scholarly journals ‘A Lantern On the Way’: Pope Francis’ Signposts for Ecclesial Ethics

Ecclesiology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-237
Author(s):  
Sigrid Müller
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Change ◽  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Process Orientation ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Sensus Fidelium ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

Abstract Pope Francis’ way of doing ecclesial ethics is not easy to understand at first glance. It is often unconventional and does not meet the expectations of the faithful who do not wish to see changes in the church, nor does it satisfy those who want rapid change. But if we look more closely at how the Pope understands the church, his approach to ecclesial ethics seems to derive naturally from that. The following contribution aims to show how Pope Francis’ ecclesiology determines his approach to ecclesial ethics. To this end, it will (1) summarize important characteristics of his ecclesiology: the sensus fidelium and synodality; its orientation towards pastoral ministry, the focus on unity in plurality and its process-orientation. From there, it will show which cornerstones for ecclesial ethics can be derived from this ecclesial perspective, namely (2) with respect to formal characteristics and (3) with regard to its content.

scholarly journals Wypowiedzi Ojców Kościoła na temat wiary w interpretacji papieża Franciszka w encyklice "Lumen fidei"

Vox Patrum ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 61 ◽  
pp. 493-502
Author(s):  
Bogdan Czyżewski
Keyword(s):  
Church Fathers ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Gregory The Great ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
Deep Relationship ◽  
Fides Et Ratio ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

The first Encyclical Letter of Pope Francis, commencing with the word “Lumen fidei”, contains valuable statements of the Church Fathers on the topic of faith. The Holy Father examines and interprets them in the context of his own reflections. He quotes St. Augustine (11 times), St. Irenaeus of Lyons (3 times), St. Justin and Origen (each 2 times) and the Epistle of Barnabas, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, St. Cyril of Jerusalem, St. Leo the Great and St. Gregory the Great. The texts of the Church Fathers, cited by the Pope, are focused on four main themes. The first is related to the way, that leads a man to faith, which is born through love looking for truth. Therefore, there is a deep relationship between two realities – fides et ratio. Faith finally demands to be shared with others, and is transmitted in the community of the Church. She is strengthened by the fact, that it bears fruit, and will change the lives of those, who believe.

scholarly journals 50 ANOS DE MEDELLÍN – 5 ANOS DE FRANCISCO: PERSPECTIVAS TEOLÓGICO-PASTORAIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Francisco de Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church

RESUMO: A celebração dos 50 anos da Conferência de Medellín (1968) coincide com os 5 anos de ministério pastoral do papa Francisco (2013). Essa coincidência cronológica é uma ocasião privilegiada para explicitar e destacar a coincidência teológico-pastoral entre ambos. Ela ajuda a compreender melhor tanto o processo de renovação eclesial desencadeado por Francisco, quanto a atualidade do dinamismo eclesial desencadeado por Medellín. O texto começa destacando a importância de Medellín e de Francisco na Igreja e na sociedade. Explicita a perspectiva teológico­-pastoral fundamental de ambos. E indica, a partir dessa perspectiva, alguns dos principais desafios com os quais a Igreja é confrontada hoje em sua missão evan­gelizadora: desafios que dizem a respeito à compreensão e configuração da Igreja e sua missão (eclesiologia) e aos apelos e exigências que brotam de nossa situação histórica atual (sinais dos tempos).ABSTRACT: The 50 years celebration of the Conference of Medellin (1968) coin­cides with the 5 years of Pope Francis’ pastoral ministry (2013). This chronological coincidence is a prime occasion to clarify and emphasize the theological-pastoral coincidence between both. It helps to understand better the process of ecclesial renewal triggered by Francis and the current relevance of the ecclesial dynamism, unleashed by Medellin. First, the text highlights the importance of Medellin and of Francis in the Church and in society. It then explains the fundamental theological/pastoral perspective of both. And, from that perspective, it addresses some of the major challenges the Church is faced with today in her mission of evangelization: challenges regarding the understanding and setup of the Church and her mission (Ecclesiology), and the appeals and demands that spring from our present historical situation (signs of the times).

