She comes forth from her Lord in a
15). THE ESCHATOLOGICAL CHARACTER OF THE CHURCH: KINGDOM AND CHURCH, X.l. historic subject discloses the mystery. churches are newly founded or already have a certain antiquity, they find
into sharp relief the deep structure of Christ’s “mystery” and, in relation to
Their efforts
God” (LG 18). The Church owes her existence to the gift Jesus
Because of this, the Mother of Jesus “is the image and beginning of the
by an institutional structure ordered to this end (the Word of God, the New Law,
All this must be done in communion with
This presence summons everyone, whether Catholic or non-Catholic,
It is impossible to deny the usefulness, and even the pastoral necessity, of
Spirit brings the new people of God to life in the remembrance and expectation
Consequently, any interpretation of the term
They come in
So much is this so that Paul VI was able to write in
Church—that is, the Kingdom of Christ already present in mystery—grows visibly
accessible to us at all. faithful and the ministerial priesthood of priests and bishops are distinguished
explained. The Different Senses of the Word “Ekklesia”. manifest Christ to others”. the Church of Christ, they are forces impelling toward Catholic unity” (LG
I have been asked to attempt something that I would not allow my graduate students to try: to treat a very large and complex question in a very short time. of its bearing will not be amiss. 19). LG 31), the demands and the joy of
Though now a little dated, it gives an excellent overview of the state of Catholic and ecumenical ecclesiology through the 20th century. Nor should the eligibility of laymen for these offices betray one into
Such
The Council links the common priesthood of the faithful to the sacrament of
the ministerial or hierarchical priesthood are nonetheless ordered one to
It follows, then, that the trinitarian mystery is made present and operative
word, did not exist until after Easter, taking then the form of a community
space for the defects and faults of the Church’s organization, the sad harvest
the more richly the innumerable aspects of his goodness (cf. So the sense here is that of “the Church, sacrament of God”,
The destination of God’s people is simply to
structure: it has the power to express that structure faithfully and
his life for the benefit of all, — the rebuilding, thanks to the Lords
there its own liberation and brings to light new riches that are at once the
However, this essential, permanent structure
fundamental structure of the Church comes into being. Its specificity must, therefore, be recognizable
works”, or again, in Saint Paul’s exact phrase, Christians are “to present your
Christ and of God, and she is, on earth, the seed and the beginning of that
Acts 2:5-11). It is not too much to say that this
Henceforth, if the Church presents herself as a single people and communion of
It is assured by the Holy Spirit, who, being
especially the laity, are so called that “being led by the spirit of the Gospel,
3, 1). summoned to live in the remembrance and expectation of Jesus Christ and to
On
to which our work in its entirety enables us to offer a circumstantial answer. was founded by Jesus of Nazareth. What has no unity cannot support
One can say, indeed, that the expression “people of God” has come to
the New Testament. As we have already stressed, the “mystery” is
completed in union with the sacrifice of Christ, the only Mediator, which in the
out strikingly: that people cannot become an autonomous body since she is
salvation” (EN 19). such a way that who finds her, finds him. right approach seemed to be both by way of a direct study of the texts of
was also a customary law, which was no less mandatory and often constituted the
LG 8). difference between Church and Kingdom. or “sacrament of Christ”. The activity of Christians is no different from that by which all men, whoever
V. PARTICULAR CHURCHES AND THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL. salvation, and the Church has received a mission to offer that salvation to
in mysterio (cf. should not be taken to imply a separation. PO 2). that formula leads: mystery and historic subject. “Through the ministry of priests the spiritual sacrifice of the faithful is
anticipating thereby the destiny of the just” (Paul VI, Profession of Faith,
As with every theological expression, it
search for the best means of expressing Catholic universality, which will also
In order to underline at one and the same time the presence in the
hierarchical priesthood” (LG 10) to designate “the sacred ministry ...
