'Should we be celebrating' 150th anniversary of Vatican I?
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Should we be celebrating? (La Croix)
July 18th marks the 150th anniversary of dogmas on papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction... The two dogmas adopted 150 years ago this month at the First Vatican Council deserve contemplation rather than celebration...
The objective of the Council was to strengthen the papacy in its teaching and governing roles. This was not stated openly, but Pope Pius IX put it beyond doubt through his actions. When time was running out and the approaching heat of a Roman summer signaled a recess, the pope abandoned his early stance of neutrality on the twin issues of papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction. He made it known that he wanted them passed. He changed the agenda abruptly, interrupting the discussion on the early chapters of Pastor Aeternus to bring forward a new Chapter IV, which dealt with his own office and which proposed to turn the two disputed theories into beliefs that would be essential for salvation. When it became obvious that no such teaching could command the virtual unanimity traditional for major decisions at Councils, he put aside tradition and ruled that a simple majority would do. On that basis the dogmas were adopted on July 18, 1870, and the Council broke up for the summer intending to meet again on November 11. On October 20, however, Pius IX adjourned the council indefinitely because of the Franco-Prussian War and the loss of Rome to the forces unifying Italy. The suggestion that the Council should be reconvened at another venue was ignored...
Judged by its fruits, Vatican I was a disaster. It gave legal and moral endorsement to the administrative and doctrinal ambitions that had played such a crucial role in the East-West Schism and the Reformation. Instead of resolving these divisions, as many of the attending bishops had hoped, the Council created greater obstacles to Christian unity. It broke with the very first Council of the Church at Jerusalem, which had adopted the principle of not burdening people's consciences unnecessarily...
Externally, at a social and political level, infallibility did permanent damage... The second dogma – universal jurisdiction – made the pope responsible for virtually everything in the Church. No one person could cope with the workload, so the Roman Curia that manages the pope found its long-time ambition realized. It gained effective control of the bishops and, thus, the Church...
July 18th marks the 150th anniversary of dogmas on papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction... The two dogmas adopted 150 years ago this month at the First Vatican Council deserve contemplation rather than celebration...
The objective of the Council was to strengthen the papacy in its teaching and governing roles. This was not stated openly, but Pope Pius IX put it beyond doubt through his actions. When time was running out and the approaching heat of a Roman summer signaled a recess, the pope abandoned his early stance of neutrality on the twin issues of papal infallibility and universal jurisdiction. He made it known that he wanted them passed. He changed the agenda abruptly, interrupting the discussion on the early chapters of Pastor Aeternus to bring forward a new Chapter IV, which dealt with his own office and which proposed to turn the two disputed theories into beliefs that would be essential for salvation. When it became obvious that no such teaching could command the virtual unanimity traditional for major decisions at Councils, he put aside tradition and ruled that a simple majority would do. On that basis the dogmas were adopted on July 18, 1870, and the Council broke up for the summer intending to meet again on November 11. On October 20, however, Pius IX adjourned the council indefinitely because of the Franco-Prussian War and the loss of Rome to the forces unifying Italy. The suggestion that the Council should be reconvened at another venue was ignored...
Judged by its fruits, Vatican I was a disaster. It gave legal and moral endorsement to the administrative and doctrinal ambitions that had played such a crucial role in the East-West Schism and the Reformation. Instead of resolving these divisions, as many of the attending bishops had hoped, the Council created greater obstacles to Christian unity. It broke with the very first Council of the Church at Jerusalem, which had adopted the principle of not burdening people's consciences unnecessarily...
Externally, at a social and political level, infallibility did permanent damage... The second dogma – universal jurisdiction – made the pope responsible for virtually everything in the Church. No one person could cope with the workload, so the Roman Curia that manages the pope found its long-time ambition realized. It gained effective control of the bishops and, thus, the Church...
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A bit late for the anniversary, but here is something I wrote on an aspect of what Vatican I did or didn't say, and how some are claiming more from it for the papacy than it claims itself.
Friends Don’t Let Friends Accidentally Dogmatize the Extreme Opinion of Albert Pighius - Some thoughts on Vatican I, the Gasser Relatio, Albert Pighius and the false claims of a couple of over enthusiastic ultramontanist theologians.
(https://reducedculpability.blog/2021/10/30/friends-dont-let-friends-accidentally-dogmatize-the-extreme-opinion-of-albert-pighius/)
Friends Don’t Let Friends Accidentally Dogmatize the Extreme Opinion of Albert Pighius - Some thoughts on Vatican I, the Gasser Relatio, Albert Pighius and the false claims of a couple of over enthusiastic ultramontanist theologians.
(https://reducedculpability.blog/2021/10/30/friends-dont-let-friends-accidentally-dogmatize-the-extreme-opinion-of-albert-pighius/)
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