Loyola University Chicago Loyola eCommons Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2011 The Principle of Subsidiarity and Catholic Ecclesiology: Implications for the Laity Kathryn Reyes Hamrlik Loyola University Chicago Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss Part of the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Hamrlik, Kathryn Reyes, "The Principle of Subsidiarity and Catholic Ecclesiology: Implications for the Laity" (2011). Dissertations. 276. https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_diss/276 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at Loyola eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Loyola eCommons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2011 Kathryn Reyes Hamrlik LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO THE PRINCIPLE OF SUBSIDIARITY AND CATHOLIC ECCLESIOLOGY: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE LAITY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY PROGRAM IN THEOLOGY BY KATHRYN REYES HAMRLIK CHICAGO, IL MAY 2011 Copyright by Kathryn Reyes Hamrlik, 2011 All rights reserved. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would first like to thank my doctoral committee. As a Master of Divinity student in 2003, I took a course in Catholic ethics with Bill French, who first encouraged me to pursue doctoral studies. I am grateful for his confidence in my abilities from the beginning, and for his continued support and encouragement throughout my graduate work. Jon Nilson has been a valuable conversation partner in this dissertation process.