An Unfinished Council: Vatican II, Pope Francis, and the Renewal of Catholicism by Richard R. Gaillardetz

Author:Richard R. Gaillardetz
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2015-10-02T00:00:00+00:00

The liturgy constitution followed John XXIII in its forceful move beyond the post-Tridentine societas perfecta ecclesiology to one that was more thoroughly rooted in history.13 The liturgy constitution was the first document to take up the image of the church as “pilgrim”: “For what marks out the church is that it is at once human and divine, visible and endowed with invisible realities, vigorously active and yet making space in its life for contemplation, present in the world and yet in pilgrimage [peregrinam] beyond” (SC 2).14

The image reinforces a sense of the church’s historical embeddedness that, in turn, opens up the possibility of authentic reform:

The liturgy is made up of unchangeable elements divinely instituted, and of elements subject to change. These latter not only may be changed but ought to be changed with the passage of time, if they have suffered from the intrusion of anything out of harmony with the inner nature of the liturgy or have become less suitable. (SC 21)

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