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The Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church

The Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church

Helmick Sj, Raymond G.

Hardcover

Series: Ecclesiological Investigations, Book 22

CatholicismGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 0567224015
ISBN13: 9780567224019
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Sep 25 2014
Pages: 320
Weight: 1.15
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English

The Catholic Church in the United States and Europe has seen declining numbers both in regular attendance and in clergy and religious life.Scandals have torn at people's allegiance, and feelings of disappointment, disillusion, and anger have become widespread. Church authorities have seemed reluctant to acknowledge or address these problems and have responded with vexation to those who raise them from the Right or Left. The Crisis of Confidence in the Catholic Church examines the roots of this crisis in light of the nature of the Church community, its institutional structure, and the historical experiences that have brought it to this pass. Raymond Helmick, SJ, traces the problems of the Catholic Church far back in its history - concentration of Church leadership on control of the Christian population, a requirement of obedience to their rulings rather than on the Gospel values of Jesus, the defensiveness and self-righteousness in the face of any criticism. Helmick also emphasizes the role of the Second Vatican Council as it brought the Church to an awareness of its potentiality for an active life of faith by its total membership.

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