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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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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés Francés |
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Collegeville, Minnesota :
Liturgical Press,
2011.
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| Édition: | Revised edition. |
| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- 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.