50 ANOS DE MEDELLÍN – 5 ANOS DE FRANCISCO: PERSPECTIVAS TEOLÓGICO-PASTORAIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Francisco de Aquino Júnior
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Church

RESUMO: A celebração dos 50 anos da Conferência de Medellín (1968) coincide com os 5 anos de ministério pastoral do papa Francisco (2013). Essa coincidência cronológica é uma ocasião privilegiada para explicitar e destacar a coincidência teológico-pastoral entre ambos. Ela ajuda a compreender melhor tanto o processo de renovação eclesial desencadeado por Francisco, quanto a atualidade do dinamismo eclesial desencadeado por Medellín. O texto começa destacando a importância de Medellín e de Francisco na Igreja e na sociedade. Explicita a perspectiva teológico­-pastoral fundamental de ambos. E indica, a partir dessa perspectiva, alguns dos principais desafios com os quais a Igreja é confrontada hoje em sua missão evan­gelizadora: desafios que dizem a respeito à compreensão e configuração da Igreja e sua missão (eclesiologia) e aos apelos e exigências que brotam de nossa situação histórica atual (sinais dos tempos).ABSTRACT: The 50 years celebration of the Conference of Medellin (1968) coin­cides with the 5 years of Pope Francis’ pastoral ministry (2013). This chronological coincidence is a prime occasion to clarify and emphasize the theological-pastoral coincidence between both. It helps to understand better the process of ecclesial renewal triggered by Francis and the current relevance of the ecclesial dynamism, unleashed by Medellin. First, the text highlights the importance of Medellin and of Francis in the Church and in society. It then explains the fundamental theological/pastoral perspective of both. And, from that perspective, it addresses some of the major challenges the Church is faced with today in her mission of evangelization: challenges regarding the understanding and setup of the Church and her mission (Ecclesiology), and the appeals and demands that spring from our present historical situation (signs of the times).

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.

Synodality and the Australian Plenary Council: Listening to and Looking at those who are Living in the Spirit

2020 ◽  
pp. 002114002097765
Author(s):  
Peter John McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Holy Spirit ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Sensus Fidelium ◽  
The Holy Spirit ◽  
Essential Prerequisite ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Catholic Church

In response to Pope Francis’s call for greater synodality in the Church, the Catholic Church in Australia has been preparing for a plenary council. Both Pope Francis and those preparing for the council have especially stressed the need to listen to the Holy Spirit through listening to each other. It is the burden of this article that while such ‘listening’ is necessary it is not sufficient. Using the plenary council as an example, and engaging with the work of the International Theological Commission and Ormond Rush on the sensus fidelium and synodality, it will be argued that although ‘listening’ is an essential prerequisite for success, for true synodality to occur we must also be ‘looking’ in order to see what the Holy Spirit is already ‘doing’ in the Church. This argument will be supported by examining the biblical meaning of koinonia (communion) and homothumadon (of one accord). These are essential for discerning what the Spirit wishes to say at this time to the Church.

Lived Catholicity

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 149-163
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Kirch
Keyword(s):  
Pope Francis ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Concepts ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
The Church

Both Pope Francis and Robert Schreiter recognize that the world has been profoundly affected by conflict, globalization, and the breakdown of relationships on multiple levels. They also assert that the Church must address these situations. The ecclesiologies of both Schreiter and Francis offer effective tools for this work. This article will examine several key, shared concepts within their ecclesiologies. Specifically, their understandings of the missionary nature of the Church and their robust understanding of catholicity prove to be key concepts in the Church's response to a world marred by sin.

