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Sign and Instrument:
The Catholic Church Today
The Second Vatican Council
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Fathers (18 June 1959)
Our duty is not only to guard this precious
treasure, as if we were concerned only with
antiquity, but to dedicate ourselves with an
Legislative
& without
Judicial
earnest willAggiornamento
and
fear to that work
which our era demands of us, pursuing thus
to Pastoral
the path which the Church
has followed for
twenty centuries.
…step forward toward a doctrinal penetration and a
Development
formation of consciousness
in faithful and perfect
Canons
to Panegyric
conformity to the authentic doctrine, which, however,
should be studied and expounded through the methods
of research and through the literary forms of modern
thought. The substance of the ancient doctrine of the
deposit of faith is one thing, and the way in which it is
Pope
John
XXIII
Henri
de Lubac
presented
is
another.
And
it
is
the
latter
that
must
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John Henry Cardinal Newman
Dialectic Ressourcement
to Dialogue
taken into great consideration with patience if necessary,
everything being measured in the forms and proportions
Characteristics of Vatican II
of a Magisterium which is predominantly pastoral in
character.
-Pope John XXIII, Opening Address of Vatican II
(11 October 1962)
Reading and Misreading Vatican II
The
wanted
to update the
faith—
The must
We
impression
admit grew
realistically
steadilyand
that
with feelings
of Fathers
deep pain,
that Christians
today
butand
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present it
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lost,
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the Church,
perplexed
disappointed;
ideas
with
full
impact.
Instead,
the impression
When
one interprets
them
soundly
and
thoroughly,
then
opposed
that
everything
to the truth
was open
which
tohas
revision.
been revealed
anditsalways
taught
are
being
increasingly
gainedsense
hold
that
reform
one
is preserved
from
extremism
in both
directions;
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andabroad
more the
in abundance;
Council appeared
heresies,
to in the
full
and
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of
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word, and
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jettisoning
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path
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still
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have
be
like
been
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spread
Church
in theparliament
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dogma
that
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confusions
making
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the liturgyand
hasreshape
been
tampered
with; immersed
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and moral relativism
everything
accordingand
to its
therefore
own-Joseph
desires.
in permissiveness,
Christians
faith, but in any kind
atheism,Cardinal
-Joseph
agnosticism,
Ratizinger,
vaguelyMilestones
moral enlightenment
, radicalization
and byofa the
sociological
of
dilutionmorality.
of the faith.
Christianity
p.
132
devoid
of
defined
dogmas
or
an
objective
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Cardinal
Ratizinger,
of the
-Pope
John will
Paulenable
II, Address
on Missions
2 (6
FebruarySalt
1981)
documents
us to to the Conference
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wastheir
identified
with…I
therepeat:
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discover
true spirit
was,
for
the most
the and,
expression
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Catholic
who
clearly
The
opening
to part,
the
world
became
ofconsequently,
an
attitude
that
did
not
coincide
painfully
perceives
a veritable invasion of the Church
with
the
statements
be We
found
in the
the
that
hastobeen
wrought
bydamage
worldly
thinking…
have
text
itself,
although
it
is recognizable
as
inperhaps
his
Church
the
beenby
too
weak
and
amisinterpretations
tendency
in its development
and in
of Vatican II
imprudent.
some
of
its
individual
formulations.
must
find
the
possibility
of
revival
-Pope
Paul
VI,
General
Audience
-Joseph
Cardinal
Ratzinger,
Principles
in(21
Vatican
II itself.
November
1973)
of-Joseph
Catholic
Theology
, p. 391 The
Cardinal
Ratzinger,
Ratzinger Report, p. 40
The Catholic Church Today
When the work which the Father gave the Son to do on earth was accomplished, the Holy
Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost in order that He might continually sanctify the
Church, and thus, all those who believe would have access through Christ in one Spirit to
In the human nature united to Himself the Son of
the Father. He is the Spirit of Life, a fountain ofThe
water
springing
upby
to alife
eternal.
To men,
eternal
Father,
free
and
hidden
God,
by
overcoming
death
through
His
own
Since
is ingives
Christ
a
dead
in the
sin,Church
the Father
lifelike
through
Him, until,
inHis
Christ,
bringsand
to life
their
plan of
ownHe
wisdom
goodness,
death andor
resurrection,
redeemed
man and resacrament
as
a
sign
and
instrument
mortal bodies. The Spirit dwells in the Church and
in the
the faithful,
as was
in a to
created
thehearts
wholeofworld.
