Called to Holiness and Communion

by Fastiggi, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781589661585
• ISBN10: 1589661583
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-15
• Publisher: Univ of Scranton Pr

Summary

The Second Vatican Council officially ended 40 years ago, but questions about its importance and significance for the Catholic Church continue unabated, as does the debate about whether it was ultimately beneficial or harmful.Called to Holinessfeatures essays by esteemed Catholic leaders and theologians that assess developments in church life since Vatican II. This volume, which contends that the council was a positive force in the church, also offers recommendations for achieving communion with God during daily life.

Author Biography

Rev. Stephen Boguslawski, O. P is a Dominican friar and rector of Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.
 
Robert Fastiggi is associate professor of theology at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit.

 

 

 

Table of Contents

Foreword His Eminence Adam Cardinal Maida, Archbishop of Detroit	p. ix
Introduction Robert Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Major Seminary	p. x
Trends in Ecclesiology His Eminence	p. 1
Christ, the Light of the Nations. The Church, His Spouse and Helpmate His Eminence	p. 17
Christ, The Measure for the Incluturation of the Gospel. His Church, the Universal Sacrament of Salvation His Eminence	p. 49
"Officium Signa Temporum Perscrutandi": New Encounters of Gospel and Culture in the Context of the New Evangelization	p. 69
The Eucharistic Liturgy as the Source and Summit of the Church's communion	p. 107
Exploring the Identity of the Bishop Through the Theology of Disclosure	p. 129
The Petrine Ministry and the Indefectibility of the Church	p. 147
"Pastores Dabo Vobis": Establishing an Ecclesial Culture for the Clergy	p. 187
The Renewal of Religious Life: Strengthening the Trinitarian Communio of the Church	p. 201
Disciples in the Midst of the World: Collaboration of the Lay Faithful in the Sacred Ministry of Priests	p. 215
The Family: Sign of Communion in the New Evangelization	p. 265
The Authority of Women in the Catholic Church	p. 277
"Humanae Vitae" and the "Sensus Fidelium" of a Contraceptive Culture	p. 291
The Ecclesial Vocation of the Theologian in the Setting of Catholic Higher Education	p. 321
The Influence of Biblical Studies on Ecclesial Self-Understanding Since Vatican II	p. 339
Living Communion Within American Polity	p. 367
List of Contributors	p. 389
Index	p. 391
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