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In the Era of Synodality, ‘Lumen Gentium’ Delivers a Key Message About Episcopal Authority – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

In the Era of Synodality, ‘Lumen Gentium’ Delivers a Key Message About Episcopal Authority

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Pope St. Paul VI speaks during the Second Vatican Council as seen from this television screen. (photo: Jack de Nijs for Anefo / Public Domain)

By Larry Chapp, National Catholic Register, November 27, 2024

Larry Chapp received his doctorate in theology from Fordham University in 1994, with a specialization in the theology of Hans Urs von Balthasar. …

COMMENTARY: The Second Vatican Council document articulates the proper relationship between papal authority and the authority of bishops, individually and collectively.

Nov. 21 of this year marked the 60th anniversary of the promulgation of Lumen Gentium, the dogmatic constitution of the Church, at the Second Vatican Council. Obviously, there are a lot of topics surrounding this event that could be highlighted. I would like to focus on the changes Lumen Gentium made on the issue of episcopal jurisdiction and authority, as it’s something of special importance today, especially in light of the current emphasis on synodality.

To put things into proper historical context, it is important to remember that the First Vatican Council was interrupted and ended prematurely in 1870, before the council could completely develop its dogmatic definition of papal infallibility in its landmark text, Pastor Aeternus, which was promulgated on the last day the council was able to meet. ….

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