AUX FONDEMENTS DE L’INSTITUTION ECCLÉSIALE: LA POSITION DE SAINT PIERRE PARMI LES APÔTRES (MT 16, 13–20) ET SON RETENTISSEMENT Á L’ÉPOQUE APOSTOLIQUE ET PATRISTIQUE

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-105
Author(s):  
Jacek Wojda
Keyword(s):  
Special Role ◽  
Church Community ◽  
Special Place ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Way

Big activity passed Popes, with the least Francis Bergoglio, is a question about receptiontheir lives and action, especially in times of modern medium broadcasting. Sometimes presentedcontent could be treated as sensation, and their receptiveness deprived of profound historical andtheological meaning. This article depends of beginnings of the Church, when it started to organizeitself, with well known historically-theological arguments. Peter confessed Jesus as the Christ andgot special place among Apostles. His role matures in young Church community, which is escapingfrom Jewish religion.Peter tramps the way from Jerusalem thru Antioch to Rome, confirming his appointing to thefirst among Apostles and to being Rock in the Church. Nascent Rome Church keeps this specialPeter’s succession. Clement, bishop of Rome, shows his prerogatives as a successor of Peter. Later,bishop of Cartagena, Cyprian, confirms special role both Peter and each bishop of Rome amongother bishops. He also was finding appropriate role for each of them. Church institution, basedon Peter and Apostles persists and shows truth of the beginnings and faithfulness to them innowadays papacy.Methodological elements Presented in the introduction let for the lecture of Gospel and patristictexts without positivistic prejudices presented in old literature of the subject.

II. Modernization of the Papacy and Catholicism in the Postmodern: Legacy and Challenges to Vatican I

Horizons ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-119
Author(s):  
Massimo Faggioli
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Fiftieth Anniversary ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
Vatican I ◽  
The One ◽  
Pius Ix ◽  
The Way

In the ongoing aggiornamento of the aggiornamento of Vatican II by Pope Francis, it would be easy to forget or dismiss the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Vatican I (1869–1870). The council planned (since at least the Syllabus of Errors of 1864), shaped, and influenced by Pius IX was the most important ecclesial event in the lives of those who made Vatican II: almost a thousand of the council fathers of Vatican II were born between 1871 and 1900. Vatican I was in itself also a kind of ultramontanist “modernization” of the Roman Catholic Church, which paved the way for the aggiornamento of Vatican II and still shapes the post–Vatican II church especially for what concerns the Petrine ministry.

scholarly journals Polish Catholic Bishops, Nationalism and Liberal Democracy

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Madalena Meyer Resende ◽  
Anja Hennig
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Church Leadership ◽  
Political Crisis ◽  
Pope Francis ◽  
National Catholicism ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Church

The alliance of the Polish Catholic Church with the Law and Justice (PiS) government has been widely reported and resulted in significant benefits for the Church. However, beginning in mid-2016, the top church leadership, including the Episcopal Conference, has distanced itself from the government and condemned its use of National Catholicism as legitimation rhetoric for the government’s malpractices in the fields of human rights and democracy. How to account for this behavior? The article proposes two explanations. The first is that the alliance of the PiS with the nationalist wing of the Church, while legitimating its illiberal refugee policy and attacks on democratic institutions of the government, further radicalized the National Catholic faction of the Polish Church and motivated a reaction of the liberal and mainstream conservative prelates. The leaders of the Episcopate, facing an empowered and radical National Catholic faction, pushed back with a doctrinal clarification of Catholic orthodoxy. The second explanatory path considers the transnational influence of Catholicism, in particular of Pope Francis’ intervention in favor of refugee rights as prompting the mainstream bishops to reestablish the Catholic orthodoxy. The article starts by tracing the opposition of the Bishops Conference and liberal prelates to the government’s refugee and autocratizing policies. Second, it describes the dynamics of the Church’s internal polarization during the PiS government. Third, it traces and contextualizes the intervention of Pope Francis during the asylum political crisis (2015–2016). Fourth, it portrays their respective impact: while the Pope’s intervention triggered the bishops’ response, the deepening rifts between liberal and nationalist factions of Polish Catholicism are the ground cause for the reaction.

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