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what challenges were facing the bishops after WW2: 1) technological advances and what the church found was moral / unmoral
2) religious plurality
3) where the church stood of political, economic, and social concerns
4) globalization of catholic missions
5) uniqueness of regional structures
2.
what did vatican 2 say about the church relations to the liturgy and the sacraments: - tridentine latine mass became vernacular ordinary mass
- penance / reconciliation became more public but less necessary
- inclusion of popular instruments and hymns
3.
what did vatican 2 say about the church's relations about moral teachings: - radical in social activism
- conservative on sex
4.
what did vatican 2 say about the church's relations in hierarchy and the laity: - wanted to allow the laity to become more involved because as the pilgrim people of god everyone needs to be involved. bring about the idea of the laity bringing responses in the church and in translating the bible into the vernacular so more people can be involved
-role of catechists
- end of tridentine mass
- also bishops and laity begin to play a more powerful role in regional struggles
- still tensions because of papal authority and traditional hierarchy
5.
what did vatican 2 say about the church's relations to non-christian religions: used to be exclusivit - emphasis on apostolic succession and the administration of the spirit through the sacraments. After Vatican II becomes inclusivist and says that salvation comes from the grace of Jesus Christ's resurrection but that the grace works outside the church and outside the "sacraments." Says that other religion are true because they are inspired by the holy spirit they just don't know it
- missionary work not just tries to bring the "whole revelation" to other religions through inculturation and then through catholic education.
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what did vatican 2 say about the church's relations to the rest of the world: focuses on making the church "this worldly" because ever since the council of trent because now they believed that the kingdom of heaven would manifest it self on earth so they begin to play a role in social justice and human rights.
- they also redefined themselves as the "pilgrim people of God" meaning that they were a vehicle moving towards heaven with all other religions as well by extensions of this the church rejected the idea of being exclusive
7.
what issues did bishops face in the terms of religious pluralism: the discipline of the human sciences began to develop and people studied all different religions, by the 20th century people in the west were more aware of other religions also bishops around the world became exposed to other religions. So the church were not sure how they should approach these other religions,
- exclusivism - only Christianity could save you
- relativism- all religions real and valid
- syncretism - all religions are basically he same
8.
what issues did bishops face in the terms of social, political and economic advances: Communism, capitalism, nazism
- prior to this the church had said extreme capitalism, bad working conditions, and communism were bad but it said nothing about concrete governments, became very controversial when the church took a neutral stance on Nazism, and the church was pushed to make concrete statements
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what issues did bishops face in the terms of technological advances: dropping of the atomic bomb
10.
what issues did bishops face in the terms of the globalization of catholic missionaries: - protestant missionary work had largely expanded so catholics wanted to as well but issue arose about whether the missions should be paternalistic "bringing light to people who were in the dark" or should "respect" that these people weren't in the dark and thus the church should practice "inculturation" with the native religion and try to draw similarities
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what issues did bishops face in the terms of the uniqueness of regional struggles: the various churches established around the world sometimes had to deal with their own religion struggles and many laypeople and bishops became involved in social justice and human rights conflicts without permission from the church and there was tension within the hierarchy because the bishops argued that church had no idea what was happening in the world
12.
what was the term for the catholic "bringing up to date" that occured after WW11: Aggiornamento
13.
when did the church realize they were not to date: began to do more missionary work because protestant missionary work had been expanding, and through this work the bishops were faced with many different questions on how they should react to certain regional struggles
14.
where did the christians after constantine believe the kingdom of heaven was and what was their relation to the world: kingdom = other worldly
world = pro- worldly, work with empire
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where did the christians after the reaffirmation believe the kingdom of heaven was and what was their relation to the world: kingdom = other worldly
world = anti-worldly, step away from politics
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where did the christians after Vatican II believe the kingdom of heaven was and what was their relation to the world: kingdom - this worldly
world = pro-worldly become involved in social justice and human rights
17.
where did the early christians believe the kingdom of heaven was and what was their relation to the world: kingdom = this-worldly
world - anti-worldly, just waiting for the kingdom of heaven to come so they didn't listen to romans
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who called Vatican II: Pope John 23
19.
who replaces John 23 during the council and what 2 issues does he remain conservative on: papal authority and sexuality
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why did Pope John 23 close Vatican 1 instead of continuing to go with it, and what did he want the council to do?: very conservative tone, confirmed the dogma of papal infallibility, so he wanted to start a new council, bring church up to date
