Описание: The Second Vatican Council marked the beginning of the New Evangelization. It sought to communicate the Gospels perennial newness to the contemporary world in a spirit of joy and hope. Yet despite the exhortations of Paul VI and John Paul II, a number of ecclesial and cultural factors deflected the churchs evangelical energies, so that the councils radiant Christocentric vision faded in an increasingly polarized church.
In this important new work, Robert Imbelli probes the councils comprehensive Christocentric vision and its evangelical imperative. It maintains that Jesus Christ cannot be separated from his body, the church, and that the Eucharist effects the ongoing intimate communion between Head and members. It is this life-giving communion that the church desires to share with the wider world as the worlds truth and salvation. Drawing on the writings of Pope Benedict and the witness of Pope Francis, Imbellis insights will help transform what is merely notional for the reader into a vivid reality through the lure of beauty. Includes four-color illustrations.