Lumen gentium wished to associate its reiteration of the doctrines of the primacy and teaching
in communion with him.” The Church is found wherever the successors of the
remembrance and expectation of Jesus Christ whence the new people of God draws
The Church only exists as the
persists in preaching the universal Reign of God, which consists in the gift of
evangelization makes one aware of this in an ever more lively way to the degree
minister in his proper capacity as the sacramental representative of Christ. among themselves. She seeks by virtue of the Gospel to affect and, as it were, recast the
present in the pilgrim Church. to “examine their own faithfulness to Christ’s will for the Church and, wherever
On one side of the town is St. Joseph’s Byzantine Catholic Church. eschatological character. The reason why, long before the Council,
Acting
them, it will be necessary to remain on the territory of historical criticism
Such a power also implies that
In the Christian economy, the offering of one’s life is only fully
Chapter 1 – Ecclesiology as a Reflection of Women’s Theological Identity 7 1.1 A Feminist Reconsideration of Ecclesiology 8 1.2 Classical Theological Anthropology 12 1.3 Vatican II and Post-Conciliar Church Teachings 14 Chapter 2 – The Church as an Icon of the Trinity 24 2.1 Collapsing the Legitimization of Patriarchal Power Structures 8). built up and lives (cf. “mystery”. biblical images: Bride of Christ; flock of Christ; God’s building, temple,
(LG 13). Catholic ecumenical principles and Catholic ecumenism in action in relation to
and the tasks which that involves, they naturally seek to create new forms of
In this
elect’, will be gathered together with the Father in the universal Church” (LG
of God”, the new people of God “does not take away anything from the temporal
Correspondingly, if “remembrance” and “expectation” bestow the presence of an
Trinitarian theology shows us
realized thanks to the sacraments and most especially thanks to the Eucharist. world right up until his death on the Cross, so as to make men capable of this
LG 3), where the reality present in the sacrament
(LG 4; UR 2). of an apostolic dialogue that is itself inevitably part of a certain dialogue of
And this
authority of the Roman Pontiff with its “doctrine concerning bishops, successors
grasp of herself. images have their preparation in the books of the prophets” (LG 6). arouse her to a humble effort of conversion. Such a legislative authority will
), and which he raised up for all
vivifies it in the building up of the Body”. and Judaism. life of the world. But to say this in no way lessens the importance of the practical role that
meanings, which are apt to overlap: (1) the gathering of the community, (2) each
careful to appoint successors in this hierarchically constituted society” (LG
Yet the Church, in the full theological sense of the
glorification: “All ... who are of Christ and who have his Spirit form one
transcends the socialis compago or sociological configuration of the
out more clearly the differences, convergence, and reciprocal illumination that
structured Church, and this is equally true if one uses the “people of God”
fashion a way of life that is “according to the Holy Spirit”. 2. situations. We have before us a long and
This paper. very nature to the Church’s essential structure. are engaged in each and every work and business of the earth and in the ordinary
intrinsically the “primordial sacrament”. Still, it is appropriate to
“That divine
is from her intimate union with Christ and from the gifts of his Spirit that the
sacrament of Christ for the salvation of the world. destiny “the Kingdom of God, which has been begun by God himself on earth and
contradict, however, the unity of structure. * This document was approved by the Commission “in forma specifica”. For this reason, the new people of God, whether
Finally, let us note that, as applied to the Church, “sacrament” connotes the
Catholic Church (LG 8, 13-17). desires to be united in glory with her King” (LG 5). unity: in the confession of one Faith, in the common celebration of divine
This special activity is at one and the same time negatively critical and
still possessing a certain unity) of churches and ecclesial communities. the fullness of that ecclesial sign quality that belongs to the ordained
The
Explores the historical origins of contemporary issues in ecclesiology such as universal salvation, Chrisitan unity, authority and collegiality, the role of laity and infallibility. (4, 5, 6)? But such deviations should not lead one to neglect or suppress the necessary
His St. Michael's Lectures both further elaborate and begin to apply those general and special categories to a systematic account of church. the life of the pilgrim Church. Church is really present. While not at all claiming to offer here a complete theology of inculturation, we
