When Bishops Meet
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When Bishops Meet

An Essay Comparing Trent, Vatican I, and Vatican II

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When Bishops Meet

An Essay Comparing Trent, Vatican I, and Vatican II

About this book

From one of our foremost church historians comes an overarching analysis of the three modern Catholic councils—an assessment of what Catholicism was and has become today.

Catholic councils are meetings of bishops. In this unprecedented comparison of the three most recent meetings, John O'Malley traverses more than 450 years of Catholic history and examines the councils' most pressing and consistent concerns: questions of purpose, power, and relevance in a changing world. By offering new, sometimes radical, even troubling perspectives on these convocations, When Bishops Meet analyzes the evolution of the church itself.

The Catholic Church today is shaped by the historical arc starting from Trent in the sixteenth century to Vatican II. The roles of popes, the laity, theologians, and others have varied from the bishop-centered Trent, to Vatican I's declaration of papal infallibility, to a new balance of power in the mid-twentieth century. At Trent, lay people had direct influence on proceedings. By Vatican II, their presence was token. At each gathering, fundamental issues recurred: the relationship between bishops and the papacy, the very purpose of a council, and doctrinal change. Can the teachings of the church, by definition a conservative institution, change over time?

Councils, being ecclesiastical as well as cultural institutions, have always reflected and profoundly influenced their times. Readers familiar with John O'Malley's earlier work as well as those with no knowledge of councils will find this volume an indispensable guide for essential questions: Who is in charge of the church? What difference did the councils make, and will there be another?

Information

Publisher
Belknap Press
Year
2019
Print ISBN
9780674988415
eBook ISBN
9780674988361
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
20th Century History
part 
one
ree 
Great 
Issues
1
What 
Do 
Councils 
Do?
B
eginning 
in 
the 
earliest 
centuries 
of 
Chris-
tianity, 
councils 
adopted 
forms 
and 
procedures 
based 
on 
those 
in 
use 
in 
the 
secular 
institutions 
of 
their 
day, 
and 
they 
continued 
to 
use 
them 
until 
Vatican 
II, 
though 
of 
course 
with 
modications 
and 
adap-
tations 
as 
circumstances 
required. 
e 
forms 
gave 
councils 
their 
structure 
and 
determined 
their 
goals. 
e 
Council 
of 
Trent 
inherited 
the 
traditional 
pat-
tern 
and 
for 
the 
most 
part 
conformed 
to 
it. 
It 
made 
at 
least 
one 
signicant 
modication, 
which 
Vatican 
I 
without 
second 
thought 
adopted. 
en 
came 
Vat-
ican 
II. 
With 
only 
vague 
intimations 
of 
how 
radical 
they 
were 
being, 
the 
prelates 
at 
Vatican 
II 
completely 
abandoned 
the 
traditional 
forms 
and 
introduced 
a 
new 
one. 
With 
that, 
they 
broke 
with 
almost 
two 

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Part One: Three Great Issues
  8. Part Two: Participants
  9. Part Three: Impact and Future
  10. Conclusion
  11. Acknowledgments
  12. Index

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