True and False Reform in the Church

Congar OP, Yves

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ISBN 10 : 0814656935 ISBN 13 : 9780814656938

Editeur : Liturgical Press, 2010

Book by Yves Congar OP Translated with an Introduction by

Revue de presse :

Yves Congar's book, first published in 1950, gave Roman Catholics permission to view the Protestant Reformers positively and to speak of Reform in their own Church. Today, after fifty years of post-conciliar renewal and recent years of scandals and repression, this book still offers a theology of authenticity, holiness, and honesty in the Church. Its pages hold insights on how the Christian community can pass beyond introverted structures to ecclesial forms of life and ministry. --Thomas F. O'Meara, OP Warren Professor Emeritus, University of Notre Dame

What a delight to have this readable translation of Congar's classic work on reform of the Church's life, worship, and mission! Originally published in 1950, the book must today be given an important role in any satisfactory account of the movements that prepared and then affected the Second Vatican Council. --Jared Wicks, SJ, The Living Church

True and False Reform in the Church is one of the most important books in the history of theology in the twentieth century. Fifty years after the opening of Vatican II, the publication of this translation is not just an act of remembrance, but of hope. --Massimo Faggioli, University of Saint Thomas, Author of True Reform

Biographie de l'auteur :

Yves Congar, OP, a French Dominican who died in 1995, was the most important ecclesiologist in modern times. His writings and his active participation in Vatican II had an immense influence upon the council documents. With a few other contemporaries, Congar pioneered a new style of theological research and writing that linked the great tradition of Scripture and the Fathers to contemporary pastoral questions with lucidity and passion. His key concerns were the unity of the church, lay apostolic life, and a revival of the church s theology of the Holy Spirit. He was named a cardinal by Pope John Paul II in recognition of his profound contributions to the Second Vatican Council. Paul Philibert, OP, has taught pastoral theology in the United States and abroad. He is a Dominican friar of the Southern Province. His translation of a collection of Congar's essays on the liturgy has recently been published by Liturgical Press under the title At the Heart of Christian Worship. His book The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church (Liturgical Press, 2005) reflects the ecclesiology of Yves Congar and his vision of the apostolic life of the faithful.