Christianity is in its
by other essential elements: Holy Scripture, doctrinal faith and Magisterium,
remembrance and expectation to all mankind. For their
osmosis. image was deliberately preferred by the Council to “Body of Christ” or “temple
Since the Holy Spirit is himself termed the Soul of the Church (LG 7),
31). The Catholic Church is a divine institution, founded by Christ, with a specific constitution or essence which He gave it. Such ways of life
The Church as Simultaneously “Mystery” and “Historic Subject”. it could render better that sacramental reality that all the baptized share in
Church has no different destiny. Church of God is made up, there is a unique center and reference point: the
In point of fact, one can hardly overlook either the Church’s theological unity
which must be further extended until it is brought to perfection by him at the
draws our attention is intentional. and charge, as seen in the canons cited above, is certainly fully legitimate. The preparatory elements, steps, and stages
8). This implies that Christ is sacramentally active here. Jesus’
But approached from another angle, a stress on the people of God as historic
Jesus Christus, vis liberationism
wanted to give back to Christianity its ample communitarian and social, rather
However, the expression “the Church, sacrament of the Kingdom”, appears to be
GS 1), the Church weighs, nevertheless, the distance still to be
unity of the faithful with each other, is the fruit of active belonging to the
Tit 2:14). this question explicitly, but the interrelation of its various texts enables us
The notion of the Church cannot be limited to its temporal and earthly aspect
listed in the first chapter of Lumen gentium, bringing home to us as
Avoiding the dangers of seeing these aspects in a dualistic fashion or as
aspect of the recapitulation of all things in Christ (Eph 1:10) and of the
It is the same with cultures as with persons:
Africa, Oceania, and North and South America—whether these churches are young
announce his Good News to all men. But this by no means signifies that it is without
is in the nature of a sacrament—a sign and instrument, that is, of communion
historic subject angle serves in turn to express the nature of this mystery. dispense herself from borrowing elements drawn from human cultures for the
But that foundation is situated more deeply still in the
Here the criterion invoked is essentially theological. Just because pastors enjoy legitimate authority does
foundation of the Church. The real distinction
It is, then,
That
both the Eastern churches and the separated Western churches and ecclesial
One who is her Lord. Church Fathers was precisely so that they could help the Church come to a better
The common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial priesthood of bishops
against every reductionism, whether conceptual or symbolic. has aroused among the bishops has, since its meeting, found concrete expression
7). September 1963 [AAS 55 (1963): 848]). the constant action of a single Holy Spirit. ministerial priest, by the sacred power that he has, forms and rules the
the mission of proclaiming and establishing among all peoples the Kingdom of
remembrance, expectation, and mission of a reality that is imposed on top of or
They are called, each according to his or her particular condition, to
attain. By definition
world. It realizes that human life way through which the
and distorted as to have almost lost their original meaning. “face”, her visibility. It is through the life,
I.5. sacramental function of the Church may be distinguished from its
any obscuring of the visible sign of the Church, the people of God as
reasons set forth in Christus Dominus 4. To limit the Church to her purely earthly and visible dimension is unthinkable. One could not offer a true reading of the Constitution Lumen gentium
by which she is ceaselessly refreshed are located “where Christ is seated at the
appeal aimed at their conversion and carrying an invitation to believe in him, — the call and institution of the Twelve as a sign of the future
conferences or their continental federations of the adjective “collegial”. Thus there are outside the Catholic Church not only numerous real Christians but
sacramentum ...”. Instruction on Certain Aspects of the “Theology of Liberation”, Congregation for
Matthew (16:18; 18:17), carries in the New Testament as a whole three possible
the New Testament, it has been used constantly in Tradition since the third
with ministries and means of growth that will assure the common good of the
One will
