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A Critical Examination of Collegiality in the Southern African A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF COLLEGIALITY IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE (SACBC): TOWARDS A LOCAL MODEL OF COLLEGIALITY by ENRICO VALINTINO PARRY submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF THEOLOGY in the subject SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA PROMOTER: DR DP VELDSMAN NOVEMBER 2005 Ainé & Chloe CONTENTS CONTENTS.....................................................................................................................IV ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.............................................................................................IX ABBREVIATIONS ..........................................................................................................X GLOSSARY ....................................................................................................................XI GENERAL INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................1 1 MOTIVATION..............................................................................................................1 2 SIGNIFICANCE ............................................................................................................2 3 BASIC ASSUMPTION....................................................................................................4 4 METHODS OF RESEARCH ............................................................................................5 4.1 Observing the Conference.................................................................................6 4.1.1 Conference meetings.................................................................................7 4.1.2 Interviews and questionnaires...................................................................9 4.1.3 Conference documents............................................................................10 5 DIFFICULTIES AND LIMITATIONS ..............................................................................10 5.1 Focus...............................................................................................................10 5.2 Involvement and distance................................................................................10 5.3 Out of date.......................................................................................................10 6 LAYOUT OF THESIS...................................................................................................10 PART I DEFINING EPISCOPAL COLLEGIALITY................................................10 CHAPTER 1 EXPLANATION OF CONCEPTS ..........................................................10 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10 1 “COLLEGIALITY” .....................................................................................................10 2 “EPISCOPAL COLLEGIALITY”....................................................................................10 2.1 Collegiality in the church................................................................................10 3 “BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE”.........................................................................................10 4 ‘CHURCH’ ................................................................................................................10 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 2 THE TEACHING OF LUMEN GENTIUM ON COLLEGIALITY....10 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10 1 THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL.............................................................................10 1.1 The historical context of Vatican II ................................................................10 1.2 The purpose of Vatican II ...............................................................................10 2 LUMEN GENTIUM AND THE DEBATE ON EPISCOPAL COLLEGIALITY ...........................10 2.1 The contents of Lumen Gentium on collegiality .............................................10 2.1.1 Lumen Gentium 19..................................................................................10 Excursus 1: On the collegial nature of the apostles’ ministry ............................10 2.1.2 Lumen Gentium 20..................................................................................10 Excursus 2: The problem of succession..............................................................10 2.1.3 Lumen Gentium 21..................................................................................10 Excursus 3: Who gets ordained and who not?....................................................10 2.1.4 Lumen Gentium 22..................................................................................10 Excursus 4: Peter, the pope and the early church ...............................................10 2.1.5 Lumen Gentium 23..................................................................................10 - iv - 2.1.6 Lumen Gentium 27..................................................................................10 2.2 The prefatory note...........................................................................................10 2.2.1 Origin and context...................................................................................10 2.2.2 Contents ..................................................................................................10 2.3 Summary of the doctrine of collegiality..........................................................10 3 THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN EFFECTIVE AND AFFECTIVE COLLEGIALITY ..................10 Excursus 5: Ad limina visits................................................................................10 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 3 THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE AS EXPRESSION OF COLLEGIALITY .............................................................................................................10 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10 1 EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES IN HISTORY .....................................................................10 1.1 Particular councils..........................................................................................10 1.2 Spontaneous gatherings of bishops.................................................................10 1.3 Vatican II and thereafter.................................................................................10 1.3.1 Pope Paul VI – Ecclesiae Sanctae & Ecclesiae Imago ...........................10 1.3.2 The 1985 synod of bishops .....................................................................10 1.3.3 Pope John Paul II – Apostolos Suos .......................................................10 1.3.4 The 2001 Synod of bishops & Pastores Gregis ......................................10 2 THE THEOLOGICAL NATURE OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES .......................................10 3 THE FUNCTIONS OF EPISCOPAL CONFERENCES .........................................................10 3.1 General principles ..........................................................................................10 3.1.1 Necessary joint action for the good of the church ..................................10 3.1.2 Solicitude for all the churches.................................................................10 3.2 Members of the conference .............................................................................10 3.3 Functions according to Vatican II documents ................................................10 3.4 Functions according to the Code of Canon Law ............................................10 3.5 Functions in Apostolos Suos ...........................................................................10 3.6 Can the episcopal conference teach and act normatively, or not?.................10 3.6.1 The problem of the disappearing Spirit ..................................................10 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 4 COLLEGIALITY AND THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE.................10 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10 1 CONCILIAR TEACHING – INTENTIONALLY UNFINISHED.............................................10 2 INTERPRETATION AND DISTINCTION.........................................................................10 CONCLUSION....................................................................................................................10 PART II OBSERVING THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE.................................................................................................................10 CHAPTER 5 DECISION-MAKING STRUCTURES OF THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE...................................................10 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................10 1 THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE .................................10 1.1 Diocese and bishops .......................................................................................10 1.2 Aims and function ...........................................................................................10
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