Strzelczyk, Grzegorz (Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wyższego Instytutu Teologicznego w Częstochowie, 2016)
The Second Synod of the Archdiocese of Katowice was held from 2012 to 2016. The second chapter of its main final document Listening to the Spirit. Resolutions of the Second Synod of the Archdiocese of Katowice concerns the lay faithful and it is a deliberate attempt to translate communion ecclesiology into practical demands relating to the life, formation and the service of the lay faithful in the Church of Katowice at the beginning of the 21st century. Firstly, the article examines how the chapter was developed (methods of the Synod’s work) and then it gives an analysis of this chapter in reference to the ecclesiological concept of the role of the lay faithful in the Church developed especially in theology in the second half of the 20th century.
