Mission and ecumenism are two forms of the eschatological journey and the eschatological dynamic of the Church. This Sacred Council exhorts the faithful to refrain from superficiality and imprudent zeal, which can hinder real progress toward unity. Wherever this occurs there is a real risk of relativism and indifferentism, of "cheap ecumenism" that ends by becoming superfluous. 12, 83). Understood in this way, "subsistit in" assumes the essential requirement of the "est". There from the glorious times of the holy Fathers, monastic spirituality flourished which, then later flowed over into the Western world, and there provided the source from which Latin monastic life took its rise and has drawn fresh vigor ever since. Consequently, "subsistit in" is erroneously interpreted when it is made the basis of pluralism or ecclesiological relativism, asserting that the one and only Church of Christ subsists in numerous Churches and that the Catholic Church is merely one Church alongside others. When comparing doctrines with one another, they should remember that in Catholic doctrine there exists a hierarchy of truths, since they vary in their relation to the fundamental Christian faith. L'Osservatore Romano is the newspaper of the Holy See. Le Guillou, Mission et unit. As a spiritual movement, the ecumenical movement does not uproot Tradition. 1 Cor. A SINGLE LETTER TO BE CHANGED. Many also are the saints whose praise they sing, among them the Fathers of the universal Church. In recent times more than ever before, He has been rousing divided Christians to remorse over their divisions and to a longing for unity. In many post-Conciliar documents of dialogue this communion has been broadened and deepened.". 5, 11, 24; Ut Unum Sint, nn. This "ecclesiology of elements" was already criticized at the Conciliar debates and especially after the Council." Unitatis Redintegratio Quotes & Sayings. Far from being an obstacle to the Church's unity, a certain diversity of customs and observances only adds to her splendor, and is of great help in carrying out her mission, as has already been stated. Cf. Lumen Gentium, nn. The Holy Spirit, as the "soul" of the Church (cf. DS 3921). The differences that exist in varying degrees between them and the Catholic Church - whether in doctrine and sometimes in discipline, or concerning the structure of the Church - do indeed create many obstacles, sometimes serious ones, to full ecclesiastical communion. All the faithful should remember that the more effort they make to live holier lives according to the Gospel, the better will they further Christian unity and put it into practice. The Council, therefore, knew that forms of holiness exist outside the Catholic Church which can even reach the point of martyrdom (cf. 22. How far does ecumenism still have to go? FLORENTINUM, Sess. Catholics, who already have a proper grounding, need to acquire a more adequate understanding of the respective doctrines of our separated brethren, their history, their spiritual and liturgical life, their religious psychology and general background. 3, 27-28 gr.). It would therefore be erroneous to disregard this fundamental continuity by considering the Council as a radical break with Tradition and identifying it with the advent of a new Church. While it is true that many Christians understand the moral teaching of the Gospel differently from Catholics, and do not accept the same solutions to the more difficult problems of modern society, nevertheless they share our desire to stand by the words of Christ as the source of Christian virtue, and to obey the command of the Apostle: And whatever you do, in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him. It is, of course, essential that the doctrine should be clearly presented in its entirety. In such dialogue, everyone gains a truer knowledge and more just appreciation of the teaching and religious life of both Communions. Pope John XXIII was responsible for taking the first steps. | Irondale, AL 35210 |. Cooperation among Christians vividly expresses the relationship which in fact already unites them, and it sets in clearer relief the features of Christ the Servant. 11, 29: PL 36, 299. According to the Bishop and Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, it is God's Spirit who keeps young and fresh the apostolic patrimony that was bequeathed to us once and for all.4. The Council candidly acknowledges that there are obstacles to full communion with the Catholic Church, caused by differences in doctrine, discipline, and ecclesiology. Although the ecumenical movement and the desire for peace with the Catholic Church have not yet taken hold everywhere, it is our hope that ecumenical feeling and mutual esteem may gradually increase among all men. Whenever the Sacrament of Baptism is duly administered as Our Lord instituted it, and is received with the right dispositions, a person is truly incorporated into the crucified and glorified Christ, and reborn to a sharing of the divine life, as the Apostle says: You were buried together with Him in Baptism, and in Him also rose again - through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead.[40]. It is a mystery that finds its highest exemplar and source in the unity of the Persons of the Trinity: the Father and the Son in the Holy Spirit, one God. The course to be adopted, with due regard to all the circumstances of time, place, and persons, is to be decided by local episcopal authority, unless otherwise provided for by the Bishops' Conference according to its statutes, or by the Holy See. Today, 40 years later, the ecumenical . Unitatis redintegratio(Restoration of unity) is the Second Vatican Council's decree on ecumenism. 