His plan
molded
him
into
a new
creation.
By
both
of
a
very
closely
knit
union
with
temple. In them He prays on their behalf and bears
witness
to
the fact that of
they
are
raise
men
to
a
participation
the
divine
communicating
His
Spirit,
Christ
made
His
God
and
of
the
unity
of
the
whole
human
adopted sons. The Church, which the Spirit guides
the way
of all truth
andFather
whichdid
He
life.in
Fallen
in Adam,
God the
brothers,
called
together
from
all nations,
race,
it
desires
now
to
unfold
more
fully
unified in communion and in works of ministry,not
Heleave
bothmen
equips
and directs with
to
themselves,
but
mystically
the
components
of
His
own
Body.
to
the
faithful
of
the
Church
and
to
the
hierarchical and charismatic gifts and adorns with
His fruits.
By the
power
of the Gospel
ceaselessly
offered
helps
to salvation,
in
-Lumen
Gentium
, 1.7inner
(1964)
whole
world
its
own
nature
and
He makes the Church keep the freshness of youth.
He renews
it and
viewUninterruptedly
of Christ, the Redeemer
"who
is the
universal
mission.
leads it to perfect union with its Spouse. The Spirit
and
the
Bride
both
say
to
Jesus,
the of
image
of
the
invisible
God,
the
firstborn
-Lumen
Gentium, 1.1 (1964)
Lord,
"Come!"
every creature"
-Lumen Gentium, 1.4 (1964)
-Lumen Gentium, 1.2 (1964)
The Purpose of Lumen Gentium
The Imagery of the Church
In the same way the inner nature of
the Church is now made known to us
in different images taken either from
tending sheep or cultivating the land,
from building or even from family
life and betrothals, the images receive
preparatory shaping in the books of
the Prophets.
-Lumen Gentium, 1.6 (1964)
Sheepfold
Body of Christ
Cultivated
Field
Building of
God
Jerusalem
Flock
Mother
The People of God
Thus, the Church has been seen as "a people made one with the
In the early stages of the
reception
of the Council,
the concept
"People of God"
unity
of therefers
Father,
the Son
and
theTestament
HolyofSpirit."
Here ‘People of God’
actually
always
to the
Old
element of the
predominated together-Lumen
with the
theme
of
collegiality;
the
term
"people"
was
understood
Gentium
,
1.4
(1964)
Christ
instituted
this
new
covenant,
the
church,
to
her
continuity
with
Israel.
But
the
church
receives
her
New
[1985] the
phrase
"People
ofinGod"
had prevailed
as the chief
newnew
in Until
termsthen
of ordinary
political
usage;
later
the
context
of
liberation
theology
itconcept
was
testament,
that
is
to
say,
in
His
Blood,
calling
Testament
character
more
distinctively
in
the
concept
‘Body
of
Christ.’
One
is
of the Church,
andofwas
to synthesize
the
intentions
ofthe
Vatican
II
understood
in terms
thewidely
Marxistbelieved
use
of
the
term
people
as
opposed
to
dominating
together
aifpeople
madehad
up been
of Jew
andingentile,
church
and
one is
a member
thereof,
not
through
a sociological
adherence
butfull
itself.
This
belief
might
well have
true,
the
words
used
the
classes,
and
even
more
widely,
in thebeen
sense
of
the
sovereignty
of
the
people,
which
making
them
one,
not
according
to the
the
flesh but
precisely incorporation
in this
body
of the
Lordbroad,
through
baptism
and
profundity
of
their
biblical
meaning
and
in
the
accurate
context
in
which
the
would
now finally
benot
applied
to the Church.
This
in
turn
gave
rise
to
broad
discussions
God,
however,
does
make
in the the
Spirit.
This
wasbecomes
to be thea new
People
of
Eucharist.
Council
had used them.
When,
however
main
word
slogan,
itssituation,
about
her
structures,
in
which
People
of
God
was
interpreted,
according
to
the
men
holy and
save them
merelyThe Ratzinger
God. For
those
who
believe in Christ, who are
-Joseph
Cardinal
Ratzinger,
(1985)
meaning
is
inevitably
diminished;
indeed,
itReport
is trivialized.
either
in
a
more
Western
way
as
"democratization",
or
in
the
Eastern
European
way as
as individuals, without bond or
reborn
not
from
a
perishable
but
from
an
-Josephdemocracy".
