Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fernando Rodrigues Francisco.pdf: 1021739 bytes, checksum: ab3bc9c64b9e949ea9a8a297e5f31df9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-14 / This study aims to point out the fundamental elements of the theology of the laity present in the documents of the Magisterium of the Church, in a special way in the apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici, from the blessed John Paul II. It is known that many of these elements had already been listed by renowned theologians way before the Second Vatican Council. However, it was with the Vatican II that the theology of the laity was consolidated and the laymen began to demand a greater participation in the organization and mission in the Church. In the first chapter we see that this council has established important concepts for understanding the theology of the laity: as 'people of God', 'participation', 'communion', 'common priesthood'. Through baptism all believers are co-responsible in the Church's evangelizing mission. Through this baptism all the faithful are co-responsable in the threefold mission of the church. By this sacrament the laymen faithful become participants of the triple munus of Christ. It is from this participation that spring the fundamental elements that characterize the theology of the laity: leadership, holiness, secular mission, ministries, offices, roles, charisms. The laymen faithful, in communion with the Church, working in the temporal reality and take the Good News of Jesus. In the second chapter we point out the essential elements of the theology of the laity present at apostolic exhortation Christifideles Laici. This post-synodal exhortation stated that the saving mission of the Church is held in the world by all baptized christians. The fundamental new of this exhortation is the act of the laymen in the Church and in the world. The lay aggregation and ecclesial criteria for these forms of associations constitute the heart of Christifideles Laici. In the third chapter we understand that the elements of the theology of the laity, well founded, would be useful not only to substantiate the sacrament of baptism and to solve the pastoral problems of the parishes, but also they would help to clarify the relationship between clergy and laymen, the various ministries and charisms, the various vocations and the sanctification of the laymen in the Church and the world. Finally, we saw the effort that the Church must still be taken in applying the theology of the laity, to be a more effective tool used in the dissemination of Gospel in the world. Much remains to be done for the recognition of the lay ministries and the work together with ordained ministers, however, Christifideles Laici pointed the baptism as a starting for a common mission, since all are members of one body whose head is Christ, into the New Evangelization / Este estudo pretende apontar os elementos fundamentais da teologia do laicato presentes nos documentos do Magistério da Igreja, de forma especial na exortação apostólica Christifideles Laici, do beato João Paulo II. Sabemos que muitos desses elementos já haviam sido elencados por renomados teólogos bem antes do concílio Vaticano II. Porém, foi com o Vaticano II que a teologia do laicato foi consolidada e os leigos começaram a exigir uma maior participação na organização e na missão na Igreja. No primeiro capítulo percebemos que este concílio firmou conceitos importantes para a compreensão da teologia do laicato; como povo de Deus , participação , comunhão , sacerdócio comum . Através do batismo todos os fiéis são corresponsáveis na missão evangelizadora da Igreja. Por este sacramento os fiéis leigos se tornam participantes do tríplice múnus de Cristo. É desta participação que brotam os elementos fundamentais que caracterizam a teologia do laicato: protagonismo, santidade, missão secular, ministérios, ofícios, funções, carismas. Os fiéis leigos, em comunhão com a Igreja, atuam na realidade temporal e levam a Boa-Nova de Jesus. No segundo capítulo expomos os elementos essenciais da teologia do laicato presentes na exortação apostólica Christifideles Laici. Esta exortação pós-sinodal declarou que a missão salvífica da Igreja é realizada no mundo por todos os cristãos batizados. A novidade fundamental desta exortação está no agir dos leigos na Igreja e no mundo. As agregações laicais e os critérios de eclesialidade para essas formas agregativas constituem o coração da Christifideles Laici. No terceiro capítulo entendemos que os elementos da teologia do laicato, bem fundamentados, seriam úteis não apenas para fundamentar o sacramento do batismo e resolver os problemas pastorais das paróquias, mas ajudariam a esclarecer a relação entre clérigos e leigos, os diversos ministérios e carismas, as variadas vocações e a santificação dos leigos na Igreja e no mundo. Por fim, evidenciamos o esforço que a Igreja ainda deve empreender na aplicação da teologia do laicato, para ser um instrumento mais eficaz na divulgação do Evangelho no mundo. Falta muito a ser feito para o reconhecimento dos ministérios laicais e o trabalho conjunto com os ministros ordenados, porém, a Christifideles Laici apontou o batismo como um ponto de partida para uma missão comum, pois todos são membros de um só corpo cuja cabeça é Cristo, rumo à Nova Evangelização

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There has been a great deal of research into Victorian religious ideas and organisations carried out in recent years. However, the research tends to focus on areas in which evidence is most manageable - that is, on denominations and sects which have a relatively limited and well-defined membership, or, if the Church of Ireland is concerned, on the activities of the professional full-time representatives of the Church, the clergy. In choosing to study the role of the laity in the Church of England, I have attempted to extend the circle of research a little further from the centre towards which it ordinarily tends to contract. [continued in text ...]