4, 7, 12, 49; Apostolicam Actuositatem, n. 3; Ad Gentes nn. We can also say that the essence of unity conceived as communio is catholicity in its original meaning which is not confessional but qualitative; it means the fulfilment of all the gifts that the particular and confessional Churches can bring. CONC. This people of God, though still in its members liable to sin, is ever growing in Christ during its pilgrimage on earth, and is guided by God's gentle wisdom, according to His hidden designs, until it shall happily arrive at the fullness of eternal glory in the heavenly Jerusalem. Every renewal of the Church[27] is essentially grounded in an increase of fidelity to her own calling. It commends this work to the bishops everywhere in the world to be vigorously stimulated by them and guided with prudence. Whereas with the split between East and West the ecclesial structure that had developed basically since the second century remained the same, with the Communities born from the Reformation we face a different ecclesial type.18. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.[33]. In such cases, these various theological expressions are to be considered often as mutually complementary rather than conflicting. Ut Unum Sint, n. 20). To make easier the ecumenical dialogue in spite of these differences, we wish to set down some considerations which can, and indeed should, serve as a basis and encouragement for such dialogue. [7] It is the Holy Spirit, dwelling in those who believe and pervading and ruling over the Church as a whole, who brings about that wonderful communion of the faithful. 19. This is the way that, when the obstacles to perfect ecclesiastical communion have been gradually overcome, all Christians will at last, in a common celebration of the Eucharist, be gathered into the one and only Church in that unity which Christ bestowed on His Church from the beginning. This expresses once again the new spirit with which the Council intends to overcome differences. [31] So we humbly beg pardon of God and of our separated brethren, just as we forgive them that trespass against us. As will shortly be pointed out, this axiom is of capital importance for understanding the Oriental Churches and the distinction that exists between them and the Protestant Ecclesial Communities. 5-8); Ut Unum Sint, nn. The words of St. John hold good about sins against unity: If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Vatican II's Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio) was issued on November 21, 1964, the same day as the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church and the Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches . VI (1439), Definitio Laetentur caeli: Mansi 31, 1026 E. [27] Cf. Indeed, the Church does not only have an institutional dimension but also a charismatic one, as the Council emphasized (cf. 2, Paderborn, 1986, 95-135. 1, 1966, 175; L. Jaeger, op. 18 J. Ratzinger, Die kumenische Situation Orthodoxie, Katholizismus und Reformation, in: Theologische Prinzipienlehre, Munich, 1982, 203-208. From such dialogue will emerge still more clearly what the situation of the Catholic Church really is. This goal has been defined theologically by the Council as unity-communio. 2, end; 8, 9, 48-51, et al.). We believe that this unity subsists in the Catholic Church as something she can never lose, and we hope that it will continue to increase until the end of time. This clarification was provided by the Council in the Constitution on the Church with the much-discussed formula "subsistit in": the Church of Jesus Christ subsists in the Catholic Church (cf. I make corrections only after I have proved to the individual that I highly value him. 32, Enarr. The editor in charge of the dogmatic Constitution on the Church, G. Philips, was sufficiently farsighted to foresee that much ink would be employed on expounding the meaning of "subsistit in".5 Indeed, ink continues to flow and more will probably be needed before the issues raised have been clarified. 11, 52. Lumen Gentium, nn. 3 J. CONC. However, many Christian communions present themselves to men as the true inheritors of Jesus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of . This concern itself reveals already to some extent the bond of brotherhood between all Christians and it helps toward that full and perfect unity which God in His kindness wills. Decree on Ecumenism Unitatis Redintegratio Introduction 1. Therefore, I conclude by borrowing the words with which Unitatis Redintegratio also ended: "'And hope does not disappoint, because God's love has been poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us' (Rom 5:5)" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 24). 20 ff. Unity in the sense of full communio does not mean uniformity, but unity in diversity and diversity in unity. [1]Such division openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature. Church renewal has therefore notable ecumenical importance. Unitatis Redintegratio Quotes. Each and all these matters which are set forth in this Decree have been favorably voted on by the Fathers of the Council. 