Dziesięć tez o teologii synodalności

Abstract

The ongoing in the Catholic Church Synod on synodality is surrounded by many different controversies. The innovative form of the synod, in the Synod of Bishops deliberates within a broader body with yet to be defined competences, announcements of significant changes both in the teaching of the Church and in her structure, awake among many Catholics hope for awakening new dynamism in the Church, but also fear of breaking continuity with Tradition and the loss of the Christian proprium. At the source of these new hopes and anxieties lies a question: what is really the synodality to which Pope Francis calls the Church? This text tries to answer this question; this answer is based on the best theological text that has been written on this topic in recent years, the 2018 document of the International Theological Commission Synodality in the Life and Mission of the Church. The most important statements of this document will be presented in the form of ten theses, which concern, among others: the historical and theological sources of the concept of synodality, the renewed ecclesiology of the Second Vatican Council, practical ways of implementing synodality, the structure of power and co-responsibility in the Church, the conditions and criteria of the authenticity of the synodal process.