Karl Rahner

2018 ◽  
pp. 430-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Lennan
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Church In The World ◽  
The Church

Karl Rahner (1904–84) played a significant role in broadening the emphases of Roman Catholic ecclesiology in the decades before the Second Vatican Council (1962–5). He contributed notably to the work of Vatican II itself, and was likewise prominent in promoting a positive reception of the council’s ecclesiology. Rahner viewed the church in relation to God’s self-communication in grace. For Rahner, the church was a sacramental reality, formed by grace to witness to Christ in the world. The church’s sacramental role encompassed all aspects of its life, including its structures and organs of authority, which could not be ends in themselves. Rahner combined a deep commitment to the mission of the church in the world with a clear-eyed view of the church’s need to be self-critical and to remain open to the movement of the Holy Spirit, especially in the promotion of unity.

The Church

2015 ◽  
pp. 197-213
Author(s):  
Paul McPartlan
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

This essay begins by emphasizing that the Church is the gathering into one of the children of God, dispersed by sin. The idea of communion is thus vital for an understanding of the Church, and this communion is particularly a work of the Holy Spirit. The Second Vatican Council reflected intently on the nature of the Church, incorporating biblical and patristic emphases, in the light of subsequent scholastic discussions and with a constant concern to enhance the unity to which Christ calls all Christians. The essay then considers historically the development of ecclesiology though the Second Vatican Council. It ends by considering the shifts in ecclesiological teaching embraced by Vatican II.

scholarly journals Roman Catholic Ecclesiology from the Council of Trent to Vatican II and Beyond

2018 ◽  
pp. 262-292
Author(s):  
Ormond Rush
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Council Of Trent ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The People ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

For 400 years after the Council of Trent, a juridical model of the church dominated Roman Catholicism. Shifts towards a broader ecclesiology began to emerge in the nineteenth century. Despite the attempts to repress any deviations from the official theology after the crisis of Roman Catholic Modernism in the early twentieth century, various renewal movements, known as ressourcement, in the decades between the world wars brought forth a period of rich ecclesiological research, with emphasis given to notions such as the Mystical Body, the People of God, the church as mystery, as sacrament, and as communio. The Second Vatican Council incorporated many of these developments into its vision for renewal and reform of the Roman Catholic Church. Over half a century after Vatican II, a new phase in its reception is emerging with the pontificate of Pope Francis.

John Paul II's Use of Scripture in His Moral Teaching

Horizons ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Charles E. Curran
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Scientific Presentation ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World

The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the College Theology Society naturally turns our focus to what has transpired in these fifty years. In terms of Roman Catholic theology, the two most significant historical realities are the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) and the now twenty-five-year pontificate of John Paul II as Bishop of Rome.In my discipline of moral theology, Vatican II and its document on the training of priests called for the renewal of moral theology with a special emphasis on its Scriptural bases. “Special care is to be taken for the improvement of moral theology. Its scientific presentation, drawing more fully on the teaching of holy Scripture should highlight the lofty vocation of the Christian faithful and their obligation to bring forth fruit and charity for the life of the world.”John Paul II as pope has written and taught extensively in the area of morality. In the light of the Vatican II mandate to renew moral theology through a greater appreciation of its scriptural roots and bases, this essay will critically evaluate John Paul II's use of scripture in his teaching on morality.

scholarly journals Hati Nurani

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-217
Author(s):  
Benny Phang Khong Wing
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Moral Theology ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Proper Role ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church ◽  
Amoris Laetitia

This article describes the meaning of conscience according to the definition presented by the Second Vatican Council in the light of Thomistic and Carmelite perspectives and explains the depth of this definition, in order to dispel misconceptions about the meaning of conscience that are widely circulated, and show its proper role in the edifice of moral theology. For this reason, this article elaborates on the harmonious correlation between the two dimensions of conscience, namely, synderesis and conscientia, as well as the harmonious correlation they have with the virtue of prudence which is perfected by the gift of counsel from the Holy Spirit. The pastoral aspect of this article is presented in the end by analyzing the importance of conscience revived by the Church as presented in the apostolic exhortation of Amoris Laetitia.

scholarly journals Ożywiająca obecność Ducha Świętego we wspólnotach Kościoła

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 87-96
Author(s):  
Mieczysław Olszewski ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Small Communities ◽  
Group Activities ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
The Church

The phenomenon of the action of the Holy Spirit has accompanied the Church throughout her history. After the Second Vatican Council, a special influence of the Holy Spirit is noted in the initiated new prayer movements and communities. This study aims to show the functioning of small communities, the mechanisms of personal and group activities that contribute to deepening the faith of believers.

scholarly journals Dominican and Jesuit Theologians at an Ecumenical Council: Yves Congar and Karl Rahner

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-471
Author(s):  
Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P.
Keyword(s):  
Final Outcome ◽  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
New Era ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The World ◽  
Global Presence ◽  
Ecumenical Council ◽  
The Church ◽  
Opening Up

The Second Vatican Council was not only a meeting of bishops from around the world, it was also an assembly of theologians. Prominent among those gathered were the Dominican theologian Yves Congar and the Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner. Both offered a positive theology of grace outside of Christianity, an embrace of true inculturation within the church, and both saw the council as a beginning in opening up the church to theological variety appropriate to become a global presence in a new era. During the council, Congar and Rahner worked together, developed a friendship, and found that they had harmonious theological perspectives that allowed them to become valuable allies in shaping the final outcome of the council.