990; CONC. The Sacred Council exhorts all the Catholic faithful to recognize the signs of the times and to take an active and intelligent part in the work of ecumenism. Eph. ), and in particular the "Common Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification" (1999). They contemplate in the Scriptures the life of Christ and what the Divine Master taught and did for our salvation, especially the mysteries of His death and resurrection. The Church therefore needs purification and renewal and must ceaselessly take the way of penance (cf. A. Nichols, Yves Congar, London, 1986, 101-106). After being lifted up on the cross and glorified, the Lord Jesus poured forth His Spirit as He had promised, and through the Spirit He has called and gathered together the people of the New Covenant, who are the Church, into a unity of faith, hope and charity, as the Apostle teaches us: There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one Baptism. When it comes to the decree on ecumenism ( Unitatis Redintegratio ), Kolfhaus explains that "the Council Fathers, therefore, did not want to proclaim a definition of ecumenical dialogue,. At the same time, the Catholic faith must be explained more profoundly and precisely, in such a way and in such terms as our separated brethren can also really understand. However, many Christian communions present themselves to men as the true inheritors of Jesus Christ; all indeed profess to be followers of the Lord but differ in mind and go their different ways, as if Christ Himself were divided. Ut Unum Sint, n. 88). Spiritual ecumenism means interior conversion, spiritual renewal, the personal sanctification of life, charity, self-denial, humility, patience, but also renewal and reform of the Church. All this, quite apart from external causes, prepared the way for decisions arising also from a lack of charity and mutual understanding. Summary Intro Division within the Christian community "openly contradicts the will of Christ, scandalizes the world, and damages the holy cause of preaching the Gospel to every creature." ( UR, 1) As such, moving towards unity comes from God and is a great good. Spiritus Sanctus, qui credentes inhabitat totamque replet atque regit Ecclesiam, miram illam communionem fidelium efficit et tam intime omnes in Christo coniungit, ut Ecclesiae unitatis sit Principium. There can be no ecumenism worthy of the name without a change of heart. 2, 2S; CONC. Unitatis Redintegratio is Vatican II's Decree on Ecumenism. In this regard, the ecumenical movement is a charismatic phenomenon and an "operation of the Holy Spirit". We thank God that many Eastern children of the Catholic Church, who preserve this heritage, and wish to express it more faithfully and completely in their lives, are already living in full communion with their brethren who follow the tradition of the West. ), and that ecumenism is "one of the pastoral priorities" of his Pontificate (ibid., n. 99). 10 This concept dates back to J. Calvin; but whereas for Calvin the term referred to the sad remnants of the true Church, in the ecumenical debate it is understood in a positive and dynamic sense, directed towards the future. Lumen Gentium, n. 8). 13. Moreover, some and even very many of the significant elements and endowments which together go to build up and give life to the Church itself, can exist outside the visible boundaries of the Catholic Church: the written word of God; the life of grace; faith, hope and charity, with the other interior gifts of the Holy Spirit, and visible elements too. 21 This idea is also found in the Decree Orientalium Ecclesiarum, n. 1, and in the Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen (1995), n. 1. Nor should we forget that anything wrought by the grace of the Holy Spirit in the hearts of our separated brethren can be a help to our own edification. It is impossible to explain here the complex historical issues connected with the problem or the current possibilities of the reinterpretation and re-acceptance of the dogmas promulgated by the First Vatican Council. [3] In His Church He instituted the wonderful sacrament of the Eucharist by which the unity of His Church is both signified and made a reality. 10-14). 15-17). The Decree on Ecumenism, aka Unitatitis Redintegratio, was not among the longest or most weighty documents of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council, but it was certainly ranks among its greatest achievements. Pius XII went a step further. [22] Cf. Even in the beginnings of this one and only Church of God there arose certain rifts,[19] which the Apostle strongly condemned. They must take full account of all these factors and, where this is done, it will greatly contribute to the dialogue that is looked for. Enjoy reading and share 5 famous quotes about Unitatis Redintegratio with everyone. 14 In this regard, cf. 34 ff., 83 ff.). 18, 36, 79). In this eschatological and spiritual perspective, the goal of ecumenism cannot be conceived of as a mere return of the others to the heart of the Catholic Church. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 22). With the Toronto Declaration (1950) it also entered into the language of the World Council of Churches. 