RT Article
T1 Sin and Synodality: The Struggles of the Third Mexican Council
JF Religions
VO 14
IS 11
A1 Romero, Michael A.
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1868770982
AB This paper is a historical and contextual investigation of the practice of synods and synodality in the historical moment of the colonial Church of New Spain. Bishops, clergy, and religious orders vied for ecclesial and spiritual power against civil and royal authorities, and often even against themselves. The bishops of New Spain did not use the language of “enlarging the space of one’s tent”, but they were deeply and genuinely disturbed by the evils present concretely before the eyes of the Church. The Third Mexican Provincial Council of 1585 will be examined as a case study of how the Church has listened to and responded synodally to large-scale abuse of human dignity perpetuated and legitimized by the social order. The paper will then explore how the Council’s decrees anticipate modern notions of synodality. The historical perspective of the bishops of New Spain and contemporary documents of the Synod on Synodality will help form the basis for questions about how Christ is made central in synodal gatherings.
K1 Pedro de Moya
K1 New Spain
K1 Third Mexican Provincial Council
K1 Synod on Synodality
K1 Synodality
DO 10.3390/rel14111365