Great saints, two councils led wayward church back towards Jesus the reformer.(Paul and Francis of Assisi, Councils of Constance and Second Vatican)(Transcript)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: December 8, 1995 | Copyright information

Saints Paul and Francis of Assisi helped to lead the Catholic Church towards Jesus and way from divisive issues of authority and power. The Council of Constance and the Second Vatican Council placed papal authority in the context of the larger community.

Jesus was a reformer. Of that there can be no doubt. The reform he called for was so radical that it seemed to exclude religion itself. Jesus speaks about the Last Judgment in terms of human sensitivity to the needs of others rather than in terms of liturgical or religious obligations. The reform emphasized love so strongly that it ...

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