Pope Benedict XVI, since his election to the papacy, has urged Catholic clergy and theologians to interpret the documents of the second Vatican Council using a "hermeneutic of continuity." This thesis seeks to answer whether such a hermeneutic is possible by focusing on one aspect of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, Lumen Gentium. The methodology here employed is a critical analysis of one of the major patristic sources of Lumen Gentiums teaching, St. Augustine of Hippo. In claiming St. Augustines support for its doctrine, Lumen Gentium also offers an interpretation of his thought. For Lumen Gentiums teaching to be plausible, we must be able to conclude that Augustines teaching is essentially identical to it. In that connection, Lumen Gentiums claim that the Church is both a spiritual and visible reality forces us to consider a controverted topic in Augustinian studies: can Augustines city of God be identified with the hierarchical Church? In order to resolve that question, we will examine both the historical and eschatological aspects of the Church in Augustines thought, with some reference (treated in an appendix) to the compatibility between his theory of predestination and his ecclesiology. Further, what the Council meant when it said that the Church of Christ subsists in the Catholic Church, and whether this change in terminology, along with its implications in the field of ecumenism, can be reconciled with St. Augustines ecclesiology must be determined with a view to establishing the continuity between pre and post conciliar Catholic ecclesiology. St. Augustine developed his understanding of the nature of the Church in the early years of his ecclesiastical career through his polemical battles with the Donatist schismatics, and so the history of that schism is related in an appendix.

Thesis--Pontificia università gregoriana. / Vol. 1: 2d ed. "Ex litteratura": v. 1, p. [205]-210; v. 2, p. 205-210.

The restoration of Gregorian chant throughout the nineteenth century culminated in the publication of new official Vatican chant books, particularly the Graduale Romanum of 1908. Major contributions were made by the monks at the abbey of Solesmes, who focused on the oldest available medieval manuscripts, and by scholars in the Cecilian movement, who favored sources compiled after the Middle Ages. These two viewpoints were fused into the Graduale Romanum to create a comprehensive historical perspective. To support this position, this thesis traces historical events and conflicts leading up to the publication of the Graduale Romanum. It also compares the Graduale Romanum with its most immediate source, the 1895 Liber Gradualis by Solesmes, focusing on the Propers of the four Sundays of Advent. Analysis of the differences between the two reveals that the Graduale Romanum closely resembles medieval manuscripts and reflects Renaissance and nineteenth-century sources to a limited degree. / The graduale romanum of 1908 : an exposition -- Toward a new edition of chant -- Graduale romanum and Liber gradualis compared -- Conclusions and proposals for further study. / School of Music

Abstract The present study analyses the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church and the main question addressed is: “How do women construct and maintain an adult Catholic identity in the light of social, political, economic and religious changes?” In order to answer this question I began with grounded theory which enabled me to locate my research in the everyday lives of the study participants. In the course of the research I made a methodological shift to an institutional ethnographic approach in order to better understand the women’s lives as Catholics. One of the major tenets of an institutional ethnographic approach is that in modern bureaucratic organisations the authority and instructions of institutions and organisations are carried via the texts they produce. These texts can be written texts or they can be videos, film, etc. Because they carry the authority of the institution or organisation texts have the power to shape people’s lives and co-ordinate their everyday activities with multiple others, without, however, wholly determining them. In common with other major organisations the Roman Catholic Church is a large, worldwide organisation which relies on the texts it produces to carry its instructions and authority into the homes, churches and personal lives of its members. The greatest production of written texts by the Catholic Church in the modern era took place at the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). While many feminist scholars have dismissed the Council proceedings as saying very little about women in particular, I argue that the Councillors’ writings in several major texts have strongly and specifically impacted the lives of contemporary Catholic women. Consequently, while all the texts produced by the bishops at the council can be considered of interest to practising Catholics generally, in this study I have chosen to focus on texts that related to issues that have proved to be of particular interest to the participants of this research study: the role of the laity in the church, Mariology and marriage. In order to carry out the research involved in this study I interviewed thirty women in Australia and thirty women in Ireland between the ages of 55 and 19 years of age. The Australian women immigrated to Australia during the years 1970 and 1997. All of the participants had been baptised into the Roman Catholic Church as babies and they all underwent a similar socialisation process growing up in Ireland.

