Reforming Rome : Karl Barth And Vatican II / Donald W. Norwood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Norwood, Donald W., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968.

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

Vatican Council.

Barth, Karl, 1886-1968--Influence.

Barth, Karl.

Church renewal.

Physical Description:

xxi, 263 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Grand Rapids, Michigan : Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2015.

Summary:

Few people realize that Karl Barth, one of the twentieth century's greatest Protestant theologians, was among a select group of non-Catholic guests who were invited to the Second Vatican Council (1962-65) to assist in the reform and renewal of the Roman Catholic Church. In Reforming Rome Donald Norwood offers the first book-length study of Barth's involvement with Vatican II and his significant impact on the reform of the Catholic Church. Norwood examines Barth's critical engagement with the Roman Catholic Church from his time at the (Catholic) University of Munster to his connection with Vatican II, his conversations with Pope Paul VI, and seminars and interviews he gave about the Council afterward. On the basis of extensive research, Norwood amplifies Barth's own very brief account of Vatican II. Barth himself often felt that he was better understood by Roman Catholics such as Hans Küng, Hans Urs von Balthasar, and Joseph Ratzinger than he was by his own Reformed colleagues. This study, written by a fellow Reformed theologian, helps us to see why. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Why Rome? Why Reform? Why Barth? 1

Why Rome? 1

Why Reform? 6

Reform and the Scandal of Sexual Abuse 9

Why Barth? 11

Why Only Barth? 13

Barth as a "Catholic" and Ecumenical Theologian for the Whole Church 15

Ecumenical and Polemical 18

How Can One Who Is Not a Roman Catholic Assist the Reform of Rome? 23

2 Reforming Rome: Continuing the Reformation 25

Reformation and Reunion, Barth and Congar 25

Catholic Challenges to Be More "Catholic" 29

Straight Talking and Dialogue 32

The Reformers and Their Hopes for a Free Reforming Council 35

Vatican II: The Council the Reformers Hoped For? 39

What Influence Did Barth and the Observers Have? 42

Specific Influences 46

Examples of the Observers' Influence 47

Scripture 47

Tradition 47

Church 48

Roman Catholic Ecumenism and the World Council of Churches 48

Israel and the Jews Today 53

Human Rights 5 3

East/West Conflict and Communism 54

Mary Co-Redeemer and Mother of the Church? 55

Is the Reformation Over? 55

3 Responding to Vatican II, Part 1 57

The Surprise Announcement 57

Barth's Excitement and Cautious Expectations 59

Barth's Summing Up of Main Issues at Vatican II 61

Dei Verbum 62

Scripture and Tradition 64

Hierarchy of Truths 65

Tradition and Magisterium 66

Lumen Gentium 70

Vatican Documents about the Church 71

People of God and/or Body of Christ 72

Body of Christ, Head of the Body 74

People of God and Vox Populi 77

Subsistit in 78

Eucharist Makes the Church? 80

Local Church and/or Universal Church 81

Authority beyond the Local Church 83

4 Responding to Vatican II, Part 2 85

Barth as Questioner 85

Humanae Vitae and the Challenge to Papal Authority 86

Papacy as a Question for All Christians 88

Can Only a Pope Get Things Done and Speak for All Christians? 90

How Does Barth Contribute to the Debate? Barth on Pope and Polity 91

Papal Infallibility? 94

Is the Pope Successor of Peter? 97

Irreformable Dogmas? 99

What More Did Barth Say about Hierarchy and Apostolic Succession? 102

Does It Matter to God How the Church Is Ordered? 104

What about the Hierarchy? 106

What about the Laity? 108

The Ministry of the Community: Is Barth's Radically Different Approach to Questions of Ministry Ecumenically Helpful? 110

Responding to Vatican Us Unfinished Agenda: Laity, Community of Women and Men? 113

Collegiality? 115

Collegial Theology 116

5 Reforming or Converting Karl Barth: Roman Catholic Critics 118

Dialogue Is Two-Way 118

Converted Critics 121

Is Barth Sufficiently "Catholic"? 122

Six Fundamental Roman Catholic Criticisms of Barth 124

Misunderstandings or Valid Criticisms? 125

Provisional Ecclesiology 126

Criticisms of Barth: Ecclesial Mediation 127

Baptism and Sacraments 128

Human Cooperation in Salvation 135

Church as Event and Institution 138

The Work of the Holy Spirit in the Church 143

The Church Universal 145

The Question of Woman, a Question Addressed to Barth and Rome 146

Vatican II and Women 146

Women Arguing with Barth 149

Moving on from Barth: Post-Vatican II Partnership of Barth Scholars and Feminists 158

Can Barth, with the Help of His Critics, Women and Men, Help Reform Rome? 163

6 Differences That Still Divide? 165

After Vatican II, Are There Still Differences That Divide? 165

Justification by Faith 167

Natural Knowledge of God and the Analogia Entis 177

Mary and Joseph, Immaculate Conception, and the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin 182

Hierarchy of Truths 192

7 The Rediscovery of Unity 197

Unity in Theory and Practice: Vatican II as an Example of Unity 198

Jewish Comment: The Joy of Acceptance 200

Pope John XXIII's Vision 201

The Council Was an "Event" 202

The Restoration of Unity an Event Not of Our Making 204

Saying Yes, "placet," to Gods Will 205

Praying Together 206

Responding to the Word 208

Receptive Ecumenism 211

The Ecumenical Gift Exchange 213

Catholic Learning 215

Universal Catholicity 216

Pastoral Council 217

Subsidiarity 219

Conciliar Consensus and Discerning Truth through Debate 220

Does Barth Have Anything to Add to Discussions about Bishops? 220

Mission, Ecumenism, or an Interfaith Issue? The Jewish Question 222

Concluding Comment 230

Postscript: Joy and Peace and a New Pope 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0802872107

9780802872104

OCLC:

887851939

Publisher Number:

99961834926