A history of Europe will never be written with logic unless we take note of the values of the Councils. Vatican II established a point of reference in the life of the daily Church, opening it up, under the breeze of the Holy Spirit, a new path.
It took important stands on subjects and it offered the Church rich documents of doctrine and of action: four constitutions one liturgical, two dogmatic, and one pastoral , nine decrees and three declarations. A link connects these documents, which form an organic "body" of doctrine and of law for the renewal of the Church. The four Constitutions allow for the exact interpretation of the decree and the declarations, which are applied to various sectors of the life of the Church the teachings of the Council.
It's a selective and partial reading, limited to one or the other text, it does not consent an evaluation of all the councilar teaching, or of a false interpretation and it is the reason for wrong applications. The fundamental thought, which pervades all the documents, is the renewal, with the strongest and most live imitation of Christ, who is the center of the Church and livens everyone with his spirit.
In fact, the relationship between ecclesiology, Christology and anthropology of Vatican II is very strong. The central theme is the Church. From this, the Council explored the mystery, outlined the divine design of the constitution, deepened the nature, illustrated the mission, re-evaluated the vocation of the laity and their part in the mission of the People of God The ecclesiological teaching finds development and application in the decrees on the missionary activity, the pastoral office of Bishops, the ministry and the priestly life, the apostolate of the laity, ecumenism, the renewal of religious life; and in the declarations on Christian education, the relations with non-Christian religions, freedom of religion.
A profound Christological and pneumatology reality, the Church revealing itself, reveals Christ, from which it is the visible manifestation and it realizes the "body" in time. Therefore, the Magisterium of Vatican II, while mostly concentrating on the Church, veers-in a last instance-on Christ, on the relationship of the Church with Christ and of man with Christ.
Opening the second period of the Council, on September 29, Paul VI declared: "May this Council have always in mind the relationship between us and Jesus Christ, between the saintly and live Church and Christ. Let no other light shines on this assembly, that is not the Christ, light of the world" The reference to Christ enlivens in a special way the constitutions of Dei Verbum and Sacrosanctum Concilium. They indicate in the word of God and in the liturgy the fundamental forms of presence of the lord and they promote the renewal to allow the faithful to participate more in the spiritual nourishment, that comes from the word of God and from the liturgy.
The Church is for men and by men, "it feels truly and intimately united with humanity" In fact the Council, after having deepened the mystery of the Church, it interested itself in the modern world, of phenomenal man, as he is presented today. The evangelization mission and of salvation pushed the Council to overcome the distinctions and the fractures, to turn to "entire human families in the context of all those realties in which they live" It dealt with a dialogue, to bring to the whole human family salvation, to collaborate for their true good and to the solution of grave problems, in the light of the Gospel.
The constitution Gaudium et Spes exposes the Catholic doctrine on grand themes: vocations of man, dignity of the human person, atheism, human activity, marriage, hunger, culutre, socio-economic life, peace, war, community of populations. Laic humanism, closed in the natural order, is opposed by Christian humanism, open to the transcendence, which presents the theocentric conception of man, recalled to find himself in the light and the splendor of God The sublime reason of human dignity consists in the vocation of man to the communion with God: becoming for Christ and in Christ Son of God.
Created by God, man is called to God, to Him he is destined and "he cannot fully find himself, if not through a sincere gift by him" Vatican II, affirmed John Paul II, "remains the fundamental event of the life of the contemporary Church; fundamental for the deepening of the richness given to them by Christ; fundamental for the fecundal contact with the contemporary world in a prospective of evangelization and of dialogue on every level with all men of attentive consciences" The Council laid down the premises of the new walk of the Church in contemporary society.
Even being the same as yesterday, the Church lives and realizes in Christ its "today," which took flight especially from Vatican II In his opening speech to the Council the Pope emphaiszed the theme of aggiornamento by stating that "it is absolutely vital that the Church shall never for an instant lose sight of that sacred patrimony of truth inherited from the Fathers. But it is equally necessary for her to keep up to date with the changing conditions of this modern world. Hunthausen see side note.
Hunthausen was the youngest and newest American bishop there. A Carroll alumnus and former Carroll president , he was a council father at all four sessions of the Council.
Whilst Pope John XXIII wanted to reinforce the missionary mandate, he also wanted to create an environment of free speech, where the church would engage in all forces of the modern world and seek to see the good in people. This goal can be seen in their changing of mass into a more interactive ceremony, allowing churchgoers the chance to understand the truths uttered before them.
Overall it brought people closer to Catholicism, helping them understand how they could deal with their modern-day issues by listening to the truths of God.
This was encouraged by the example set by members of the church who were to strive to respect others as well as themselves and to be open to all those who had the potential to be followers of the Roman Catholic Church. Today, the council is credited with essentially shaping the modern Catholic Church. In doing so the church gained more than it lost. Most of all, it gained legitimacy throughout the globe.
Just one indication of this was that during the first papal visit to the United States in , Pope Paul VI was invited to speak at the United Nations. It was, by many measures, a healthy, if ancient institution. But today, the Catholic Church is facing a crisis: In many places of the world , mass attendance is down and a growing number of young Catholics are leaving the church. In addition to these challenges, fewer and fewer men are willing to enter the priesthood.
This trend, which began long before the clergy sex abuse scandal, is raising questions around whether the church needs to reconsider its insistence on a male, celibate priesthood. It seems possible to me that given the depth and breadth of the issues it is facing, the church needs more than reflection. The church, I would argue, needs change. It needs another council.
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