To sanctify the world : the vital legacy of Vatican II /
Weigel, George, 1951-
To sanctify the world : the vital legacy of Vatican II / George Weigel. - First edition. - xii, 353 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-340) and index.
Introduction: Reimagining Vatican II -- Why Vatican II was necessary. Crisis? What crisis? ; Modernity as ideology ; The new thirty years war ; The end of Christendom ; The renewal of the Catholic mind ; What kind of church? ; What kind of council? To what ends? -- What Vatican taught. The council's distinctive features ; John XXIII's original intention ; The word of God breaks through the silence: The dogmatic constitution on divine revelation ; Sacrament of authentic human community: The dogmatic constitution on the church ; To worship the one worthy of worship: The constitution on the sacred liturgy ; Design for a christocentric humanism: The pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world ; Truth, liberty, and the limits of state power: The declaration on religious freedom ; Witnesses and missionaries: The council's teaching on states of life in the church ; From plurality to pluralism: The council's teaching on the eastern catholic churches. on ecumenism, and on non-christian religions -- The keys to Vatican II. Jacques Maritain's lament ; The council without keys ; Keys to the council: John Paul II ; Keys to the council: Benedict XVI ; The master key ; Christ at the center. Part I. Part II. Part III.
"George Weigel, a leading Catholic intellectual, argues that the humanist teachings of the highly controversial Second Vatican Council are essential to the future of the Catholic church"--
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Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Vatican Council Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) 1962-1965 : (2nd :
To sanctify the world : the vital legacy of Vatican II / George Weigel. - First edition. - xii, 353 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-340) and index.
Introduction: Reimagining Vatican II -- Why Vatican II was necessary. Crisis? What crisis? ; Modernity as ideology ; The new thirty years war ; The end of Christendom ; The renewal of the Catholic mind ; What kind of church? ; What kind of council? To what ends? -- What Vatican taught. The council's distinctive features ; John XXIII's original intention ; The word of God breaks through the silence: The dogmatic constitution on divine revelation ; Sacrament of authentic human community: The dogmatic constitution on the church ; To worship the one worthy of worship: The constitution on the sacred liturgy ; Design for a christocentric humanism: The pastoral constitution on the church in the modern world ; Truth, liberty, and the limits of state power: The declaration on religious freedom ; Witnesses and missionaries: The council's teaching on states of life in the church ; From plurality to pluralism: The council's teaching on the eastern catholic churches. on ecumenism, and on non-christian religions -- The keys to Vatican II. Jacques Maritain's lament ; The council without keys ; Keys to the council: John Paul II ; Keys to the council: Benedict XVI ; The master key ; Christ at the center. Part I. Part II. Part III.
"George Weigel, a leading Catholic intellectual, argues that the humanist teachings of the highly controversial Second Vatican Council are essential to the future of the Catholic church"--
9780465094318 0465094317
2022012426
GBC2D4814 bnb
020699747 Uk
Catholic Church--Doctrines.
Vatican Council Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) 1962-1965 : (2nd :