Abstract The present study analyses the role of women in the Roman Catholic Church and the main question addressed is: “How do women construct and maintain an adult Catholic identity in the light of social, political, economic and religious changes?” In order to answer this question I began with grounded theory which enabled me to locate my research in the everyday lives of the study participants. In the course of the research I made a methodological shift to an institutional ethnographic approach in order to better understand the women’s lives as Catholics. One of the major tenets of an institutional ethnographic approach is that in modern bureaucratic organisations the authority and instructions of institutions and organisations are carried via the texts they produce. These texts can be written texts or they can be videos, film, etc. Because they carry the authority of the institution or organisation texts have the power to shape people’s lives and co-ordinate their everyday activities with multiple others, without, however, wholly determining them. In common with other major organisations the Roman Catholic Church is a large, worldwide organisation which relies on the texts it produces to carry its instructions and authority into the homes, churches and personal lives of its members. The greatest production of written texts by the Catholic Church in the modern era took place at the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). While many feminist scholars have dismissed the Council proceedings as saying very little about women in particular, I argue that the Councillors’ writings in several major texts have strongly and specifically impacted the lives of contemporary Catholic women. Consequently, while all the texts produced by the bishops at the council can be considered of interest to practising Catholics generally, in this study I have chosen to focus on texts that related to issues that have proved to be of particular interest to the participants of this research study: the role of the laity in the church, Mariology and marriage. In order to carry out the research involved in this study I interviewed thirty women in Australia and thirty women in Ireland between the ages of 55 and 19 years of age. The Australian women immigrated to Australia during the years 1970 and 1997. All of the participants had been baptised into the Roman Catholic Church as babies and they all underwent a similar socialisation process growing up in Ireland.

This dissertation deals with the Czechoslovak-Vatican diplomatic relations since 1945 up to the departure of internuncio Saverio Ritter from Prague. The dissertation deals with the events connected with the Catholic Church in Czechoslovakia and Vatican since the end of the World War II until 1948 and resultant breaking of the diplomatic relations in 1950. The dissertation pays attention to the restoring of diplomatic relations after the World War II. A part of the dissertation is devoted to the expulsion of the German minority and the associated problems relating to the Czechoslovak-Vatican diplomatic relations. There are also outlined initial disagreements of Czechoslovakia and Vatican. There are also sketched problems between Czechoslovakia and the Church such as the confiscation of property of Church, educational reform in church schools or revision of the land reform and the response of Vatican. The dissertation presents the important ecclesiastical and political events that took place in postwar development. There is observed the gradual development of mutual relations and their deterioration to complete interruption. The key sorces were the materials from the Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic in Prague and reports by Czechoslovak and Vatican diplomats. A part of the dissertation is also focused on the problems that occured in Czechoslovakia and Vatican diplomatic relations.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-05Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:21:59Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 primolan_ed_dr_fran.pdf: 1469800 bytes, checksum: d9b9c29d3ace015903be4ef8576d8c62 (MD5) / L‟Objectif de cette thèse est d‟étudier la transition d‟un Catholicisme conservateur vers un Catholicisme renouvelé durant le Council Vatican Deux (1962-1965). Le procès de transition a ses origines dans la nécessité historique d‟établir un dialogue entre l‟Église et le monde moderne. Ce dialogue avait été interrompu pendant le dix-neuvième siècle. Si bien que le Vatican II a consolidé les reformes doctrinaires et pastorales, ceux-ci avaient déjà été introduits depuis le début des années cinquante. Cette étude est basée sur le concept de l‟auto compréhension de l‟Église. Celle-ci détermine à quelle mission l‟Église doit donner sa priorité dans un contexte historique bien déterminé. L‟ analyse des documents originaux écrits par membres du clergé et par des laïques a révélé les conflits, les contradictions e impasses inhérents au procès de transition qui a eu lieu dans les diocèses de Botucatu et Bauru, situés dans la région nord occidentale de l‟Etat de São Paulo, pendant la période de 1948 a 1970. L‟ analyse des documents originaux a révélé quatre différents tipes d‟auto compréhensions de l‟Église pendant la période. Ceux-ci se succédaient ou coexistaient d‟une façon précaire ou conflictuelle. Les contradictions révélées par ces conflits mettaient des difficultés a l‟implantation pleine du programme tel qu‟il fut désigné par le Council / Esta tese tem o objetivo de estudar a transição do catolicismo conservador para o catolicismo renovado consolidado no Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965). O processo de transição partiu da necessidade histórica de se estabelecer um diálogo entre a Igreja e o mundo moderno, do qual a Igreja havia se afastado desde o século XIX. Embora o Vaticano II tenha consolidado reformas doutrinárias e pastorais, estas já vinham se desenvolvendo desde o início da década de 1950. Este estudo está embasado no conceito de autocompreensão da Igreja. Este determina a missão que a Igreja deve priorizar em determinados contextos históricos. A partir de pesquisa documental original produzida por membros do clero e do laicato, foram discutidos os conflitos, contradições e impasses inerentes ao processo de transição ocorrido nas dioceses de Botucatu e de Bauru, região noroeste do Estado de São Paulo, no período de 1948 a 1970. Constatou-se a existência de quatro autocompreensões de Igreja que se sucederam ou coexistiram em uma convivência precária ou em franco conflito. As contradições evidenciadas por esses conflitos colocaram dificuldades para a implantação plena de uma Igreja conforme tinha sido desenhada pelo Vaticano II / The objective of this thesis is to study the transition from a conservative Catholicism to a renewed Catholicism consolidated during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). The transition process originated from the historical necessity to establish a dialogue between the Church and the modern world, from which the Church had distanced itself in the nineteenth century. Although Vatican II consolidated doctrinal and pastoral reforms, these were already being introduced since the beginning of the fifties. This study is based on the concept of self comprehension of the Church. This determines which mission the Church has to prioritize in certain historical contexts. The analysis of original documents written by members of the clergy and laypeople revealed the conflicts, contradictions and impasses inherent to the transition process that occurred in the dioceses of Botucatu and Bauru, situated in the north-western part of the State of São Paulo, during the period 1948-1970. The analysis of the documents revealed four different self comprehensions of the Church during the period. These succeeded each other or had a precarious coexistence and at times were openly in conflict with each other. The contradictions revealed by these conflicts made the full implementation of the program as designed by the Second Vatican Council difficultt

