Vatican II’s Framework That the Church Is the “New Israel” — By: Crisis Magazine

If one wished to represent the official ecumenism that the documents of Vatican II established, then the framework in which questions regarding the Jewish people and God’s covenants should be discussed is Lumen Gentium’s ecclesiology and use of “subsistit in.” Lumen Gentium is the title of Vatican II’s Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. In that…

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The Vigils of the Apostles: Apostolic Watchfulness and Penitential Preparation — By: OnePeterFive

Above: the reliquary of St. Matthias in Padua. Editor’s note: today is a “holy day of opportunity”: the vigil of St. Matthias. The author explains this significance below. Part I – The Roman Calendar in 1954: The Last Year of Wholeness Part II – The Vigil of the Epiphany: the Forgotten Gateway to Christ’s Manifestation…

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