Abstract

SCHICKENDANTZ, Carlos. From a Western Church to a World Church An Interpretation of the Ecclesial Reform. Theol. Xave. [online]. 2018, vol.68, n.185, pp.179-206. ISSN 0120-3649.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.tx68-185.ioim.

According to Karl Rahner’s thesis that Vatican II constituted the beginning of a World Church, a qualitative leap would have taken place, by leaving behind a historical era in which the Church has exported its European cultural model of Christianity. This thesis provides a key to interpret the processes of ecclesial reform under development with the “Francis case”. The article discusses three key conciliar issues that would reveal the transition from a Western Church to a World Church. The liturgical “reform of the reform” has come to an end. In the case of ecclesiology, the category God’s people, has “returned”. The reception of Gaudium et Spes—more coherent with the will of the Council Fathers—has reached the Church of Rome.

Keywords : Vatican II; Gaudium et Spes; Ratzinger; Reform of the Reform.

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