Kategorije opće i partikularno u ekleziologiji II. vatikanskog koncila i kanonističkom govoru
Categories of the "General" and the "Particular" in the Ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council and in Canonical Usage

Summary/Abstract: Observing the reality o/ the Church, thinking about her mystery and the incarnation of that mystery in a living reality, necessarily refers to tangible things. This tangible character presupposes and requires canonical legal regulation as an indispensable dimension of the very nature of the Church. This reflection is framed by two interdependent categories: the "general" and the "particular" in two interdependent disciplines: ecclesiology and Church law. It is evident that these two categories overlap and this becomes evident in any study of conciliar documents and their reflection in canonical usage. This also becomes evident if we consider the consequence o/ these facts for the concrete life of the Church in the reality of the universal Church and in particular Churches. Theological discussions and contributions be/ore and after the Second Vatican Council provide necessary conceptual clarification and are the indispensable foundation of the mystery of salvation to which the Church is called to serve in its fundamental task: to be "in Christ like a sacrament or as a sign and instrument both of a very closely knit union with God and of the unity o/ the whole human race" (LG 1,1). Of particular importance is a fruitful discussion between Walter Kasper and Josef Ratzinger that highlighted fundamental attitudes towards the mutually interlinked relationship between the universal Church and the particular Churches. This discussion showed that reception of the Second Vatican Council had been incomplete because the usage of Church as "communion", the relationship between the bishops of the particular Churches and the Head of the Congregation o/ Bishops and issues related to Eucharistic ecclesiology, is closely linked to the pastoral and practical activities of the Church. Those activities, in their concreteness, depend on the correct understanding of the complementarity of general law and particular law, based on a proper autonomy, which should be accorded to a particular Church.

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