„Ecclesia semper reformanda”. Perspektywa jutra Kościoła w Polsce

Abstract

The author makes an analysis of the reform within the Church on the basis of the thought of three great authorities (Yves Congar, John Paul II and Benedict XVI) with the future of the Church in Poland in mind. In Part I he discusses what is a kind of the ABC of the reform in the Church. He points to the basic criterion and essence of the true reform, explains what its object and subject are and defines the conditions of a reform without a schism. In Part II, referring to John Paul Il’s thought, he makes his own suggestions for the reform of the Church in Poland. In Part III he presents those elements of Ratzinger-Benedict XVI’s ecclesiology that are an inspiration and that help to recognize the paths of real reform better. He explains what contents are behind the Pope’s appeal “Stay strong in the faith”, what the hermeneutics of continuity that he promotes in reforming the Church means, how he understands the mission of the Church towards the world and what he says about its realization; he also points to Benedict’s directions concerning the reform of liturgy and the participation in it.