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THE RELATION BETWEEN BISHOP AND THE LOCAL CHURCH:
OLD AND NEW QUESTIONS IN ECUMENICAL PERSPECTIVE
International Symposium organized by
with
the patronage of
the Faculty of Theology of the Institut catholique de Paris and
the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
- Rome
1-3 December
2005
Pontifical University
St. Thomas Aquinas - Angelicum
Largo
Angelicum 1, Rome
Aula Minor
Invitation
In our
present time, newly aware of the importance of ecumenical events,
the Ecumenical Institute San Bernardino of Venice and
the Centro Pro Unione of Rome with the patronage of the Faculty of Theology
of the Institut catholique de Paris and the Faculty of Theology of
the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas of Rome
invites you to an International Symposium:
The Relation between Bishop and the Local Church:
Old and New Questions in Ecumenical Perspective
hoping to contribute to the contemporary
ecumenical ecclesiological research.
The International Symposium will be held from
the 1st to the 3rd of December 2005
at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome,
Largo Angelicum 1 - Rome (Aula Minor)
Your presence will be appreciated, cordially yours
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Fr.
Roberto Giraldo, OFM
Rector
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Fr.
Giacomo Puglisi, SA
Director
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Nature
and Scope of the Symposium
The
Bishop and the Church
The ministry of bishops represented, without a doubt, one of
the principal preoccupations of the Second Vatican Council. Forty years
later, it continues to maintain all of its centrality and actuality
in the ecclesiological and ecumenical reflections, and it seems destined
to remain such for several generations to come.
Our symposium will begin by listening to the personal
experience of four bishops engaged in the ecumenical field. While treating
the topic of the ministry of bishops, they will keep in mind problems
connected with their own ecclesial traditions (Anglican, Catholic, Lutheran
and Orthodox).
The central issue of episkopé seems to have been
identified by BEM when it invited all the churches to articulate better
the relation between personal, collegial and communal authority. A familiar
difficulty within the Catholic Church is the implementation of the doctrine
of collegiality. Some attribute this difficulty to an incomplete development
of the three dimensions of authority just stated above. Many hope that
the perspective of BEM might renew the episcopate and contribute to
the unity of the church. Often, the adage of St. Cyprian is positively
invoked that says: the bishop must be in the church and the church in
the bishop.
Our colloquium proposes to look critically again at the
whole question of the interrelations between bishop and church. A major
point of view will be an ecclesiological reflection that would also
take into consideration the following diverse disciplines:
- New Testament Times revisited. The episkopé, as it
was understood in New Testament times, was it exercised by more persons
or by only one person? Above all, what was the relationship between
episkopé and the church? Was it in the church or was it vis-â--vis
the church? What was its relation to the faith of the Twelve and to
their ministry?
- The formative centuries. We will attempt, above all, to investigate
the history of the first centuries. How do we arrive at the mono-episcopate?
What are the reasons for and the steps to the monarchical episcopate?
What meaning episcopal elections had in Canon Law? Or still, why were
many decisions taken in common within the local church? There are
other questions that arise that include the mysterico-sacramental
role attributed to bishops illustrated by the writings of Pseudo-Dionysus
that later favored a gradual strengthening of the predominant role
of bishops over the ecclesia.
- Current Canon Law. How is the quasi-total autonomy of bishops
over the church presented in the current new Code? We will consider
the multiplication of absolute ordinations, such as auxiliary bishops
in the Latin Church; multiple bishops in the Catholic Orient in the
same see; and the weakness of the synodical structures that only have
a consultative value.
- Sociology and practical theology. These two disciplines will
allow us to remain at a respectful distance from historical models
and to make more acute and lucid reflections about problems of today.
The whole symposium has been thought through with all
working as a team. Its ecumenical and interdisciplinary structure
will be found both in the presentations, the discussions and the conclusions.
Another original feature of this symposium is the very fact that the
episcopate will be discussed in the presence of bishops. Walter Cardinal
Kasper will personally take part, thereby giving a sense of importance
and weight to this symposium.
What results can be expected from this symposium?
The first result will be a clarification of the question
that underlies the subject at hand about the impossibility of proceeding
ecumenically in the discussions concerning collegiality and primacy,
which includes Roman primacy, without first understanding the relationship
between bishop and local church, as well as, of course, the whole
church.
Moreover, it is hoped secondly that this symposium will
succeed in identifying the chief questions related to episkopé
and the episcopacy at both the ecumenical level and the pastoral level.
These are very important matters that must be thought through together.
Cost
of registration
The cost of registration is Euro 50.00 (or US $ 60.00) (for
students Euro 25.00, or US $ 30.00). Payment needs to be done by November
15, 2005 by means of bank draft made out to "Centro Pro Unione".
The
Registration fee is obligatory. To participate at the Symposium you
will have to show your registration receipt.
Lodgings
The booking and confirmation of lodgings for the time of the
Symposium is the responsibility of each participant.
The Organizers have blocked a number of rooms on a first come first
serve basis. These are booked at the Residence Dehon
- Via L. Dehon 61, 00165 Rome, Tel. ++39 06 66 10041, Fax ++ 39 06
66 1004243. After the deadline of 12 November 2005, we cannot
guarantee the availability of rooms. Therefore if you desire to take
advantage of this offer confirm personally the booking directly
at the Residence Dehon, and send a copy of the booking
to the Secretariat for information.
The Daily cost of a single room including breakfast
is Euro 90.00 (or US $ 110.00). Each meal is Euro 17.00 (or US $ 21.00).
Symposium
Contact Information
The Secretariat for the Symposium will be located
at the Centro Pro Unione up until November 30, 2005.
