Karl Rahner and Pope Francis on Papal Ministry

Ecclesiology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-82
Author(s):  
Nikolaus Knoepffler ◽  
Martin O’Malley
Keyword(s):  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Sensus Fidelium ◽  
Subsidiarity Principle ◽  
Administrative Model ◽  
Papal Authority ◽  
The Church

Karl Rahner’s ecclesial theology remains relevant for ecumenical work and specifically for the ecumenically thorny questions about papal authority and the infallibility doctrine. Rahner’s approach offers insight for unifying Christian churches in three ways: 1. prioritizing the papal office’s unifying role; 2. interpreting the doctrine of infallibility within an incarnate ecclesiology; and 3. contextualizing papal authority within a theology of communion and a subsidiarity administrative model. With this approach, infallibility is framed as a matter of doctrine and order, but a doctrine and order rooted in and reflecting the ‘sensus fidelium’. The pope is the ‘concrete guarantor of the unity of the church in truth and love’ 1 and not an absolute monarch. Rahner’s call for ecumenical reforms serves the mission of the whole church – the sacrament of the incarnate God – on the personal, parish, diocese, regional, and universal levels. Many monarchical symbols of the papacy have been retired in recent years with the papacy of Francis, marking a moment ripe for Rahner’s approach. The article concludes with a reflection upon how Francis’ ministry reveals a commitment to communion theology of the Second Vatican Council and the subsidiarity principle that embodies Rahner’s epistemological tolerance.

scholarly journals Bolehkah Gereja-Gereja Kristen Tetap Terpisah?

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 190
Author(s):  
George Ludwig Kirchberger
Keyword(s):  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Body Of Christ ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Church Unity ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Clear Statement ◽  
The Church

The author starts from the clear statement of the Second Vatican Council,“that the Church is a single flock, there are not many Churches. God established a single Church by sending His Son and the Spirit”. Today, the “separated” Churches”, are in real communion, although the communion is not yet complete. Through baptism all Christians, in each of the Christian Chruches, are members of the one Body of Christ. This is a strong bond and has to be taken as more resilient than any differences that may diminish unity. Therefore we must ask: what must be regarded as a difference that is significant enough to grant one the right to deem one’s Church as still separated? This article outlines the eight theses of Heinrich Fries and Karl Rahner where they show, with detalied argumentation, that today the Christian Churches can come together in communion. The article draws to the conclusion that the Christian Church has a moral obligation to live in a communion that is already possible, and has no right to state that the Churches can remain separated from each other. <b>Keywords:</b> Reformation, church unity, separated church ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Penulis artikel ini bertolak dari penegasan Konsili Vatikan II “bahwa Gereja itu merupakan satu kawanan, tidak ada Gereja-gereja Allah dalam bentuk jamak, Allah hanya mendirikan satu Gereja melalui perutusan Putra dan Roh-Nya”. Semua Gereja yang sekarang ini masih “terpisah”, berada dalam suatu persekutuan yang sungguh riil, meskipun tidak sepenuhnya. Melalui sakramen baptis semua orang Kristen dari semua Gereja Kristen menjadi anggota pada satu tubuh Kristus. Inilah suatu ikatan yang sangat kuat dan pada dasarnya mesti dianggap lebih utama dari pelbagai perbedaan yang mengurangi persekutuan itu. Oleh karena itu mesti ditanya, apa yang bisa dianggap sebagai perbedaan yang cukup besar untuk memberikan hak, untuk tetap menyatakan diri sebagai Gereja terpisah. Sebagian besar artikel ini merupakan perkenalan terhadap delapan tesis dari Heinrich Fries dan Karl Rahner, di mana mereka memperlihatkan secara teliti dan argumentatif tesis bahwa sudah saatnya Gereja-gereja Kristen bersatu. Artikel ini menyimpulkan bahwa Gereja Kristen mempunyai kewajiban moral untuk hidup dalam persekutuan yang sudah mungkin itu dan tidak lagi mempunyai hak untuk menyatakan diri sebagai Gereja yang terpisah satu sama lain. <b>Kata-kata kunci:</b> Reformasi; Kesatuan Gereja; Gereja terpecah

Exploring the Possible Contributions of the African Palaver towards a Participatory Synodal Church

Exchange ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 50 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 209-237
Author(s):  
Stan Chu Ilo
Keyword(s):  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Consensus Building ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

Abstract This essay argues for a participatory synodal Church and the possible contributions of the African palaver as a model for participatory dialogue in the Roman Catholic Church. The African palaver is the art of conversation, dialogue, and consensus-building in traditional society that can be appropriated in the current search for a more inclusive and expansive participatory dialogue at all levels of the life of the Church. I will develop this essay first by briefly exploring some theological developments on synodality between the Second Vatican Council and Pope Francis and some of the contributions of the reforms of Pope Francis to synodality in the Church. Secondly, I will identify how the African palaver functions through examples taken from two African ethnic groups. I will proceed to show how the African palaver could enter into dialogue with other new approaches to participatory dialogue for a synodal Church.

