23 juin 2020
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Joachim Schmiedl, « The Religious in the Documents of the Second Vatican Council », LARHRA, ID : 10.4000/books.larhra.5584
On a first glance, orders and religious communities only seem to have played a minor role in the documents of the Second Vatican Council. Their importance for the conciliar and post-conciliar Church is only to be recognized on a second glance. But then it shows how artfully the role of the orders was integrated into the ecclesiastical structure. In introducing the theme, I would like to offer two aspects. First we have a look at the persons: How much have religious shaped the proceedings of t...