On December 1st, the Secretariat will move to the Pontifical
University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome.
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- Till 30 November 2005:
Centro Pro Unione
Via S. Maria dell'Anima, 30
00186 Rome, Italy
Tel: ++39 06 687 9552
Fax: ++39 06 6813 3668
E-mail: pro@pro.urbe.it
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- from 1 to 3 December 2005:
Pontifical University of
St. Thomas Aquinas -
Angelicum
Largo Angelicum, 1
00186 Rome
Mobile Phone: ++333 62
00 877
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The
Program
The
Bishop is in the Church and the Church is in the Bishop
Questions and Problems
(...Episcopum in ecclesia esse et ecclesiam in episcopo
Cyprian, Ep. 66,8)
Thursday
DECEMBER 1, 2005
9:00 - 9:30 |
Welcome:
Prof. Joseph Agius, OP, Rector, Pontifical University of St.
Thomas Aquinas, Rome |
9:30 - 10:00 |
Episcopus
in ecclesia: Significance of an Ecclesiological Principle
(Prof. Vittorino Grossi, Istituto Patristico Augustinianum,
Rome) |
My Experience and Questions as
Ecumenically Involved Bishop
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10:00
- 10:30 |
Bishop
Christopher Hill, Anglican Bishop - England |
10:30
- 11:00 |
Bishop
Paul-Werner Scheele, Emeritus, Catholic Bishop - Germany |
11:00
- 11:30 |
PAUSE |
11:30
- 12:00 |
H.
Em. Jérémie, Orthodox Metropolitan - Switzerland |
12:00
- 12:45 |
DEBATE |
13:00
- 15:30 |
LUNCH |
15:30
- 16:30 |
Why
this symposium? Paths to be explored (Prof. Hervé Legrand,
OP, Emeritus, Institut catholique de Paris) |
16:30
- 17:30 |
Episkopos,
episkopè, ekklesia in the New Testament: What is their
Interrelationship? (Prof. Jacques Schlosser, Emeritus, Université
Marc Bloch de Strasbourg) |
17:30
- 17:45 |
PAUSE |
17:45
- 18:45 |
Extention
of the Mono-episcopate in the III century. Impact on the Relationship
of episkopos/ekklesia (Prof. Georg Schöllgen, Franz-Joseph
Dölger Institut, Bonn) |
18:45
- 19:30 |
DEBATE |
Friday
DECEMBER 2,
2005
9:00 - 9:30 |
My
Experience and Witness: (Bishop Eero Huovinen, Evangelical
Lutheran Bishop - Finland) |
9:30 - 10:45 |
The
Episkopos in Ancient Syriac Christianity. Is it the Matrix
of the Monarchical Episcopate? (Prof. Jacques-Noël
Pérès, Faculté de théologie protestante
and Institut catholique de Paris) |
10:45
- 11:15 |
PAUSE |
11:15
- 12:30 |
The
Relationship Episkopos/ekklesia in the Church of the Empire
of the IV century (Prof. Michel-Yves Perrin, Ancien élève
de lÉcole Française de Rome, Université
de Paris X-Nanterre and Institut catholique de Paris) |
12:30
-13:00 |
The
Figure of the Hierarch as Sanctifier in the Corpus Dionysiacum
and its ecclesiological outcome (Prof. Adolf-Martin Ritter, Universität
Heidelberg) |
13:00
- 15:30 |
LUNCH |
15:30
- 17:00 |
Ancient
Tradition and Ecumenical Demands. Impact on Present Canonical
Norms: East and West (Prof. Dimitri Salachas, Pontificia Università
Urbaniana, Rome and Prof. Myriam Wijlens, Universiteit von Tilburg,
The Netherlands) |
17:00
- 17:30 |
PAUSE |
17:30
- 19:00 |
The
Image of the Bishop in Paleochristian Art: From Symbolism to Reality
(Prof. Crispino Valenziano, Pontificio Ateneo SantAnselmo,
Rome) |
Saturday
DECEMBER 3, 2005
9:00 - 10:15 |
The
Dynamic of BEM and the Problematic of the Canonical Traditions
(Prof. Geoffrey Wainwright, Duke University, USA) |
10:15
- 10:30 |
PAUSE |
10:30
- 11:45 |
Episkopos/episkopé,
Catholicity and the Constitution of the Church. Important Challenges
for the Reformation Churches. (Prof. André Birmelé,
Université Marc Bloch de Strasbourg) |
11:45
-12:45 |
DEBATE |
13:00
- 15:30 |
LUNCH |
15:30-16:45 |
Articulation
Ecclesiology/Sociology: A Systemic Approach (Prof. Laurent Villemin,
Institut catholique de Paris and Prof. Liliane Voyé, Université
catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve) |
16:45
- 17:00 |
PAUSE |
17:00
- 18:15 |
Synodality
of the Church: The Bishop is in the Church and the Church is in
the Bishop (Card. Walter Kasper, President, Pontifical Council
for Promoting Christian Unity) |
18:15
- 20:00 |
Conclusion
Prof. Peder Norgaard-Hojen, University of Copenhagen;
Metropolita John Zizioulas of Pergamon;
Prof. Miroslav Volf, Yale University, USA;
Prof. William Henn, OFM cap, Pontificia Università Gregoriana,
Roma;
Prof. Arturo Cattaneo, Istituto di diritto canonico San Pio X,
Venezia;
Prof. Ignace Ndongala, Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve;
Prof. Francesco Compagnoni, OP, Pontifical University of St. Thomas
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Closing
greetings
Prof. Frederick Bliss, SM, Coordinator of the Ecumenical Department,
Pontifical University St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome |
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