Copernican Revolution at the Second Vatican Council? The historical-theological analysis of the writing of the second chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, the People of God Cover Image

„Rewolucja kopernikańska” na Soborze Watykańskim II? Analiza historyczno-teologiczna redakcji drugiego rozdziału Konstytucji dogmatycznej o Kościele Lumen gentium, o Ludzie Bożym
Copernican Revolution at the Second Vatican Council? The historical-theological analysis of the writing of the second chapter of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, the People of God

Author(s): Artur Antoni Kasprzak
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: Council Vatican II; People of God; De Populo Dei; De Ecclesia; Lumen Gentium; Commissio de doctrina Fidei et Morum; Sobór Watykański II; Lud Boży

Summary/Abstract: The study of this article, takes for its historical-theological analysis, the drafting of the fundamental conception of the understanding of the Church by the Second Vatican Council: The Church as People of God. This ancient term appears already in the first schema of the Church prepared by the Roman Curia, but its main place is in Lumen Gentium, the latest version of the text of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. The main focus of this study is devoted to the reconstruction of the most important steps in the formulation of this term. The purpose of the article, is to put into an adequate perspective the statement of journalists and some conciliar historians, that the writing of the new chapter of the People of God in Lumen Gentium has become the symbol of the Copernican Revolution at the Second Vatican Council.

  • Issue Year: 17/2018
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 39-52
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish