'A Lantern On the Way': Pope Francis' Signposts for Ecclesial Ethics

Autor(en)

Sigrid Müller

Abstrakt

Pope Francis’ way of doing ecclesial ethics is not easy to understand at first glance. It is often unconventional and does not meet the expectations of the faithful who do not wish to see changes in the church, nor does it satisfy those who want rapid change. But if we look more closely at how the Pope understands the church, his approach to ecclesial ethics seems to derive naturally from that. The following contribution aims to show how Pope Francis’ ecclesiology determines his approach to ecclesial ethics. To this end, it will (1) summarize important characteristics of his ecclesiology: the sensus fidelium and synodality; its orientation towards pastoral ministry, the focus on unity in plurality and its process-orientation. From there, it will show which cornerstones for ecclesial ethics can be derived from this ecclesial perspective, namely (2) with respect to formal characteristics and (3) with regard to its content.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Systematische Theologie und Ethik

Journal

Ecclesiology. The Journal for Ministry, Mission and Unity

Band

17

Seiten

213-237

Anzahl der Seiten

25

ISSN

1744-1366

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/17455316-17020004

Publikationsdatum

07-2021

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603213 Moraltheologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Arts and Humanities(all), Religious studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/a-lantern-on-the-way-pope-francis-signposts-for-ecclesial-ethics(6fa0541e-319a-4772-8496-e480b7069224).html