Power and Poverty in the Church: The Renewal and Understanding of Service
By Yves Congar OP.
Description
Neither Cardinals nor Cadillacs were among the marks of the primitive Church, but simplicity, holy poverty, and above all, the service of the ministry. In the course of time, social and political obligations obscured the basic function of the hierarchy, especially after Constantine. Later legalistic and organizational emphases led to further distortions. But the Church is renewing its understanding of itself through the Holy Spirit's enlightening of the Fathers in Vatican II. John XXIII s emphasis on a Church of service and poverty is explored and presented here by Father Congar. He tr...
ISBN(s)
0809153033, 9780809153039