The Church and the Other: Mediation and Friendship in Post-Vatican II Roman Catholic Ecclesiology

2005 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 302-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Dadosky
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
The Other ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Paradigmatic Shift ◽  
Secular Culture ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Faith Traditions ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
The Church

This essay proposes a development in Roman Catholic ecclesiology following the paradigmatic shift in its self-understanding that occurred at the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). The Council represented a major shift in the Roman Catholic Church's attitudes towards other religions, Christian traditions, and cultures (including secular culture) from a previous defensive stance to a more positive one. In an unprecedented manner, the Council officials acknowledged that its Church's own self-understanding is enriched by its interactions with these various faith traditions and cultures. Forty years after the Council, however, there remains a need to account for this shift theologically in terms of what was going forward in the Roman Catholic Church's self-understanding.

scholarly journals “As by a New Pentecost”: Embodied Prayer in Catholic Charismatic Renewal Following Vatican II

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 591
Author(s):  
Michelle Blohm
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Duquesne University ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Charismatic Renewal ◽  
Catholic Charismatic Renewal

On 25 December 1961, John XXIII convoked the Second Vatican Council with his apostolic constitution Humanae salutis, praying that God would show again the wonders of the newborn Church in Jerusalem “as by a new Pentecost”. Not six years later, in 1967, a group of students at Duquesne University in the United States prayed while on retreat for an infusion of the Holy Spirit that they might also experience the power of Pentecost. They received what they reported to be the gifts of the Holy Spirit, and out of the spiritual experiences of that retreat arose what would become an international movement known as the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. This movement, influenced by Pentecostalism, would develop its own embodied praxis of prayer that seeks a renewed encounter with the power of the Holy Spirit made manifest at Pentecost. This article analyzes the embodied prayer language of the Renewal by drawing from Louis-Marie Chauvet’s distinction between language as mediation (or, symbol) and language as tool (or, sign). It will use Chauvet’s distinction as a hermeneutic to flesh out the relationship between post-Vatican II charismatic prayer practices and their intended purpose of participating in the encounter of Pentecost.

scholarly journals “TODOS SERÃO TEODIDATAS” (JO 6,45): DOCILIDADE AO ESPÍRITO, AUTENTICIDADE DA CONSCIÊNCIA E OBEDIÊNCIA À IGREJA

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (124) ◽  
pp. 373
Author(s):  
Frei Carlos Josaphat
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Espírito Santo ◽  
John Xxiii ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Gift ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
The Church

O artigo apresenta a ética de liberdade proposta pelo Concílio Vaticano II para a Igreja e o mundo. Parte da afirmação: “Todos serão teodidatas”, ou seja, no íntimo da consciência todos os seres humanos abertos ao transcendente estarão unidos direta e imediatamente a Deus. Considera vários paradigmas éticos formulados pelo Concílio. No paradigma pneumatológico ressalta a centralidade da ação do Espírito Santo. A docilidade à Palavra e ao Espírito Santo constitui atitude fundamental para se viver em autenticidade da consciência e obediência à Igreja. No paradigma eclesiológico reflete sobre a Igreja Povo de Deus como comunhão no Espírito e do Espírito; como sacramento do Amor, dedica-se à amplidão e profundidade do Amor, o que é decisivo para o aggiornamento proposto por João XXIII. No paradigma antropológico, mostra a conquista da compreensão de unidade entre dignidade singular da pessoa e a imagem divina da tradição bíblica; sobressai-se o valor da liberdade e o dom da fé, que fundamenta a ética dos valores; esta integra e leva à perfeição a aspiração à liberdade e às liberdades.Abstract. The article presents the ethic of freedom proposed by the Second Vatican Council for the Church and the world. Part of the statement: “all will be teodidatas”, in other words, in the depths of consciousness every human being open to the transcendent will be united directly and immediately to God. Consider various ethical paradigms formulated by the Council. In the pneumatological paradigm the emphasis is on the centrality of the Holy Spirit. The docility to the Word and to the Holy Spirit is a fundamental attitude to live in authenticity of conscience and obedience to the Church. In the Ecclesiological paradigm the reflection on the Church, people of God, as communion in the Spirit and of the Spirit; as sacrament of Love, is dedicated to the breadth and depth of love, what is decisive for the “aggiornamento” proposed by John XXIII. In the anthropological paradigm, the conquest is revealed of the understanding of unity between singular dignity of the person and the divine image of biblical tradition; excels the value of freedom and the gift of faith, which is the basis of the ethical values; this integrates and brings to perfection the aspiration to freedom and freedoms.

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