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CCRS Ecclesiology:
What does it mean for the
Church to be Church?
Session II
Revd Dr Gareth Leyshon
Archdiocese of Cardiff
CCRS Ecclesiology
Session II:
Cardinal Dulles – Models of Church
Our local community – the Parish
Ministries: Ordinary and Extraordinary
Mid-Course Feedback
CCRS Ecclesiology
 Dulles:
Models of
the Church
Models by Dulles
 Model 1: INSTITUTION
Visible Society
Visible Structures
Hostage to History?
Robert Bellarmine: the Church is a society
“as visible and palpable as the community
of the Roman people, or the kingdom of
France, or the Republic of Venice.”
Models by Dulles
 Model 2: MYSTICAL COMMUNION
Interior Communion
Mystical Body
People of God
Lacks need for structures?
Dulles: A “supernatural organism vivified
by the Holy Spirit.”
Models by Dulles
 Model 3: CHURCH AS SACRAMENT
Visible sign of an invisible reality
A symbol which really is that which it
symbolises
What about Mission?
Henri de Lubac: “If Christ is the
Sacrament of God, the Church is for us
the sacrament of Christ; she represents
him, in the full and ancient meaning of
the term, she really makes him present.”
Models by Dulles
 Model 4: CHURCH AS HERALD
The ‘receptacle’ of the Word of God
Responsible for proclaiming that Word
A witness to the message.
Too distant from Christ?
Richard MacBrien: “The Church [is a]
community which holds aloft, through
the preached Word, the wonderful
deeds of God in the past, particularly his
mighty act in Jesus Christ.”
Models by Dulles
 Model 5: CHURCH AS SERVANT
Respects distinction of Church and World
Church seeks to reconcile and heal
Makes Kingdom Present
Focus on human need rather than God?
Loses prophetic dimension?
William Temple (Archbishop of Canterbury):
“The Church is the only organisation which
exists for those who are not its
members.”
TASK 3
How well does
your assigned
model fit your
parish?
Feedback from last week’s
assigned task:
What roles does your
parish have which are
not seen in the
Sunday assembly but
are an important part
of being church?
People: A God’s Eye View
People: A God’s Eye View
God Chose Israel
Some were baptised...
... Gentiles too ...
... and filled with God’s Spirit.
Christ chose APOSTLES...
... who ordained deacons ...
... and elders (prebyters).
Behold, the Church!
What about religious?
A mark on the soul?
 Baptism,
 Confirmation
and
 Holy Orders
confer a “character”.
 Religious profession does not.
The Hierarchy
EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY
 Bishop
 Archbishop; Pope
 Priest
 Dean (Archdeacon)
 Deacon
 Confirmed Christian
 Baptised Christian
 Catechumen
 Non-Christian
The Hierarchy
HONOURS
 Bishop
 Priest
 Monsignor, Canon
 Deacon
 Confirmed Christian
Papal awards
 Baptised Christian
 Catechumen
 Non-Christian
Ministers of the Sacraments
 ORDINARY
 Bishop, for Confirmation
 EXTRAORDINARY – when neccessary
 Priest, confirming a student
 Lay Ministers of Holy Communion
 ILLICIT – shouldn’t, but it works
 Society of Pius X priest celebrating Mass
 INVALID – it doesn’t work
 A deacon attempts to anoint a sick person
 A non-ordained person conducts Eucharist
REMEMBER!
There’s more to
being Church
than Mass!
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER I: THE MYSTERY OF THE CHURCH
#1-#7 God’s loving plan was to save
humanity from sin and make them
members of his church.
#8 The visible structures and the bonds
of charity between members form one
complex reality, both human and divine –
yet its members are sinners!
 Dulles 1: Institution
 Dulles 2: Mystical Body
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER II: ON THE PEOPLE OF GOD
#9 God calls his people into community.
#10 We are a priestly people, called to
worship God and speak of his works.
 Ordained priesthood
 Royal priesthood of all the baptised
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER II: ON THE PEOPLE OF GOD
#11 Sacraments of membership, healing
and Christian living – family as the
Domestic Church.
#12 A prophetic people.
#13 Embracing all cultures and gifts.
#14-17 The Church is God’s desire for all
people, but God has contingency plans...
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER III: HIERARCHY & BISHOPS
#18-28a Mostly about Bishops.
#28b Priests.
#29 Deacons.
- restoration of the permanent
diaconate for single and married men in
countries where bishops decide this is
appropriate.
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER IV: THE LAITY
#30 The clergy can’t save the world – or
do everything God wants - on their own!
#31 To be priest, prophet and king at
home and in the workplace – to make
Christ known to the world!
> Your assignment!
Feedback from last week’s
assigned reading:
Lumen Gentium 33-42
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER VI: RELIGIOUS LIFE
#43 The deeper call (for lay and clergy) to
 Poverty: No money of your own.
 Chastity: i.e. Celibacy.
 Obedience: which encompasses the others.
#44 Living the life of heaven, on earth.
#45 Power of governance.
#46-47 The Sign Value! For God’s glory
and for the holiness of the Church.
LUMEN GENTIUM
(Vatican II)
CHAPTER VII: CHURCH BEYOND THIS LIFE
 Salvation – Session 5.
CHAPTER VIII: MARY,
MOTHER OF THE CHURCH
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2009 except for photographs
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purposes. It may be freely used as a
Catholic educational tool.
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