Cardinal Ratzinger, “Eucharist, Communion and Solidarity,” (2 June 2002)
"popular
link between
one another.
imperishable seed through the word of the
-Joseph
Cardinal
Ratzinger,
“The
Ecclesiology
of the
thefrom
Church
Lumen
Rather has it pleased Him to
living God,
not Constitution
from the fleshonbut
water
Gentium”
bring men(2000)
together as one
and the Holy Spirit, are finally established as "a
people, a people which
chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a
acknowledges Him in truth and
purchased people . . . who in times past were
serves Him in holiness.
not a people, but are now the people of God".
-Lumen Gentium, 2.9 (1964)
-Lumen Gentium, 2.9 (1964)
Light and Salt of the Earth
The Church Visible
Christ, the one Mediator, established and continually
sustains here on earth His holy Church, the
Established by Christ as a communion
of life, charity
community
of faith,and
hope and charity, as an entity
truth, it is also used by Him as an instrument
for
the
with visible delineation through which He
redemption of all, and is sent forthcommunicated
into the wholetruth
world
as grace to all. But, the society
and
This Church constituted and organized
in
the light of the world and the salt of the earth.
the world as a society, subsists in thestructured with hierarchical organs and the Mystical
-Lumen Gentium, 2.9 (1964)
Catholic Church, which is governed Body
by theof Christ, are not to be considered as two
nor are the visible assembly and the
successor of Peter and by the Bishopsrealities,
in
spiritual community, nor the earthly Church and the
communion with him, although many
Church
elements of sanctification and of truth
are enriched with heavenly things; rather they
found outside of its visible structure.form
Theseone complex reality which coalesces from a
divine and a human element. For this reason, by no
elements, as gifts belonging to the Church
of Christ, are forces impelling towardweak analogy, it is compared to the mystery of the
incarnate Word. As the assumed nature inseparably
catholic unity.
united to Him, serves the divine Word as a living
-Lumen Gentium, 2.8 (1964)
organ of salvation, so, in a similar way, does the
visible social structure of the Church serve the Spirit
of Christ, who vivifies it, in the building up of the
body.
-Lumen Gentium, 2.8 (1964)
A Sacramental Communion
For Sanctification
It is through the sacraments and the exercise of
the virtues
that
sacred
nature
organic
All men
arethe
called
to be
part and
of this
catholic unity of the people of God which in
structure
of
the
priestly
community
is
brought
promoting universal peace presages it. And there belong to or are related to it in
into operation.
various ways, the Catholic faithful, all who believe in Christ, and indeed the
-Lumen
Gentium
, 2.11 (1964)
whole
of mankind,
for all men are called by the grace of God to salvation.
Fortified by so many and such
-Lumen Gentium, 2.13 (1964)
powerful means of salvation, all the
faithful, whatever their condition or
state, are called by the Lord, each in
his own way, to that perfect holiness
whereby the Father Himself is
perfect.
-Lumen Gentium, 2.11 (1964)
And to Gather All People
A Pilgrim People
From this source [the Trinity] the Church, equipped
with
gifts of
Founder
and
The the
Church,
to its
which
we are
allfaithfully
called in guarding
Christ
His
precepts
charity,
and self-sacrifice,
Jesus,
and inofwhich
we humility
acquire sanctity
through
receives
the
to attain
proclaim
andperfection
to spread
the grace
ofmission
God, will
its full
among
peoples
theheaven,
Kingdom
of Christ
and of God
only inall
the
glory of
when
there will
and
to the
be, on
earth,
therestoration
initial budding
ofAt
that
come
time
of the
of all forth
things.
kingdom.
it slowly
Church
strains
that timeWhile
the human
racegrows,
as wellthe
as the
entire
toward
completed
Kingdom
and,
world, the
which
is intimately
related
towith
manall
andits
strength,
and
desireshim,
to bewill
united
in glory
attains tohopes
its end
through
be perfectly
with
its King. in Christ.
reestablished
--Lumen
(1964)
LumenGentium
Gentium, ,1.5
7.48
(1964)