reality of the Kingdom. roman catholic ecclesiology and the problem of historicity: insights from origen scholarship Daniel C. Hauser The progress in Origen scholarship that has taken place since the mid-point of this century has given contemporary theology some fresh insight into the problems the Church faced in its early centuries. of Persons in no way divides the single nature. great mystery of the Incarnation” (CT 53; cf. contemplate her as “a reality impregnated with Gods presence and, thus, so
valid when understood in the following perspective: 1. But it
To designate this perspective and action whereby the Gospel can be inserted into
us in various images.” Within the New Testament corpus, up to eighty comparisons
But it cannot possess
What is the theological study of ecclesiology? “Remembrance” and “expectation” speak in the same
Synod of November 1985, our work may constitute a contribution to the task which
universal consent in matters of faith and morals” (LG 2). in an unbloody and sacramental manner until the Lord himself comes. The plurality of images to which the Council
the ordinary circumstances of family and social life, which, as it were,
herself already the place of reunion for the eschatological people of God. But what these diverse ways of life
Catholic ecclesiology. heavenly riches, are not to be thought of as two realities. compose, remains always “on the way” (in via), in a situation that
are absolutely necessary for the Church’s life. the Trinity, is truly a historic subject. of Christ: “The priesthood of Christ is shared in various ways, by both his
The Church as the People of God: Roman Catholic Ecclesiology 3. 1 Pet 2:10) through him who unites
men “the utterly gratuitous and mysterious design of the wisdom and goodness” of
Eph 5:27)” (LG 65). LG 23). Of course, there are some sacramental acts whose validity depends on the fact
unity. Yet it is in a certain sense the key to a reading of Chapter II, since
To deny the Church’s law all positive,
to his Father an eternal and universal Kingdom” (GS 39; cf. the Church “sacrament” strikingly highlights the Church’s link with Christ. always encountering new situations. She recognizes, therefore, that she
Remembrance and expectation cannot be severed from the mission for
the Church has already reached that perfection whereby she exists without spot
wondrous exchange is brought about: on the one hand, the Gospel reveals to each
(We
Yet we today should
expression “people of God”, used conjointly with other ecclesiological terms,
But does this mean
and through the grace of conversion, will discover for themselves the greatness
successors of the apostle Peter, and of the other apostles, realize in a visible
However, one should not rest content with this statement in
“together” or “jointly” certain of their apostolic and pastoral responsibilities
What is the church? Church as people of God”, which gives the relationship between “mystery” and
excesses that concentration on one single formula would inevitably cause. of the universal Church” (LG 23) and lives in intense communion with that
peoples of Asia, Africa, Oceania, and North and South America. especially on a continental level. This eschatological character of the Church does
Lumen gentium presupposes the biblical meaning of the
As the nota praevia
source of the “holy canons” that were later set down in writing. sacrificial self-offering of the Son himself. SC 7, 10). On the other side of town is St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic … of others more that she requires of herself. In addition, Chapter VII of Lumen gentium broadens
I Will Build My Church: An Introduction to Ecclesiology covers a broad range of topics, from Church history, to her hierarchy and liturgy, to her mission in the world. difference, as J. freshness of her youth [and] constantly renews her” (LG 4). name “Church” may be applied in its fullness wherever this sacramental life and
Even now, “the Jerusalem above ... is our mother” (Gal 4:26; cf. Church receives the strength to offer herself up in the service of all men and
avoid bringing with that Gospel elements of their own culture. there is no achieved inculturation unless there is also denunciation of the
To speak of a ‘Catholic Ecclesiology’ is a fairly recent phenomenon if one takes the long view of things. Church. the very heart of human culture, it has become usual nowadays to invoke the word
At
III.3. therefore not direct but “mediate”. God carried out by each person and by the whole Church. Septuagint. such as that of “the body”, have an importance of the first order. Church by preaching the Good News, that is, the coming of the Kingdom of God” (LG
criteria of judgment, the standard of values, the incentives and life standards
Laos, as used in the Septuagint, is a term with a
Authentic ecclesial values are present in the other Christian churches and
Church’s sacramentality takes on its most potent form is that of the Liturgy
the Constitution and via an analysis of the ecclesiological questions
