SMC103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Second Vatican Council, Pyramid Scheme, Lumen Gentium
15 Dec 2012
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The vatican ii begins the council with the mystery of the church. It is not how the document originally looked, first looking at the church as a militant and shifting into the lens of mystery. The church cannot be exhausted by one human institution nor by metaphor. They placed the roman catholic church in a broader context, in lumen gentium. It talks about the founding of the church by christ, one having to be the emphasis on mystery but also the use of ressourcement and a literary critical reading of the scripture. It discusses jesus" ministry, and talks about jesus" inauguration of the church rather than founding. The bishops go on to talk not immediately what jesus does in direct relation to the church, but instead details of the kingdom of god. The lumen gentium talks about jesus speaking of the.