Salvadoran Martyrs: A Love That Does Justice

Horizons ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas L. Schubeck
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Central American ◽  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope John Paul Ii ◽  
Bearing Witness ◽  
American University ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Church

ABSTRACTWho are today's martyrs? Many Salvadorans call Archbishop Romero and the Jesuits and the two women killed at Central American University martyrs. Should they be numbered among the martyrs of the church? The author contends that it would be fitting for the Catholic Church to do so, based on the contemporary church teaching on martyrdom. Tracing the origin and development of the notion of Christian martyrdom from the New Testament to the present day, the author shows how Thomas Aquinas, the Second Vatican Council, Karl Rahner, and Pope John Paul II have contributed to the enlargement of the concept of the Christian martyr that fittingly describes the Salvadoran witnesses. Moved by love of God and neighbor, the martyr courageously endures death for bearing witness to the Christian faith that includes speaking the truth and doing justice.

scholarly journals Mistério da Encarnação no Magistério do Papa Francisco: fundamento da missão da Igreja

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
José De Souza Paim ◽  
Pedro Iwashita
Keyword(s):  
Central Nucleus ◽  
Divine Revelation ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Dei Verbum ◽  
God's Love ◽  
The World ◽  
Theological Study ◽  
The Church

Resumo: Este é um estudo teológico sobre o mistério da Encarnação do Verbono pensamento do Papa Francisco como fundamento sobre o qual ele se apoiapara propor, a partir da Evangelli Gaudium, uma renovação eclesial inadiável1,uma Igreja em permanente estado de missão2, a partir do Evangelho, núcleocentral do anúncio, para a manifestação da beleza do amor de Deus, reveladoem Jesus Cristo morto e ressuscitado3. Para o desenvolvimento desta pesquisaserá feita a análise de alguns números da Constituição Dogmática Dei Verbumcom o fim de melhor explicitar a revelação divina e a encarnação como ápiceda revelação. O resultado desta pesquisa é ajudar na percepção que o Papatem do Concílio Vaticano II sobre a Igreja e sua dimensão pastoral no mundo ecomo ele, nos passos do Concílio, propor uma renovação eclesial.Palavras-chave: Revelação. Papa Francisco. Evangelii gaudium.Abstract: This is a theological study on the mystery of the Incarnation of the Wordin the thought of Pope Francis as the grounds on which he relies to propose,from Evangelii Gaudium, an unchanging ecclesial renewal (EG 27), a Church in permanent state of mission (EG 20), from the Gospel, the central nucleus ofthe announcement, for the manifestation of the beauty of God’s love, as well asrevealed in Jesus Christ died and resurrected (EG 36). For the development ofthis research some numbers of the Dogmatic Constitution Dei Verbum will beanalyzed in order to better explain divine revelation and incarnation as the apexof the revelation. The result of this research is to help understand the Pope’s per-ception of the Second Vatican Council on the Church and its pastoral dimensionin the world and how he proposes an ecclesial renewal in the steps of the Council.Keywords: Revelation. Pope Francis. Evangelii gaudium.

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.

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.

Schillebeeckx: Retracing the Story of Jesus

Worldview ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 10-12
Author(s):  
John P. Galvin
Keyword(s):  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Karl Rahner ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Edward Schillebeeckx ◽  
The Church ◽  
Timely Reminder

In the years surrounding the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) questions concerning the Church dominated theological literature. Then came Wolfhart Panncrr berg s seminal Jesus—God and Man, which served as a timely reminder that more fundamental christological issues could not be even temporarily forgotten. More recently theologians recognizing the need for serious reexamination of the very foundations of Christianity, have increasingly directed their attention to the center of Christian faith Jesus Christ himself. Such prominent figures as Walter Rasper, Hans Rung, Jiirgen Moltmann, Karl Rahner, and Edward Schillebeeckx have published major works devoted largely if not entirely to christology; and numerous less renowned authors have also made significant contributions to an intense discussion that shows no signs of abating.Despite important differences among themselves, these recent christologies generally exhibit certain basic traits that distinguish them from most christologies of the immediate past. First contemporary authors usuallv envision their christologv as part of an overall effort to provide an integrated account of the whole of Christianity; christology is one element of an attempt to express anew the meaning of the gospel in the modern world.

