Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 78 No. 2, 2008.
Review article
Church Movements Like the Church in Motion: Thoughts About the Eccessiological Identity of Church Movements
Ivica Raguž
orcid.org/0000-0002-0083-0325
; Catholic Faculty of Theology in Djakovo, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Djakovo, Croatia
Abstract
Today we are witnesses of the growing presence of Church movements in the Church. Their presence imposes a multitude of questions: What is their role in the Church? Are they needed by the Church at all? Do they correspond to the very nature of the Church? This article attempts to answer these and similar questions. The first part of the article presents thoughts about Church movements in the context of the theology of charismas at the Second Vatican Council and in the theology of Karl Rahner. Church movements are taken to be charismas and as such apply to the very nature of the Church. In the second part of the article it analysis some fundamental features of Church movements that once again express their ecclesiological identity, their critical value for the Church and the Church's involvement in today's world. Some dangers in Church movements are presented here. Finally, Church movements are observed as pilgrim movements that serve as a pilgrim motion of the Church as the »Path«.
Keywords
Church movements; charisma; laity; the Church; Karl Rahner; Benedict XVI
Hrčak ID:
28231
URI
Publication date:
12.8.2008.
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