Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations of Conciliar Documents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Vatican II in Context
- 1 Church Life in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 2 Theological Renewal in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 3 Papal Leadership in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 4 The Council as Ecclesial Process
- 5 The Role of Non-Voting Participants in the Preparation and Conduct of the Council
- 6 Conciliar Hermeneutics
- Part II Conciliar Themes and Reception
- Appendix: Sources for the Study of Vatican II
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Conciliar References
- Series page
- References
3 - Papal Leadership in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
Resistance and Renewal
from Part I - Vatican II in Context
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations of Conciliar Documents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Vatican II in Context
- 1 Church Life in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 2 Theological Renewal in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 3 Papal Leadership in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
- 4 The Council as Ecclesial Process
- 5 The Role of Non-Voting Participants in the Preparation and Conduct of the Council
- 6 Conciliar Hermeneutics
- Part II Conciliar Themes and Reception
- Appendix: Sources for the Study of Vatican II
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Conciliar References
- Series page
- References
Summary
This chapter offers a basic survey of the role of the popes and their administrations in the early twentieth century. We start by outlining the pontificate of Pius X; next we consider the evolution of the papacy in an era marked by the two World Wars, the global economic recession, the rise of secularism, and the threat of totalitarian regimes in the decades before Vatican II. Our emphasis throughout is on the central and universal leadership of Catholicism in its capacity as the doctrinal, pastoral, juridical, and diplomatic center of the Roman church.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II , pp. 41 - 61Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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