Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Varying Form of Title: | Vraie et fausse réforme dans l'église
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| Other authors / contributors: | Philibert, Paul J.
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| Notes: | Title from resource description page (viewed September 15, 2014).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Twentieth century religious thought). Available via World Wide Web.
This edition in English ; original language in French.
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| Summary: | Archbishop Angelo Roncalli (later Pope John XXIII) read True and False Reform during his years as papal nuncio in France and asked, "A reform of the church--is such a thing really possible?" A decade later as pope, he opened the Second Vatican Council by describing its goals in terms that reflected Congar's description of authentic reform: reform that penetrates to the heart of doctrine as a message of salvation for the whole of humanity, that retrieves the meaning of prophecy in a living church, and that is deeply rooted in history rather than superficially related to the apostolic tradition. Pope John called the council not to reform heresy or to denounce errors but to update the church's capacity to explain itself to the world and to revitalize ecclesial life in all its unique local manifestations. Congar's masterpiece fills in the blanks of what we have been missing in our reception of the council and its call to "true reform."
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| Other form: | Original publisher ISBN 9780814656938
Original
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