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Ten Theses on Theology of Synodality

Author(s): Jarosław Kupczak
Subject(s): Theology and Religion
Published by: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: Church; communio ecclesiology; consultations; discernment; governance; participation; Second Vatican Council; Synod of Bishops; synodality

Summary/Abstract: The ongoing in the Catholic Church Synod on synodality is surrounded by many differentcontroversies. The innovative form of the synod, in the Synod of Bishops deliberateswithin a broader body with yet to be defined competences, announcements of significantchanges both in the teaching of the Church and in her structure, awake among manyCatholics hope for awakening new dynamism in the Church, but also fear of breakingcontinuity with Tradition and the loss of the Christian proprium. At the source of thesenew hopes and anxieties lies a question: what is really the synodality to which Pope Franciscalls the Church? This text tries to answer this question; this answer is based on thebest theological text that has been written on this topic in recent years, the 2018 documentof the International Theological Commission Synodality in the Life and Mission of theChurch. The most important statements of this document will be presented in the formof ten theses, which concern, among others: the historical and theological sources of theconcept of synodality, the renewed ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council, practicalways of implementing synodality, the structure of power and co-responsibility in theChurch, the conditions and criteria of the authenticity of the synodal process.

  • Issue Year: 17/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 57-77
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish
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