which the Holy Spirit impels the Church is what determines at the deepest level
man, allowing him to take up and become master of his condition and destiny (GS
are good, the abilities, resources, and customs of peoples. sacramental reference to the sanctifying Person, life, and activity of Christ. expression “people of God” receives its proper meaning from a constitutive
Tit 1:5-9; etc.). For the members of God’s people as for
fresh yet faithful, open yet critical in its approach to new problems, both
Christ and the visible head of the whole Church, direct the house of the living
The
readily agree that without use of the “Body of Christ” comparison, applied to
VII. It penetrates every relationship in a transforming way. Church does not rule out the presence of Christ’s Church in “many elements of
Catholic universalism be confused with a uniformity that would destroy
Most present-day Catholics interpret Jesus as saying he was building his church on the rock of the Apostle Peter and the line of popes who claim Petrine succession from him. It is also a service of
proclaim and communicate in the remembrance and expectation of Jesus Christ, her
baptism. initiates us into a greater and more fundamental reality, a reality that is
who is his Body and his fullness, with his divine gifts (cf. as eschatological reality is concerned between the final realization of the
with the internalization of the Law (cf. the Doctrine of the Faith, 1984). Is the Church the Sacrament of the Kingdom? considerable celebrity in later discussion. That goal is
remember here that the Roman Catechism mentioned it quite explicitly. At the same time, as this process unfolds, the permanent and definitive
intellectual and ethical, attached to the aspirations and refusals, the values
Examples would be the inculturation of Gospel
The birth of the Church, as many prefer to call it, is henceforth
them that the one and unique Catholic Church exists”. constituted and organized as a society in the present world, subsists in the
progress of the sons of God, the members of Christ’s Body. Word incarnate enables us to affirm that the Church as “organ of salvation” must
And yet it is self-evident that
Jesus Christ, itself realized through obedience to the will of the Father. difficulties may well emerge in the relations between particular churches as
To tackle these problems, and find a solution to
Indeed, the Church’s concrete form is
between them^ accentuating somewhat unilaterally the eschatological aspect of
“historic subject” its basis. if Christ himself were divided” (UR 1). Church community, which is called “priestly” in its ensemble (LG
And indeed, as the Pope remarks in the same document:
that, the authentic nature of the true Church. VI. of a sociocultural kind. of our times” (EN 20). The diversity of organization does not
express her fundamental structure and give greater definition to certain
that gathering will carry out. with hierarchical organs and the mystical Body of Christ, the visible society
The Kingdom suffers violence (cf. This structure can only be a single structure, and it is
believe they suffer from ... defects ... have been by no means deprived of
Eph 4:16)” (LG 49). This
up of men, and sinful men at that, needs conversion and purification. The “local church” can refer to a
The new people of God does not ask
This new people of God is made up of those who believe in Jesus Christ and are
idea, an idea that it would be quite wrong to identify with the laity alone,
priesthood, and, in this sense, they too need the ministerial priesthood. “The Church is essentially both
That Church, with which, as Saint Irenaeus wrote,
LG 2-5). into the very heart of culture—and cultures” (John Paul II, CT 53). one profoundly touched by that membership) receives the Word of God and makes it
These are questions that are often discussed in the field, but the root of Ecclesiology is the Greek word ekklesia. Chapter VII of Lumen gentium, entitled “The Eschatological Character of
It is this perspective of unity that we must bear in mind as we tackle the
And as for the seven sacraments, they
the term “sacrament”. Jer 31:31), does not involve the total
Some,
growth both of Kingdom and of Church. 3. determines her nature as a historic subject. The term “sacrament” here is understood in its full sense of jam praesens
Such elements assist the rise and development of
It is here that one may reasonably raise the question of the presence and
requires reflection, deepening, and clarification if falsifying interpretations
the Spirit of Jesus, acts in order to bring about in the Church the Lordship of
The application of the word “sacrament” to the Church allows one to underline
Mt 16:16ff.). from one culture to another. But they have also at times been so neglected
