the principle of tradition (not through the forced introduction of "novelty")
  • pt. 3. The reformation and Protestantism [omitted in this translation]
  • Conclusion: Perspectives on the attitude to take toward concrete reform initiatives.