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11 - The Word and Spirit Co-instituting the Church

from Part II - Conciliar Themes and Reception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 May 2020

By
Brian Flanagan
Edited by
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Richard R. Gaillardetz
Affiliation:
Boston College, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter first outlines the preconciliar, largely Christocentric perspective that formed the foundation for the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council. As the Council proceeded it complemented this Christological understanding of the church with increasing awareness of the ecclesial role of the Holy Spirit. The eschatological framework of the final documents and the analogy made between ecclesial and Trinitarian koinonia are two notable effects of this rebalancing of Word and Spirit.

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Body of ChristChristocentrismHoly Spiritpneumatology
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The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II , pp. 196 - 210
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Further Reading

The Church: Towards a Common Vision. Faith and Order Paper No. 214. Geneva: World Council of Churches, 2013.Google Scholar
Doyle, Denis. Communion Ecclesiology: Visions and Versions. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 2000.Google Scholar
Gaillardetz, Richard R. The Church in the Making. New York: Paulist, 2006.Google Scholar
Healy, Nicholas M. “The Church in Modern Theology.” In The Routledge Companion to the Christian Church, edited by Mannion, Gerard and Mudge, Lewis S., 106–26. New York: Routledge, 2008.Google Scholar
Imbelli, Robert. Rekindling the Christic Imagination. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2014.Google Scholar
Komonchak, Joseph. “The Significance of Vatican Council II for Ecclesiology.” In The Gift of the Church, edited by Phan, Peter C., 69–92. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000.Google Scholar
Markey, John. Creating Communion: The Theology of the Constitutions of the Church. Hyde Park, NY: New City Press, 2003.Google Scholar
Rush, Ormond. “Roman Catholic Ecclesiology from the Council of Trent to Vatican II and Beyond.” In The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology, edited by Avis, Paul, 263–92. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018Google Scholar

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