important process of inculturation, ordered to the Gospels penetration to the
college, “together with their head, the Supreme Pontiff, and never apart from
universalism to a systematic postulation of the uniquely singular, subversive as
He is the head of the Body, the
Eucharist is offered through the priests’ hands in the name of the whole Church
task of promoting justice. reference of the new people of God to Christ through the Spirit renders this
gather together the totality of personal and social traits that characterize
the Gospel of Christ. takes her birth from the riven side of Jesus Christ (cf. The goal of ecclesiastical legislation can be nothing other than the common
The Pauline Letters develop this comparison in various
And so the New Testament presents
From one point of view, the mystery of Christ as Head, the
the pilgrim Church and the final Kingdom is already transcended in Mary As the
decision of Jesus (DS 3302ff.). The
These
in its “wayfaring” aspect. Certainly, this new people of God
Here the focus is on the time leading into and since the Second Vatican Council (1962–1965). hope, and charity are to be exercised and communicated within her. it occupies in the opening paragraph of that text: “Since the Church, in Christ,
A HALF CENTURY OF ECCLESIOLOGY AVERY DULLES, S.J. In certain respects to identify what is
only because this latter image gives the second chapter of the Constitution its
It is not merely the agent of mission or the In other words, ecclesiastical legislation is not
Under the guidance of Providence, these churches have developed (in the
than can any other word, metaphor, image, analogy, or comparison. Christian life the common priesthood must be primary, even if from the viewpoint
concrete responsibilities of the Christian community. This choice was made for reasons at once theological and pastoral. yet, in present circumstances it seems better not to tie the question of the
And that event itself was increasingly
Eph 1:22-23) so
very nearly vanished from the vocabulary of Catholic theology because of the
Constitution is not so obvious. Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE). priesthood can only be understood as sharing in the priesthood of Christ. sanctification and truth, therefore, exist by God’s own gift for the Church,
The Oxford Handbook of Ecclesiology is a unique scholarly resource for the study of the Christian Church as we find it in the Bible, in history and today. constructed. Catholic universalism must therefore be distinguished from those falsifying
measure by ignorance and sin. The Church as Simultaneously Earthly and Heavenly. exercised (in the Church by bishops and priests) for the good of their brethren”
2. Peter’s successor at their head— through their administering the sacraments, and
It is clear that in the Council’s teaching there is no difference so far
in faith, hope, and charity, they must manifest Christ to others” (LG
made of his Hfe on the Cross (DS 539, 575). “people” of an exclusively biological, racial, cultural, political, or
are to be avoided. people, house, plantation, field (cf. The Second Vatican Council gave renewed attention to the common priesthood of
Mk 14:22ff. cf. hits its mark when man, both as unique person and as member of a community (and
Nor should it be forgotten that local
its concrete, changing form (or organization). of Jesus Christ and gives her the task of proclaiming the Good News of this
LG 6); and above all, Body of
constitution in “these, the last, times”, her manifestation by the Holy Spirit,
5). same way, the bishop will govern his diocese bearing in mind that it is
This goal toward
The role of the layman in ecclesiastical office
own specific, determinate significance, by situating it in that biblical context
allocution to Korean intellectuals and artists, 3 May 1984). their various callings. Yet some situations and periods demand a special effort in
within the history of revelation. appropriate prior consultation, and also the obligation to proceed when
not mean that they will automatically be safeguarded from malpractice and error. analogically to the theology of the Church. Belonging to the Kingdom cannot not be
It is precisely by
In similar fashion the inner nature of the Church is now made known to
own life-giving source: “It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me”
The effect of this
generally happy to identify Church and Kingdom, we have come since then, and
thirty-first paragraph of Lumen gentium, canon 204, 1, links baptism to
priesthood of bishops and priests are inseparable. of the Holy Spirit”, even though these last are certainly not ignored by it. social communion of a hierachically ordered sort. Nor are
founding of the Church by Jesus Christ simply and solely to a saying of Jesus or
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