Introduction: Ecclesiam Sanctam
EditorThe Winter, 2013 issue of Communio is dedicated to the theme of “Ecclesiam Sanctam.” It is the third in our series dedicated to a reflection on the mystery of the Church as one, holy, catholic and apostolic.
Winter 2013
Ecclesiam Sanctam (photocopy)
The Confession of the Casta Meretrix
Jacques Servais“The Church, [many of the Fathers] say, continues to live by the pardon that transforms her from a harlot into a holy Bride.”
"Sacrosancta Ecclesia": The Holy Church of Sinners
Roch Kereszty“The Church . . . becomes holy through the holiness of her heavenly spouse.”
“Blessed Is She Who Believed”: Mary’s Faith and the Form of Christian Existence
Antonio López“Mary’s faith . . . [reveals] that faith is the unconditional assent given to the three-fold union of love that God wishes to establish with man: filial, nuptial, and fruitful.”
The Communion of Saints and the Vocation to Holiness
Marianne Schlosser“The pursuit of holiness is . . . not simply an individual concern, but . . . a commitment and responsibility for the community of the Church.”
Confirmation: A Sacrament of Christian Initiation
Marc Ouellet“The Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is his Confirmation by the Holy Spirit.”
Political Ambition and the Christian Life
Thomas W. Smith“[T]he point is not to ignore or simply frustrate political ambition. Rather, it [is] to tap into its deepest root in order to transform it so that it [can] become the basis for a shareable common good in flourishing communities.”
The Eclipse of the Good in the Modern Rights Tradition
Mark Shiffman“My dignity as a free agent, acting in light of the first precept of natural law that good is to be done and pursued, lies precisely in subordination of my will to the Good.”
Content and Form: From Linguistics to Abstract Art
J. Jacob Tawney“[T]he purpose of art is the purpose of language: to present reality in the splendor of truth.”