Reforma Kościoła i w Kościele. Formuła „Ecclesia semper reformanda”
Reform of the Church and in the Chruch. The Historical Aspect of the Formula "Ecclesia Semper Reformanda"

Summary/Abstract: This article attempts to trace the origins of the formula Ecclesia semper reformandawhich is frequently referred to in ecclesiology as well as in debates on certain issueswhich have to be tackled in the contemporary Church. Although the idea of the reformof the Church is as old as the Church itself, the very formula dates back to the circlesof the Dutch Reformed Church, with its author being reverend Jodocus van Lodenstein(1620‒1677) who included the formula in his treatise Beschouwinge van Zion (Utrecht1674). It is likely that the formula, along with the very idea of the reform, was not acknowledgedin the Catholic Church because of its origins. Contemporary theology hasto undertake an important task and to give the formula the authentic meaning which willcorrespond with the catholic ecclesiology, which is definitely promoted by the SecondVatican Council and the teachings of post-conciliar popes.

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