Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations of Conciliar Documents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Vatican II in Context
- Part II Conciliar Themes and Reception
- 7 The Pilgrim Church
- 8 The Church in Mission
- 9 Revelation
- 10 Liturgy
- 11 The Word and Spirit Co-instituting the Church
- 12 The Christian Faithful
- 13 Leadership and Governance in the Church
- 14 Ministry in the Church
- 15 Professed Religious Life
- 16 Ecumenism
- 17 The Church and Other Religions
- 18 The Renewal of Moral Theology
- Appendix: Sources for the Study of Vatican II
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Conciliar References
- Series page
- References
8 - The Church in Mission
from Part II - Conciliar Themes and Reception
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 May 2020
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Vatican II
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Abbreviations of Conciliar Documents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Vatican II in Context
- Part II Conciliar Themes and Reception
- 7 The Pilgrim Church
- 8 The Church in Mission
- 9 Revelation
- 10 Liturgy
- 11 The Word and Spirit Co-instituting the Church
- 12 The Christian Faithful
- 13 Leadership and Governance in the Church
- 14 Ministry in the Church
- 15 Professed Religious Life
- 16 Ecumenism
- 17 The Church and Other Religions
- 18 The Renewal of Moral Theology
- Appendix: Sources for the Study of Vatican II
- Index of Names
- Index of Subjects
- Index of Conciliar References
- Series page
- References
Summary
This essay proposes that the ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council is best characterized as a “communion-in-mission.” A first section shows that the council was a “missionary council” from start to finish. A second section argues that the council worked from a renewed understanding of mission that was rooted in the Mission of God and inclusive of inculturation, justice, and dialogue. The final section suggests that there is a growing reception of the council’s missionary ecclesiology, expressed succinctly in Pope Francis’s description of the church as a “community of missionary disciples.”
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Further Reading
Bevans, Stephen. “Beyond the New Evangelization: Toward a Missionary Theology for the Twenty-First Century.” In A Church with Open Doors: Catholic Ecclesiology for the Third Millennium, edited by Gaillardetz, Richard R. and Hahnenberg, Edward P.. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2015.Google Scholar
Bevans, Stephen. “Revisiting Mission at Vatican II: Theology and Practice for Today’s Missionary Church.” In 50 Years On: Probling the Riches of Vatican II, edited by Scholtenover, David G.. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2015.Google Scholar
Bevans, Stephen and Gros, Jeffrey. Evangelization and Religious Freedom: Ad Gentes, Dignitatis Humanae. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2009.Google Scholar
Gaillardetz, Richard R. An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, a Michael Glazier Book, 2015.Google Scholar
Gaillardetz, Richard R. Ecclesiology for a Global Church: A People Called and Sent. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2008.Google Scholar
Gaillardetz, Richard R. The Church in the Making: Lumen Gentium, Christus Dominus, Orientalium Ecclesiarum. Mahwah, NJ and New York: Paulist Press, 2006.Google Scholar
Ormerod, Neil. Re-Visioning the Church: An Experiment in Systematic-Historical Ecclesiology. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2014.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Pope Francis, . Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2013.Google Scholar
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