Newman on Vatican II Ker, I. T. (Ian Turnbull) creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. History enk 2014 2014 monographic eng remote 1 online resource (xii, 167 pages) John Henry Newman is often described as "the Father of the Second Vatican Council." He anticipated most of the Council's major documents, as well as being an inspiration to the theologians who were behind them. His writings offer an illuminating commentary both on the teachings of the Council and the way these have been implemented and interpreted in the post-conciliar period. This book is the first sustained attempt to consider what Newman's reaction to Vatican II would have been. As a theologian who on his own admission fought throughout his life against theological liberalism, yet who pioneered many of the themes of the Council in his own day, Newman is best described as a conservative radical who cannot be classed simply as either a conservative or liberal Catholic. At the time of the First Vatican Council, Newman adumbrated in his private letters a mini-theology of Councils, which casts much light on Vatican II and its aftermath. Noted Newman scholar, Ian Ker, argues that Newman would have greatly welcomed the reforms of the Council, but would have seen them in the light of his theory of doctrinal development, insisting that they must certainly be understood as changes but changes in continuity rather than discontinuity with the Church's tradition and past teachings. He would therefore have endorsed the so-called "hermeneutic of reform in continuity" in regard to Vatican II, a hermeneutic first formulated by Pope Benedict XVI and subsequently confirmed by his successor, Pope Francis, and rejected both "progressive" and ultra-conservative interpretations of the Council as a revolutionary event. Newman believed that what Councils fail to speak of is of great importance, and so a final chapter considers the kind of evangelization -- a topic notably absent from the documents of Vatican II -- Newman thought appropriate in the face of secularization The conservative radical -- The hermeneutic of change in contuity -- Towards a theology of councils -- The charismatic church -- Some unintended consequences of Vatican II -- Secularization and the new evangelization. Ian Ker. Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Saint Newman, John Henry 1801-1890 Catholic Church History 20th century Catholic Church Doctrines Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965 : Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano) Église catholique Histoire 20e siècle Église catholique Doctrines Saint Newman, John Henry 1801-1890 Catholic Church Vatican Council RELIGION Christian Theology Ecclesiology Theology, Doctrinal 1900-1999 fast BR1644 .K47 2014eb 270.82 9780191027062 0191027065 9780191786952 0191786950 9780198717522 http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login?url=https://academic.oup.com/book/7935 E7B 140701 20260319155955.7 in00005711026 eng