scholarly journals Le pape François et la mondialisation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Vian
Keyword(s):  
Contemporary History ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

The essay aims to analyse Francis’s pontificate in the context of globalisation. First of all, it sights to understand the conception of time and the role of the Church in contemporary history according to Bergoglio. Secondly, it is Pope Francis’ own report to globalisation that is examined. The main axes of the mission of the Church traced by the pontificate of Francis draw inspiration from the Second Vatican Council, in a non-static and formalistic way, but rather dynamic, in order to give strength to the announcement of the Gospel of mercy in contemporary history and to help humanity overcome its dramatic conflicts.

scholarly journals The Teaching of Pope Francis About Synodality in the Context of Contemporary Theological and Ecumenical Reflection

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (5) ◽  
pp. 147-173
Author(s):  
Janusz Bujak
Keyword(s):  
Local Church ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Catholic Theology ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
John Paul Ii ◽  
Lumen Gentium ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

The article deals with the ecclesiology of the local Church and synodality. Both topics have been present in Catholic theology since the time of the Second Vatican Council, which laid the foundation for the ecclesiology of the local/particular Church, collegiality of bishops and synodality. This ecclesiology was developed both theoretically and practically in the post-conciliar period, but there are some theologians who believe that during the pontificate of John Paul II there was a return to the universalist ecclesiology, as evidenced by the documents published by the Roman Curia, especially Communionis notio. Pope’s Francis teaching on synodality and strengthening the Church at local and regional levels addresses the demands of those theologians who believe that Chapter III of the Lumen Gentium Constitution has not yet been properly implemented. The Pope emphasizes, that synodality is a constitutive dimension of the Church and therefore what the Lord is asking of us is already in some sense fully present in the word “synod” itself.

scholarly journals Renovação carismática como movimento pós-conciliar: 50 anos depois, balanço e perspectivas

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (308) ◽  
pp. 852-879
Author(s):  
Pedro Rubens
Keyword(s):  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Third Place ◽  
Charismatic Movement ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Third ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Future ◽  
Golden Jubilee ◽  
The Church

Síntese: A hipótese dessa reflexão é a Renovação Carismática Católica (RCC) como movimento pós-conciliar. Mas o Concílio que renovou a Igreja é apenas uma referência remota para o movimento carismático ou, de fato, é também uma bússola de orientação de seus rumos? No horizonte dos mais de 50 anos pós-concílio e na celebração do jubileu de ouro do movimento, o artigo propõe-se, primeiramente, fazer a memória das três grandes fases da RCC, sobretudo no Brasil: gênese, evolução e consolidação. Em um segundo momento, o artigo mostra a apreciação geral do movimento, tanto por parte da hierarquia eclesiástica, quanto dos teólogos, ao longo desses 50 anos de existência. Em terceiro lugar, o Autor propõe um discernimento em forma de balanço, ponderando entre as contribuições da RCC e os principais questionamentos feitos ao movimento. Enfim, Pedro Rubens retoma sua hipótese com base nas orientações conciliares e nos apelos do Papa Francisco à RCC, indicando, assim, uma agenda aberta ao futuro, tendo o concílio Vaticano II como referência e bússola.Palavras-chave: Renovação Carismática Católica. Jubileu RCC. Vaticano II.Abstract: The hypothesis of this reflection is the Catholic Charismatic Renovation (RCC) as a post-conciliar movement. But is the council which renewed the Church only a remote reference for the Charismatic movement, or is it, in fact, also a compass of orientation for its course? In the light of more than 50 years passed since the closing of the council and of the celebration of the golden jubilee of the movement, the article proposes, in the first place, to recall the three big phases of RCC, principally in Brazil: genesis, evolution and consolidation. In a second part, the article shows the general appreciation of the movement as well by the ecclesiastic hierarchy as by theologians during these 50 years of its existence. In the third place, the author proposes a judgement in the form of a balance, reflecting the contributions of the RCC and the principal questionings of the movement. Lastly, as a conclusion, Pedro Rubens again takes up his hypothesis on the basis of the orientations of the council, and principally remembering the last appeals of Pope Francis to the RCC, thus indicating an appointment book open to the future, which has the Second Vatican Council as reference and compass, as it should be regarded by all Catholics.Keywords: Catholic Charismatic Renovation. Second Vatican Council. 50 Years CCR

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