3 ff., 6 ff. Lumen Gentium, nn. 5-8); Ut Unum Sint, nn. For it is from renewal of the inner life of our minds,[28] from self-denial and an unstinted love that desires of unity take their rise and develop in a mature way. 28, 57), enriches them and at the same time makes their gifts her own; she brings them to the fullness of their catholicity and thereby fully attains her own catholicity (cf. 22 Cf. The notion of "subsistit in" means, according to the intention of the Theological Commission of the Council, that Christ's Church has its "concrete place" in the Catholic Church; Christ's Church is encountered in the Catholic Church, and it is there that she is to be concretely found.11 It is not a question of a purely platonic body or of a merely future reality; it exists concretely in history and is concretely found in the Catholic Church .12. DC: GeorgetownUniversityPress, 1990)908-920.Henceforth UR. S. AUGUSTINUS, In Ps. cit., 214-217. [29] This exhortation is directed especially to those raised to sacred Orders precisely that the work of Christ may be continued. CONC. This movement was long regarded with suspicion by the Catholic Church. especially, H. Mlhlen, Una mistica persona, Munich-Paderborn, 1968, 496-502, 504-513. It would have been possible to formulate more clearly what it was the intention to express; but as regards the effective content, it is impossible to close one's eyes to the divergences that exist in the way in which the Church is conceived. This phrase suggests a quantitative, almost materialistic, dimension, as though it were possible to quantify or count all the elements, checking to see whether their numbers were complete. While invoking the Holy Spirit, they seek in these very Scriptures God as it were speaking to them in Christ, Whom the prophets foretold, Who is the Word of God made flesh for us. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 4). It includes conversion and renewal, without which there can be no ecumenism or dialogue, because ecumenism, rather than an exchange of ideas, is an exchange of gifts. The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council. Paus Gregorius XVI, Summo Iugiter Studio (#5), 27 Mei 1832: "Di samping itu terdapat akta-akta yang khidmat [solemnes actus] milik Gereja di mana dogma yang sama telah diserukan.Maka di dalam dekret tentang iman yang diterbitkan oleh Inosensius III dengan sinode Lateran IV, hal-hal berikut tertulis: 'Sesungguhnya, hanya terdapat satu Gereja universal dari para umat beriman, di luar mana . Lumen Gentium, nn. Forty years are a measure of biblical time. The term ecumenical movement indicates the initiatives and activities planned and undertaken, according to the various needs of the Church and as opportunities offer, to promote Christian unity. 21. As distinct from what occurred in the situation of the schism of the East, with the Communities that resulted from the Reformation we are not only in the presence of doctrinal divergences but also of fundamental structure and of another type of Church. IV (1870), Constitutio Pastor Aeternus: Collac 7, 482 a. Thus they promote the right ordering of Christian life and, indeed, pave the way to a full vision of Christian truth. 19, 21, 22, 23). 3 ff.). Baptism, therefore, envisages a complete profession of faith, complete incorporation in the system of salvation such as Christ willed it to be, and finally complete ingrafting in eucharistic communion. 1. Introduction by Cardinal Kasper, Communio. The restoration of unity among all Christians is one of the principal concerns of the Second Vatican Council" (n. 1). Originally, communio and communio sanctorum did not designate the communities of Christians, but their participation (participatio) in the goods of salvation, in the sancta, that is, in the sacramenta. [2] Cf. but we can pray with non-Catholics in the sense of praying "in their presence.". Mhler and J.H. This change of heart and holiness of life, along with public and private prayer for the unity of Christians, should be regarded as the soul of the whole ecumenical movement, and merits the name, spiritual ecumenism., It is a recognized custom for Catholics to have frequent recourse to that prayer for the unity of the Church which the Saviour Himself on the eve of His death so fervently appealed to His Father: That they may all be one. The Guiding Concept of Catholic Ecumenical Theology. Free shipping for many products! 5-12). The path of ecumenism is not a journey towards the unknown. The eschaton does not in fact refer to a future reality that is located outside history. This close identification of the Church of Jesus Christ with the Catholic Church is present, for example, in the Encyclicals Mystici Corporis (1943) and Humani Generis (1950).8, However, Mystici Corporis also recognizes that there are persons who, while they may not be baptized, belong to the Catholic Church because they so desire (cf. Today, in many parts of the world, under the inspiring grace of the Holy Spirit, many efforts are being made in prayer, word and action to attain that fullness of unity which Jesus Christ desires. It has already declared its teaching on the Church, and now, moved by a desire for the restoration of unity among all the followers of Christ, it wishes to set before all Catholics the ways and means by which they too can respond to this grace and to this divine call. I seldom look back, only forward in anticipation of the next greater now. But the Council warns against polemics. Similarly it must not be forgotten that from the beginning the Churches of the East have had a treasury from which the Western Church has drawn extensively - in liturgical practice, spiritual tradition, and law. 4, 29). It subsequently states with regard to the Orthodox Churches: "Through the celebration of the Eucharist of the Lord in each of these Churches, the Church of God is built up and grows in stature, and through concelebration, their communion with one another is made manifest" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 15). In this liturgical worship, the Christians of the East pay high tribute, in beautiful hymns of praise, to Mary ever Virgin, whom the ecumenical Council of Ephesus solemnly proclaimed to be the holy Mother of God, so that Christ might be acknowledged as being truly Son of God and Son of Man, according to the Scriptures. It is significant that the term "dialogue" is repeated like a refrain at the end of the various parts of this section of the Decree (cf. 24 M. Luther, De captivitate Babylonica ecclesiae praeludium (1520): WA 560 ff. This gives us a good reason to enquire: what was the purpose of the Decree? In the study of revelation East and West have followed different methods, and have developed differently their understanding and confession of God's truth. