The Old Rectory and the Pharaoh's Fingernail by Louise Leedham

The Old Rectory and the Pharaoh's Fingernail by Louise Leedham

Almost sixty years after Vatican I, the question of its interpretation is as lively as ever. While numerous theologies of renewal are advanced, conspicuously absent is any serious erudition of the text taken by Paul VI, John Paul I, and Benedict XVI as the hermeneutical key to understanding the Council's goal and method, namely, Paul VI's encyclical, Ecclesiam Suam. This study corrects this inattention and proposes that Pope Paul's logic of renewal is so profoundly a dimension of divine revelation and of the Church's life that it is not just one theology of renewal among many, but the theology of renewal. It is thus the key to understanding the Council's authentic pastoral character. The logic of renewal sets personal, spiritual metanoia as the center path of renewal, preceded by the path of doctrinal penetration, which assures that renewal is faithful to God, and complemented by the path of reinvigorated mission, which is the fruit of conversion. As the first post-Christendom ecumenical council, Vatican I addressed the question: What does it mean to be the Church of Christ at this point in history? Its answer: Become what you are Convert into a more perfect realization of your own mystery, vocation, and mission.

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ISBN 13	9781398445598
ISBN 10	1398445592
Title	The Old Rectory and the Pharaoh's Fingernail
Author	Louise Leedham
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Austin Macauley Publishers
Year published	2024-03-28
Number of pages	138
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