Research Catalog

Title

Toward a Catholic constitution / Leonard Swidler.

Author

Swidler, Leonard J.

Publication

New York : Crossroad, 1996.

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Description

x, 191 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Set up a Constitution for the Catholic Church." Those were the instructions of Pope Paul VI during the Second Vatican Council. This book presents the history, theology, and spirituality that validate such a document, and offers working drafts of constitutions for parishes, dioceses, and the international church.

Subject

• Catholic Church > Government
• Catholic Church > Doctrines
• Catholic Church > Membership
• Catholic Church > History > 1965-
• Church renewal > Catholic Church

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "A paperback original."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-185) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. The Copernican Turn of Vatican II -- 2. Vatican II and the Turn Toward This World -- 3. Vatican II and the Turn Toward Dialogue -- 4. Vatican II and the Turn Toward History: A New Freedom -- 5. Vatican II and the Turn Toward Freedom -- 6. The Vatican II Attitude Toward History and Freedom -- 7. Religious Freedom and Religious Dialogue -- 8. Religious Freedom and Catholic Church-State Relations -- 9. Doctrinal Authority and Freedom in the Church -- 10. The Turn Toward Inner-Church Reform -- 11. Church Reform: Vatican II and Aftermath -- 12. The Maturation of American Catholicism -- 13. European Church Renewal Movements -- 14. Call for a Catholic Constitutional Convention -- 15. Democracy in the Catholic Church -- 16. Suggestions for Intermediate Steps to Be Taken -- 17. Suggestions for the Organization and Action of the Catholic Constitutional Convention -- 2000/2001 C.E. -- Appendix A.A Proposed Constitution of the Catholic Church -- Appendix B.A Proposed Constitution for the Parish (or similar local unit) -- Appendix C.A Proposed Constitution for the Diocese.

ISBN

0824516265 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^96021857^

OCLC

34832661

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library