Popis: |
From 1940 to 1962, political and theological debates indicate that contemporary disagreements in the Church predate the Council. The geopolitical polices of the papacy influence various phases of development: (1) During the War, the clerical elite conduct a debate over Catholic cooperation in non-Catholic life. (2) From 1948 to 1955, international “containment” policies parallel the numerous allegations of heresy touching the views of Father Leonard Feeney, the social argument of Father James Keller, and the asceticism of Father John Hugo. John Courtney Murray’s studies on the American political proposition are silenced. (3) These largely private disagreements between “Right” and “Left” elements in the Church—represented by National Review, Fides Publishing, and others—experience a “cultural opening” and move into the public forum as the struggle against communism begins to lose its resonance. (4) Six months before the Council, political and theological disagreements express themselves in open and virulent juxtaposition. |