The problem of this study is to compare the present practice in the field of leadership education in certain representative local Methodist Churches in the Central Texas Conference with 1) the procedures recommended by the Methodist Church, and 2) the specific needs of the local churches.

Thesis advisor: Richard Lennan / A number of theologians claim that the church has not tapped into the fullness of Vatican II’s teaching on the sensus fidelium. As an attempt to address that concern, this dissertation examines the teaching authority of the laity as a key element in the expression of the sensus fidelium in the church. It argues for a fuller realization of Vatican II’s emphasis on the laity’s participation in Christ’s prophetic office. It proposes a three-part lay hermeneutic (hermeneutic of everyday life, hermeneutic of desire, and hermeneutic of trust) as a relevant, authoritative framework for discerning the sensus fidelium, of which Filipino popular Catholicism is a living expression. This dissertation employs a method that is primarily critical, hermeneutical and practical. It is structured in two parts: the first two chapters establish the theological underpinnings of the study, while the last three chapters focus on the laity, their sense of the faith, their reception process, their lived faith expressed through popular Catholicism, and their participation in the prophetic office of Christ. Through an analysis of the laity’s sensus fidei as an integral dimension in the discernment of the sensus fidelium, this dissertation emphasizes that authority in the church derives from all its members and that the interpretation of faith is a process that invites the participation of all the baptized as sharers in Christ’s prophetic function. In such a church, not only the ordained, but the laity, equally belong to the guild of interpreters of God’s revelation. The laity possess a teaching authority that contributes significantly to the life of the church. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2015. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Theology.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rogerio Lemos.pdf: 467585 bytes, checksum: 9ff6a82daf76a290889594c8d0962b3f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-28 / This dissertation in systematic theology, whose theme is the real priesthood: foundation for an active and fruitful liturgical participation from the laity faithful intended by a theological reflection demonstrate the value of the participation of the faithful, through the real priesthood in the liturgical action of the Church and the Christian life. There is until today a misinterpretation by ordained ministers and some theologians about the place and role of the laity and participation in the Church´s life, not being aware of their importance to the ecclesial action. Liturgical Theology has much to offer through a scathing reflection on the amounts deposited by Vatican II to all sectors of the Church. The Universal Church Documents and CELAM indicate theology task that the Church has today to the conscience of its clear members about discipleship and missionary in an active, conscious and fruitful participation in the Church and in the world. It´s possible to overcome the understanding that many people have about the liturgical reflection. The study demonstrates the role of liturgical science is not merely ritualistic, but causes implications to the diocesan and parochial Church´s life, and in the very essence of the Christian person contributing to a better reality for themselves and others. This task must be done and the liturgical theology has the assignment to elucidate it to everyone, so there is a correct understanding of it / A presente dissertação de mestrado em teologia sistemática, cujo tema é o sacerdócio real: fundamento para uma participação litúrgica ativa e frutuosa dos fiéis leigos (as), pretende por meio de uma reflexão teológica, demonstrar o valor da participação dos fiéis na ação litúrgica da Igreja e na vida cristã, efetivada pelo sacerdócio real. Encontra-se ainda hoje, uma deficiente interpretação por boa parte dos ministros ordenados e de alguns teólogos sobre o papel e lugar do leigo (a) e de sua participação na vida da Igreja, não tendo consciência da sua importância para a ação eclesial. A Teologia litúrgica tem muito a oferecer por meio de uma reflexão contundente acerca dos valores depositados pelo Concílio Vaticano II a todos os setores da Igreja. Os Documentos da Igreja Universal e do CELAM apontam a tarefa que a teologia possui hoje na Igreja de clarear a consciência dos seus membros acerca do discipulado e da missionariedade numa participação ativa, consciente e frutuosa na Igreja e no mundo. É possível superar este entendimento que muitos possuem acerca da reflexão litúrgica. O estudo demonstra que o papel da ciência litúrgica não é meramente ritualístico, mas provoca implicações na vida da Igreja diocesana e paroquial, e no próprio ser da pessoa cristã contribuindo para uma realidade melhor para si e para os outros. É uma tarefa que a teologia litúrgica se impõe e tem como dever clareá-la a todos, para que haja uma correta compreensão da mesma

Thesis (D. Min.)--Reformed Theological Seminary, Charlotte, NC, 2005. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-185).

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2004. / Includes abstract. Translated from Korean. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-257).

Applied research project (D. Min.)--School of Theology and Missions, Oral Roberts University, 2004. / Includes abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 184-191).