Orientador: Ivan Aparecido Manoel / Banca: Artur Cesar Isaia / Banca: Luiz Carlos Luz Marques / Banca: Nainôra Maria Brbosa de Freitas / Banca: Célia Maria David / Resumo: Esta tese tem o objetivo de estudar a transição do catolicismo conservador para o catolicismo renovado consolidado no Concílio Vaticano II (1962-1965). O processo de transição partiu da necessidade histórica de se estabelecer um diálogo entre a Igreja e o mundo moderno, do qual a Igreja havia se afastado desde o século XIX. Embora o Vaticano II tenha consolidado reformas doutrinárias e pastorais, estas já vinham se desenvolvendo desde o início da década de 1950. Este estudo está embasado no conceito de autocompreensão da Igreja. Este determina a missão que a Igreja deve priorizar em determinados contextos históricos. A partir de pesquisa documental original produzida por membros do clero e do laicato, foram discutidos os conflitos, contradições e impasses inerentes ao processo de transição ocorrido nas dioceses de Botucatu e de Bauru, região noroeste do Estado de São Paulo, no período de 1948 a 1970. Constatou-se a existência de quatro autocompreensões de Igreja que se sucederam ou coexistiram em uma convivência precária ou em franco conflito. As contradições evidenciadas por esses conflitos colocaram dificuldades para a implantação plena de uma Igreja conforme tinha sido desenhada pelo Vaticano II / Abstract: The objective of this thesis is to study the transition from a conservative Catholicism to a renewed Catholicism consolidated during the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965). The transition process originated from the historical necessity to establish a dialogue between the Church and the modern world, from which the Church had distanced itself in the nineteenth century. Although Vatican II consolidated doctrinal and pastoral reforms, these were already being introduced since the beginning of the fifties. This study is based on the concept of self comprehension of the Church. This determines which mission the Church has to prioritize in certain historical contexts. The analysis of original documents written by members of the clergy and laypeople revealed the conflicts, contradictions and impasses inherent to the transition process that occurred in the dioceses of Botucatu and Bauru, situated in the north-western part of the State of São Paulo, during the period 1948-1970. The analysis of the documents revealed four different self comprehensions of the Church during the period. These succeeded each other or had a precarious coexistence and at times were openly in conflict with each other. The contradictions revealed by these conflicts made the full implementation of the program as designed by the Second Vatican Council difficultt / Resume: L‟Objectif de cette thèse est d‟étudier la transition d‟un Catholicisme conservateur vers un Catholicisme renouvelé durant le Council Vatican Deux (1962-1965). Le procès de transition a ses origines dans la nécessité historique d‟établir un dialogue entre l‟Église et le monde moderne. Ce dialogue avait été interrompu pendant le dix-neuvième siècle. Si bien que le Vatican II a consolidé les reformes doctrinaires et pastorales, ceux-ci avaient déjà été introduits depuis le début des années cinquante. Cette étude est basée sur le concept de l‟auto compréhension de l‟Église. Celle-ci détermine à quelle mission l‟Église doit donner sa priorité dans un contexte historique bien déterminé. L‟ analyse des documents originaux écrits par membres du clergé et par des laïques a révélé les conflits, les contradictions e impasses inhérents au procès de transition qui a eu lieu dans les diocèses de Botucatu et Bauru, situés dans la région nord occidentale de l‟Etat de São Paulo, pendant la période de 1948 a 1970. L‟ analyse des documents originaux a révélé quatre différents tipes d‟auto compréhensions de l‟Église pendant la période. Ceux-ci se succédaient ou coexistaient d‟une façon précaire ou conflictuelle. Les contradictions révélées par ces conflits mettaient des difficultés a l‟implantation pleine du programme tel qu‟il fut désigné par le Council / Doutor

