THE CHURCH AS COVENANT, CULTURE, AND COMMUNION.

From: Theological Studies | Date: September 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

[The Church is the primary sacrament of communion (koinonia) and thus also sign and model for the ways in which communion is to be lived. The secular concept most closely approaching this model is the common good. The Catholic Church, in the face of individualistic attitudes in the United States, is in a position to witness to the common good, nationally and internationally. One collective form of individualism is cultural exclusivity, the domination of the body politic or the ecclesial body by one particular culture. The Second Vatican Council and subsequent theologians of communion, ...

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