On the (Ir)Relevance of the Second Vatican Council
Abstrakt
This article discusses whether Second Vatican Council is or can still be relevant today. It analyzes which aspects of the Council can be relevant, how they can be relevant, and for whom they can be relevant in the present day. Therefore, the Council documents, as well as central documents of its magisterial reception, are examined in the article. As a result, synodality appears as a major consequence of Vatican II and also as a sign of its contemporary and future relevance. This inscribes both Second Vatican Council and the current synodal path in the Tradition of the Church with its eschatological dynamic. On the one hand, the relevance of the Council for the Church in all its expressions has to be considered, while, on the other hand, a specific synodal exercise of ministries is necessary for this very relevance.
Słowa kluczowe:
Vatican II, reception, Tradition, Revelation, synod, synodalityBibliografia
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Pädagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe
Michael Quisinsky, Prof. Dr., Professor of Systematic Theology and its Didactics, Pädagogische Hochschule/University of Education, Karlsruhe/Germany. Editor-in-chief of ET-Studies. Recent publication: Zwischen Dogma und Pastoral. Theologische Perspektiven 60 Jahre nach Gaudium et spes (edited together with Bernd Hillebrand), Freiburg: Herder 2025; Absurdität und Gottesrede. Theologisch-transdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf eine Herausforderung der Gegenwart (edited together with Daniela Blum, Martin Kirschner, Annette Langner-Pitschmann), Baden-Baden: Nomos 2025. Research interests: Vatican II, Ecclesiology, Christology, Dogma and pastoral care, Salvation history.
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