The Heart of the Current Reception of the Ecclesiology of the People of God. "New paths in the theology and practice of sensus fidei"
Rafael Luciani
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello of Caracas (Venezuela); Boston College (United States)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-2054
Abstract
The current synodal process is fostering a deepening of the sensus fidei, as a precious theological treasure in the listening of the Spirit on the part of the People of God. It supposes an ecclesiological turn, which has its novelty in the intertwined reading of Lumen gentium 12 (sensus fidei) and 23 (local Churches). It foresees a new reception of pneumatology and a spiritual and binding dynamic of all the faithful, and introduces restitutio (or giving back) as a new step on the way to build the sensus totius populi. We are living an ecclesial stage in which a first emergence of what will be a synodal ecclesiality can be appreciated, though not fully yet theorized. We will try to develop this in the following contribution.
Keywords:
sensus fidei, synodality, people of God, restitutio, faithful, SynodReferences
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Authors
Rafael LucianiUniversidad Católica Andrés Bello of Caracas (Venezuela); Boston College United States
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5067-2054
Rafael Luciani - Venezuelan layman, Doctor in Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University and postdoctoral research at the Julius Maximilians Universität. Professor at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello of Caracas (Avenida Teherán, Caracas 1020, Distrito Capital, Venezuela) and Extraordinary Professor at the School of Theology and Ministry of Boston College (Simboli Hall, 9 Lake Street, Brighton, MA 02135, USA). He teaches ecclesiology, Vatican Council II and Christology. He serves as expert of CELAM, member of ETAP (team of theologian advisors of the CLAR presidency), and expert member of the Theological Commission of the General Secretariat of the Synod.
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