Sensus fidelium...the idea is a beautiful one. But when a majority of the laity appointed seem to be of a "reformist" bent can we call what is happening a true consultation or expression of senses fidelium?
And this Synod is not a synod of bishops, it is something else altogether.
In a limited way doesn't the sensus fidelium usually apply …
Sensus fidelium...the idea is a beautiful one. But when a majority of the laity appointed seem to be of a "reformist" bent can we call what is happening a true consultation or expression of senses fidelium?
And this Synod is not a synod of bishops, it is something else altogether.
In a limited way doesn't the sensus fidelium usually apply when a Council is held to the "reception" of the documents or teaching that comes from a Council by the faithful?
At the Council of Florence the churches compromised on a number of issues, allowing each to do its own thing and reuniting the Church, but the Orthodox never accepted the result although only one of their bishops refused to accept it because of the pressure of the emperor. The promised military aid from the West never materialized and Constantinople fell shortly thereafter.
Sensus fidelium...the idea is a beautiful one. But when a majority of the laity appointed seem to be of a "reformist" bent can we call what is happening a true consultation or expression of senses fidelium?
And this Synod is not a synod of bishops, it is something else altogether.
In a limited way doesn't the sensus fidelium usually apply when a Council is held to the "reception" of the documents or teaching that comes from a Council by the faithful?
Weren't the lay participants specifically selected for their leftist affiliations?
At the Council of Florence the churches compromised on a number of issues, allowing each to do its own thing and reuniting the Church, but the Orthodox never accepted the result although only one of their bishops refused to accept it because of the pressure of the emperor. The promised military aid from the West never materialized and Constantinople fell shortly thereafter.