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 17).20 It therefore declared that "this entire heritage of spirituality and liturgy, of discipline and theology, in the various traditions, belongs to the full catholic and apostolic character of the Church" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 17).21. 1 Petr. To re-establish unity, therefore, it is essential to "impose no burden beyond what is indispensable (Acts 15:28)" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 18). This is the sacred mystery of the unity of the Church, in Christ and through Christ, the Holy Spirit energizing its various functions. This Sacred Council is gratified to note that the participation by the Catholic faithful in ecumenical work is growing daily. The Biblical and liturgical movements, the preaching of the word of God and catechetics, the apostolate of the laity, new forms of religious life and the spirituality of married life, and the Church's social teaching and activity - all these should be considered as pledges and signs of the future progress of ecumenism. Mt. In the ultimate analysis, ecumenism is an adventure of the Spirit. Thanks to "subsistit in", the Council was able to make a remarkable qualitative leap. ), Il ministero petrino. However, "very weighty differences" exist, "not only of a historical, sociological, psychological and cultural character, but especially in the interpretation of revealed truth" (Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 19). Lumen Gentium, n. 4; Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 2). It was for this reason that Pope Pius XII in 1949 had condemned an exclusive interpretation of the axiom "Extra ecclesiam nulla salus".9. Tertio Millennio Adveniente, n. 18). The Council is the Magna Charta for the Church's journey in the 21st century (cf. 11. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 23). The Church will be in history what she is, what she has always been and what she always will be. On several occasions the Pope has said that the ecumenical venture is irrevocable (cf. Christ summons the Church to continual reformation as she sojourns here on earth. This dynamic, as has happened all too often in the Church's history, could have been erroneously interpreted as a progressivist movement that saw the heritage of ancient traditions as obsolete, rejecting it in the name of what might be termed a progressivist conception of faith. We should therefore pray to the Holy Spirit for the grace to be genuinely self-denying, humble. Therefore, the contribution of Unitatis Redintegratio to the solution of the ecumenical problem is not "the ecclesiology of the elements" but the distinction between full communion and partial communion (cf. We are also linked to the Communities born of the Reformation by many important elements of the true Church, including above all the proclamation of the Word of God and Baptism. Everywhere large numbers have felt the impulse of this grace, and among our separated brethren also there increases from day to day the movement, fostered by the grace of the Holy Spirit, for the restoration of unity among all Christians. For many centuries the Church of the East and that of the West each followed their separate ways though linked in a brotherly union of faith and sacramental life; the Roman See by common consent acted as guide when disagreements arose between them over matters of faith or discipline. The Church is wherever the Eucharist is celebrated. The latter have recently come to the fore and have created problems within both the Ecclesial Communities of the Reformation and relations between them and the Catholic Church. orientalium ecclesiarum unitatis redintegratio christus May 12th, 2020 - orientalium ecclesiarum unitatis redintegratio christus dominus optatam totius perfectae caritatis gravissimum educationis nostra aetate dei verbum herders theologischer kommentar zum zweiten vatikanischen konzil by peter hnermann editor bernd jochen hilberath editor The ecumenical movement and the goal it has set, the full unity of disciples of Christ, remains within the furrows marked by Tradition. For men who believe in Christ and have been truly baptized are in communion with the Catholic Church even though this communion is imperfect. [35] Hence, through the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in each of these churches, the Church of God is built up and grows in stature[36] and through concelebration, their communion with one another is made manifest. [9], In order to establish this His holy Church everywhere in the world till the end of time, Christ entrusted to the College of the Twelve the task of teaching, ruling and sanctifying. Their longing for union with Christ inspires them to seek an ever closer unity, and also to bear witness to their faith among the peoples of the earth. Unitatis Redintegratio, n. 3; Ut Unum Sint, n. 14), but she now has a dialogical awareness of this and takes the other Churches and Ecclesial Communities into account. Where the authentic theological traditions of the Eastern Church are concerned, we must recognize the admirable way in which they have their roots in Holy Scripture, and how they are nurtured and given expression in the life of the liturgy. 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