scholarly journals Official Ecclesial Documents to Implement the Second Vatican Council on Relations with Jews: Study Them, Become Immersed in Them, and Put Them into Practice

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip A. Cunningham
Keyword(s):  
Jewish People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Church

In the wake of recent tensions in Catholic Jewish relations in the United States, this article examines the implementation of the Second Vatican Council's decision "to evaluate and define in a new way the relationship between the Church and the faith of Israel," as Pope Benedict XVI has described it. Official documents of the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews and a body of papal teachings put forth by Pope John Paul have authoritatively delineated the direction according to which the Council is to be interpreted and put into practice. This trajectory of implementation has begun to articulate what could be called a "theology of shalom" concerning the Catholic Church's relationship to Judaism and the Jewish people, which includes a respect for Judaism's continuing covenantal life with God and a commitment to interreligious dialogue for the purpose of mutual understanding. However, this post-conciliar trajectory is challenged by Catholics who fear that the universal salvific mediation of Christ is being threatened. Advancing theological concepts that express a sort of "neo-supersessionist" devaluation of Judaism, these critiques necessarily disregard relevant papal and Vatican teaching. The article ends with an examination of the magisterial weight of the conciliar and post-conciliar implementing documents, concluding that their clear direction must be followed. As John Paul II declared, "It is only a question of studying them carefully, of immersing oneself in their teachings and of putting them into practice."

scholarly journals The Teaching of the Church on Religious Freedom: A Break or Continuity of Tradition?

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (5) ◽  
pp. 553-584
Author(s):  
Michał Chaberek
Keyword(s):  
French Revolution ◽  
Religious Freedom ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
The Past ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Final Acceptance ◽  
The Church ◽  
The French Revolution

This paper elaborates upon the Catholic Church’s teaching on religious freedom in the period from The French Revolution to The Second Vatican Council. Based on quotations from the original documents, the author presents the evolution of the Church’s position that switched from the initial rejection to the final acceptance of the religious freedom over past two centuries. The fact of this dramatic change begs the question about the continuity of tradition and credibility of the contemporary position of the Church. Based on the document by the International Theological Commission, “Memory and Reconciliation: The Church and the Faults of the Past,” as well as the teaching of Pope Benedict XVI, the author demonstrates that – in contrast to some contemporary interpretations – the hermeneutics of continuity is possible regarding Church’s teaching on religious freedom.

scholarly journals Reception of the Second Vatican Council in the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Diocese

2013 ◽  
pp. 309-317
Author(s):  
Mariya Mayoroshi
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Correct Interpretation ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
The Third ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church ◽  
Made In

The idea of ​​this very formulation of the topic arose under the influence of the words of Pope Benedict XVI, which he made in his message to the participants of the International Conference "The Second Vatican Council: Perspectives of the Third Millennium" held in Peru in 2006. The Pontiff called the Cathedral the most important church event of the 20th century and called for the correct interpretation of its documents. They have "the source of genuine renewal", which can be used to answer the challenges of the Church and humanity in the Third Millennium1. A similar opinion was expressed in his interview and about. Michael Dymid: "It is possible to evaluate the documents, that is, the" transfer "of the Council, when we analyze how their" reception "took place.

A Hermeneutic of True Reform

2019 ◽  
pp. 18-42
Author(s):  
Shaun Blanchard
Keyword(s):  
Vatican Ii ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Church Fathers ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Christian Thought ◽  
Catholic Reform ◽  
The Church ◽  
Different Levels

This chapter argues that the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, or Vatican II, are best understood through a triadic grid: ressourcement (retrieval of past Christian thought and texts, especially scripture and of the church fathers), aggiornamento (updating), and the development of doctrine. It highlights four areas in which Vatican II sought to reform the Church—ecclesiology, religious liberty, liturgy and devotions, and ecumenism. The interpretation of Vatican II is still heavily contested. The chapter argues that the best hermeneutic for interpreting the council, advanced by Pope Benedict XVI and praised by John O’Malley, is a “hermeneutic of reform,” a theologically rigorous and historically conscious hermeneutic that sees Vatican II as having “continuity and discontinuity on different levels” with past teaching. It argues that such a hermeneutic can aid conciliar interpretation and deepen reflection on the nature of Catholic reform through a study of forerunners of Vatican II, who attempted aggiornamento and ressourcement.

scholarly journals Indicator Values of The Sacredness of Jakarta Cathedral Church, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy Trisno ◽  
Fermanto Lianto
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Indicator Values ◽  
Form Expression ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

<p>According to Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic building church after the Second Vatican Council reduced the value of sacredness so that the sacredness of the expression of the form of a Catholic church is considered to fade. This statement from the Pope is exciting to be an issue for researchers to search for indicator values of the Catholic Church's sacredness before the Second Vatican Council. The Cathedral Church was founded before the Second Vatican Council. This study's method is a quantitative method by taking as many as 250 respondents who were grouped as users and observers as defining the population and purposive sampling to determine the impression of the sacredness felt by respondents through several indicator values. The conclusions obtained in this quantitative analysis are the sacred indicator values of the church received from; (1) Variables of the liturgy function; (2) Variables of form expression. The findings in this study are: (1) The Catholic Church founded before the Second Vatican Council is still imperfect; that is, this church is not following its ritual function. (2) The expression of the Catholic Church's form can be said to be sacred if the form's concept follows the function by considering indicator values of sacredness.</p>

Indicator Values of The Sacredness of Jakarta Cathedral Church, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rudy Trisno ◽  
Fermanto Lianto
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Indicator Values ◽  
Form Expression ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
The Church

