Del Vaticano II... a ¿Jerusalén II?/From Vatican II... to Jerusalem II?

• Published in: Horizonte (Belo Horizonte, Brazil) Brazil), 2011-12, Vol.9 (24), p.1257
• Main Author: Codina, Víctor
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Catholic churches; Celibacy; Religious law; Rites & ceremonies; Theology
• ISSN: 1679-9615; 2175-5841

This article presents the basic lines of the changes produced by the Vatican II. For this purpose, three points are highlighted: a) the recuperation of the ecclesiology of communion, typical of the first millennium of the history of the Church; b) the affirmation of an orientated ecclesiology to the Kingdom; c) the development of a new conception of church that starts to understand itself as sacrament of salvation, always committed to the poor. On the other hand, the article refers to the gaps and shadows that comprise the Vatican II: a) the dualism between the affirmation of a 'Church People of God` and the emphasis in the legal dimension of the traditional ecclesiology; b) the silence of the Church on relevant subjects such as the sacerdotal celibacy and the women's ordering; d) the lack of ecclesial mediations to bring the proposals of the council into effect. The article stands out the spirit of resistance and of closure of the conservative sectors of the Church to the proposals of Vatican II. Facing the "return to the great discipline" that have characterized the current moment of Church and taking the Council as a basic landmark in its history, and as an authentic outbreak of the Spirit on the Church, the article postulates a new council, a Jerusalem II. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]