Borras, Alphonse

The synod of bishops. Some reflections fifty-three years after its creation - 2018.


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Fifty-three years after the Motu proprio Apostolica sollicitudo of Paul vi, this article reflects on the ecclesiological consequences of the creation of the synod of bishops: sensus fidelium and pastoral coresponsability, a dynamic in three moments from the expression of the synod (communio fidelium, communio Ecclesiarum, communio episcoporum) and “affective” and even “effective collegiality”, to take up the words of Pope Francis.