<p>According to Pope Benedict XVI, the Catholic building church after the Second Vatican Council reduced the value of sacredness so that the sacredness of the expression of the form of a Catholic church is considered to fade. This statement from the Pope is exciting to be an issue for researchers to search for indicator values of the Catholic Church's sacredness before the Second Vatican Council. The Cathedral Church was founded before the Second Vatican Council. This study's method is a quantitative method by taking as many as 250 respondents who were grouped as users and observers as defining the population and purposive sampling to determine the impression of the sacredness felt by respondents through several indicator values. The conclusions obtained in this quantitative analysis are the sacred indicator values of the church received from; (1) Variables of the liturgy function; (2) Variables of form expression. The findings in this study are: (1) The Catholic Church founded before the Second Vatican Council is still imperfect; that is, this church is not following its ritual function. (2) The expression of the Catholic Church's form can be said to be sacred if the form's concept follows the function by considering indicator values of sacredness.</p>

Humanisme universel ?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Ngagne Tine
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Theological Foundations ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church ◽  
Catholic Theological

Interreligious dialogue is a decisive aspect in the dynamic of "aggiornamento", which the Catholic Church has initiated since the Second Vatican Council. In order to walk this path of renewal, the Church of Senegal must promote a dialogue of multiform dimensions: doctrinal, cognitive, pragmatic, ethical and spiritual. The concept of dialogue, developed through this book, is a form of contribution to this theological and pastoral task. It calls on the Church in Senegal to draw on the African genius to practice a dialogue rooted in the existence of the Senegalese people. Through this approach, it is possible to break down ethnic and religious barriers in order to open up a new horizon of brotherhood and human development. The Author Richard Ngagne Tine, born in 1975 in Senegal, is a priest of the Diocese of Thiès. He obtained his doctorate in systematic theology in 2021 from the Catholic theological faculty of the University of Münster, Germany. He specialised in anthropology, ecclesiology and the theological foundations of interreligious dialogue in Senegal.

scholarly journals "Salvation is from the Jews" (Jn 4:22): Aquinas, God, and the People of God

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fainche Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Jewish People ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Image Of God ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Pope Benedict Xvi ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Interfaith Relations ◽  
The People ◽  
The Image Of God

Some believe that Pope Benedict XVI approaches interfaith relations more from the point of view of social, cultural and political cooperation than that of theological dialogue. This approach is deemed unsatisfactory by Daniel Madigan, an eminent speaker on interfaith matters. Madigan suggests that interreligious dialogue must be theological if it is to lead peoples of different faiths into deeper relationship with one another. This article will seek to illustrate the importance of this approach by a return to the thought of St Thomas Aquinas, considered by many to be the greatest medieval theologian. Serious dialogue with those of other faiths is not something new. Thomas engaged with thinkers from all traditions to whom he had access–Muslim, Jewish, pagan. His work shows not a fear of a diminution of his own faith through engagement with the “other” but an attempt to deepen it through the “others” experience of the Divine. Focusing specifically on his engagement with the Jewish people, Aquinas’ thoughts on the complex issues of predestination and election will be presented, with particular attention being given to his Commentary on Romans. The image of God with which he works shall be identified as key to his dialogue. It is the suggestion of this article that the image of God, of the Divine, with which one works is central to all engagement in interreligious dialogue, and herein may lie some of our problems, as well as rich potential for fruitful, truthful engagement.

scholarly journals Biskup i prezbiteri u obzoru ekleziologije zajedništva

Diacovensia ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 295.-311.
Author(s):  
Davor Vuković
Keyword(s):  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Church Community ◽  
People Of God ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Parish Community ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Parish Priests ◽  
The Church ◽  
Insight Into

The aim of this paper is to reflect on the relationship between the bishop and presbyters in view of the ecclesiology of communion, i.e. the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council. The author gives an insight into the essence of the offices of bishop and presbyter, and into the question of their mutual relationship in the perspective of the ecclesiology of communion. The bishop and presbyters are not isolated in the church community, nor are they for their own purpose, but can be understood properly only in view of the communion of the whole people of God, and in the perspective of service which represents an important dimension of ecclesiastical office and authority. In this regard, the offices of bishop and presbyter, as well as their relationship, must first be characterized by co-operation, co-responsibility, mutual respect, and acknowledgment, all in the atmosphere of essential Christian communion and service in love. The author further points to two ‘holy’ concerns: the concern of the bishop for the presbyters, and the concern of the presbyters, especially parish priests for the entrusted parish community. The last part of the paper seeks to raise awareness about the importance of justice within the church community, especially in relationships between bishops and presbyters.

scholarly journals Comments about the relationship between Science and Faith in the Magisterium of the Church

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
Reyber Antonio Parra Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Catholic Church ◽  
Human Being ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Benedict Xvi ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Fides Et Ratio ◽  
Science And Faith ◽  
The Church

The text analyzes the relationship between Science and Faith in the Magisterium of the Catholic Church. The analysis is based on the position of the Vatican Councils I and II about the importance of Faith and Reason for man, in his search for truth; simultaneously, the orientations of popes Leo XIII and John Paul II were taken into account, in their Encyclicals Aeterni Patris and Fides et Ratio, respectively; some speeches by Popes Paul VI, Benedict XVI and Francis before the Pontifical Academy of Sciences were also analyzed. The Church has sought - from the First Vatican Council to the present - to bring, harmonize and complement the relationship between Faith and Reason; its interest is not limited to promoting scientific research; it also aspires that knowledge be ordered to the welfare of the human being, and the horizon of faith is recognized in the search for truth.

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