Sentences with phrase «new ecclesial»

This highly ambiguous notion has done a great deal of harm, and has all too often been used to pour scorn on anything that can be labelled simplistic, overly dependent on authority, or — that other great bogey of today's Church — «fundamentalist,» which is usually a code word for anyone who believes the Gospel might actually be worth believing and acting on, especially if they belong to one of the new ecclesial movements.

The Church in India is in a privileged position, because of its situation in the midst of other religious traditions, to work out new ecclesial structures which translate the vision of the Kingdom.

Pottmeyer notes: «The active reception of the Council's first steps toward a new ecclesial self - understanding is... a task that will take decades....

Archbishop Chaput: Millions of young people, alone and in the new ecclesial movements, believe in Jesus Christ and live their lives with a Christian zeal that I find astonishing.

In its outward form, however, it would be an act by the council of episcopé representing the coming - into - being of a new ecclesial reality possessing the fullness of apostolicity and catholicity.

The spirituality of many of the new ecclesial movements is deeply embedded in a Trinitarian anthropology which assumes the vision of Gaudium et Spes 22.

What emerges is a new ecclesial identity as a «household» of local congregations, defined as Christians together meeting the needs of a particular place.

One surprising omission is a survey of what Fr Raniero Cantalamessa has called the various waves of evangelisation in history, of which the new ecclesial movements are the most recent.

I am surprised that we have not given greater room for the new ecclesial movements in this country.

Not exact matches

A truly ecclesial biblical scholarship supports the Church's evangelical mission by giving new power to Catholic preaching, Catholic catechesis, and Catholic evangelism.

«In the eyes of most Orthodox,» the report continued, «these new ecclesiological and controversial anthropological innovations in the Lutheran world constitute radical challenges and serious obstacles to the Orthodox - Lutheran theological dialogue and to its original aim, namely, the promotion of mutual ecclesial rapprochement and, eventually, of Church unity.»

The founding fallacy in the new church was a «defective ecclesiology» that provided for governance by a lay majority, dominated under a quota system by minorities and feminists, in which theologians were marginalized and issues of race and gender took precedence over traditional ecclesial and confessional concerns.

The statement, published in the New York Times and several other newspapers, was intended as «a thoughtful Jewish response» to the «dramatic and unprecedented shift» that has occurred in Jewish - Christian relations, not only through reformulation of Christian teachings but through explicit ecclesial statements of remorse on the part of both Catholics and Protestants.

So one might say there is nothing new in the study, except that increased «fluidity» might be bad news for those traditions, such as Catholicism, with a strong connection between religious identity and ecclesial adherence.

Within liberal circles the reaction is to blend more adequately with the surrounding culture by adapting «the new authority» to ecclesial purposes.

Moreover, it impels the Church towards the new evangelisation of people and cultures that the last two popes have so strongly advocated, and that Pope Benedict now reaffirms: «Today too, there is a need for stronger ecclesial commitment to new evangelisation in order to rediscover the joy of believing and the enthusiasm for communicating the faith.»

Proposition 11: New Evangelisation and the Prayerful Reading of Sacred Scripture... the divine word [should] «be ever more fully at the heart of every ecclesial activity» (Verbum Domini, 1).

It may be some new challenge to our civilization, such as that posed by Islam, that will serve as a catalyst for a new Christian solidarity with implications for ecclesial unity.

Patrick Granfield, Ecclesial Cybernetics: A Study of Democracy in the Church (New York: Macmillan, 1973).

He insists upon the dual need for formation in and sharing of faith: «Today too, there is a need for stronger ecclesial commitment to new evangelisation in order to rediscover the joy of believing and the enthusiasm for communicating the faith» (PF, 7).

It is only through a new vision of creation, salvation and ecclesial sanctification, as one wisdom of God in the Logos made flesh, that we can revindicate Christian revelation.

Looking back to our glorious past can not be the only approach to [current anniversaries...] Contemporary culture, and even more believers themselves, in fact, demand a continuing ecclesial reflection and action in the various areas in which new issues emerge -LSB-...] enabling the whole Church -LSB-...] to respond effectively to questions and challenges -LSB-...] and promote man in his integrity.

Perhaps what's most interesting about his new book - The Difference God Makes: A Catholic Vision of Faith, Communion, and Culture (Crossroad, 384 pages, $ 26.95)- is the sheer fact of it, for no one besides Cardinal George has both the talent and the ecclesial weight to attempt what he's after in the book.

For some, that bridge led back to new chapters of old liberal theology, but for others it led to the repair of ecclesial division, and the renewal of theology in the university.

To understand how we have come to prioritise political negotiation over our Master's magisterial, ecclesial and apparently «remote» voice to such an extent, we need to acknowledge the radically new situation in which the Christian Church has found itself in post-Enlightenment society.