A council that will never end : Lumen gentium and the church today / Paul Lakeland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lakeland, Paul, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vatican Council--(2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano). Constitutio dogmatica de ecclesia.

Vatican Council.

Constitutio dogmatica de ecclesia (Vatican Council).

Church.

Catholic Church--Doctrines.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

xxxiii, 158 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minnesota : Liturgical Press, [2013]

Summary:

Lumen Gentium, Vatican II's Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, changed how we think about the laity, holiness, baptism, and even the nature and purpose of the church itself. Paul Lakeland marks the fiftieth anniversary of this document's promulgation by taking up three major themes of the constitution, analyzing the text, and identifying some of the questions with which it leaves us. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction : the unfinished business of Lumen Gentium

The roles of bishops in Lumen Gentium

The fate of collegiality in the postconciliar church

Episcopal leadership in the American church today

The laity in Lumen Gentium

Vocation in the church

Lay ecclesial ministers : are they theological monsters?

Salvation and the religious other

Who is my neighbor?

An ecclesiology of humility

Afterword : in the age of Pope Francis.

Notes:

"A Michael Glazier book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780814680667

0814680666

OCLC:

850218649