[pt] A presente dissertação intitulada: A Eclesiologia Latino-americana como acolhimento criativo do Vaticano II: Um caminho para uma nova recepção da herança conciliar desenvolveu-se estimulada pela reflexão que se vive hoje diante a uma mudança de época que demanda, por parte da Igreja, novas respostas aos desafios que se apresentam à evangelização na cultura atual. Parte-se do Concílio Vaticano II, onde a Igreja sente-se compelida diante do mundo a tomar decisões e dar um novo rumo à sua missão de evangelizar, promovendo assim uma renovação e mudança que possibilita uma nova consciência eclesial, que, por sua vez, é reconhecida e valorizada nos Documentos das Conferências Gerais do Episcopado Latino-americano. Esta nova concepção de Igreja adquire forte vitalidade no pós-Concílio na América Latina. A Igreja latino-americana, atenta aos sinais dos tempos, procura compreender e atualizar sua missão assumindo a realidade e a partir dela testemunha o Evangelho. As consequências eclesiológicas desta tradição latino-americana, possibilitada pelo Vaticano II, iniciada com a Conferência de Medellín e intensificada mais recentemente com a Conferência de Aparecida se apresentam como contribuições atuais para toda a Igreja e situam-se na direção de uma nova recepção da herança conciliar. / [en] This dissertation entitled: The Latin American Ecclesiology as a creative host of Vatican II: A path for a new receipt to reconcile the heritage was developed stimulated by the reflection that lives today on an era change that demands, by the Church, new answers to challenges that present themselves to evangelism in today’s culture. Stems from Vatican II council, where the Church feels compelled against the world to make decisions and grant a new direction in Its mission to evangelize, promoting a renewal and change that enables a new ecclesial consciousness, which is recognized and valued in the General Conferences of Latin American Bishops’ documents. This new conception of Church has strong vitality in the post-council on Latin America. The latin american Church, attentive to the signs of the times, seeking to understand and update their mission assuming the reality and taking from it to witness the gospel. The ecclesiological consequences of this Latin American tradition, made possible by Vatican II, which began with the Medellín’s Conference and intensified more recently with the Aparecida’s Conference, are presented as current contributions to the whole Church and are in the direction of a new reception of the heritage council.