The ecclesiology of "the light from the southern cross"
Yves Congar's True and False Reform in the Church is one of the most significant twentieth-century contributions to theological reflection on the existence of the church as a community of faith in history. A guiding principle for Congar's analysis is that the ecclesial community's rel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2021, Volume: 98, Issue: 3, Pages: 284-297 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KBS Australia; Oceania KDB Roman Catholic Church NBN Ecclesiology RB Church office; congregation |
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B Reformed Church B Twentieth Century B Faith B Rehabilitation |
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| Summary: | Yves Congar's True and False Reform in the Church is one of the most significant twentieth-century contributions to theological reflection on the existence of the church as a community of faith in history. A guiding principle for Congar's analysis is that the ecclesial community's relationship to God does not spare the church the complexities that all human communities experience in history. Eschewing the temptation to contrast grace and the structures of the church, Congar stresses that "it is impossible for a spiritual impulse to survive in the world without somehow confronting the devouring logic and the sheer necessity of taking on a fixed expression, becoming locked into habits, memories, and institutions. This means the risk of growing old". The enduring task for the church, then, is to embody grace as faithfully as possible, including in the operation of its structures. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.991665381493453 |