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Official logo of the Synodal Path. The Synodal Way (German: Der Synodale Weg or Synodaler Weg, sometimes translated as Synodal Path) was a series of conferences of the Catholic Church in Germany to discuss a range of contemporary religious, spiritual and theological and organizational questions concerning the Catholic Church, as well as gender issues and possible reactions to the sexual abuse ...
Official logo of the synod, English-speaking version The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, commonly referred to as the Synod on Synodality, [1] was a Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church which concluded 27 October 2024 [2] [3] and has as its theme "For a synodal Church: communion, participation and mission". [4]
The Vocation and Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World: Christifideles laici (apostolic exhortation) [56] 1990: VIII: The Formation of Priests in Circumstances of the Present Day: Pastores dabo vobis (apostolic exhortation) [57] 1994: IX: The Consecrated Life and its Role in the Church and in the World: Vita consecrata [58 ...
A synod (/ ˈ s ɪ n ə d /) is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application.The word synod comes from the Ancient Greek σύνοδος (synodos) ' assembly, meeting '; the term is analogous with the Latin word concilium ' council '.
Synodality denotes the particular style that qualifies the life and mission of the Catholic Church. The Holy See's International Theological Commission states that synodality, when it concerns the Catholic Church, designates "the specific modus vivendi et operandi of the Church, the People of God, which reveals and gives substance to her being as communion when all her members journey together ...
In the West, the first independent history of revelation and of the Church was written by Sulpicius Severus, who published in 403 his Historia (Chronica) Sacra in two books; it reaches from the beginning of the world to about 400 (P. L., XX; ed. Hahn, Vienna, 1866). It is a short treatise and contains little historical information.
At the conclusion of the Sixteenth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops (the "Synod on Synodality") in October 2024, Pope Francis said that he would not be issuing an apostolic exhortation to commend the synod's conclusions to the Church and wider world, stating that the Synodal Document itself was sufficient for this purpose. [8]
The principle of summoning a synod or council of ecclesiastical persons to discuss some grave question affecting the Church goes back to the very beginning of the Church's history. Since the day when the Apostles met at Jerusalem to settle whether Gentile converts were to keep the Old Law ( Acts 15:6–29), it had been the custom to call ...