Leahy, Brendan
(2011)
The Role of Canon Law in the Ecumenical Venture: a Roman Catholic Perspective.
Ecclestical Law Journal, 13.
pp. 15-25.
ISSN 0956-618X
Abstract
One of the main goals of the Second Vatican Council (the 50th anniversary of whose opening
will be celebrated in 2012) was the unity of all Christians. Not least among its achievements
was the fact that it launched the Catholic Church into the Ecumenical Movement and also
paved the way for a global revision of the Church’s Code of Canon Law. This article reflects
from a Roman Catholic perspective on aspects to do with canon law and ecumenism. It
does so in the light of the Council’s teaching and reception. Conciliar hermeneutics and
questions left open at the Council are considered. In conclusion, the author suggests that
greater attention to the Church’s charismatic principle and missionary mandate underlined
at the Council offers wide scope for continuing exploration among Anglican and Roman
Catholic canonists in the cause of unity.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Canon Law; Ecumenical Venture; Roman Catholic; |
| Academic Unit: |
St Patrick's College, Maynooth > Faculty of Theology |
| Item ID: |
4709 |
| Depositing User: |
Rev. Brendan Leahy
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| Date Deposited: |
22 Jan 2014 11:09 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Ecclestical Law Journal |
| Publisher: |
The Ecclesiastical Law Society |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| URI: |
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| Use Licence: |
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