Word: charismic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Shift Right. The Armbruster report earned the conservatives' wrath by concluding that there were no Scriptural or dogmatic grounds for forbidding either a married priesthood or the ordination of women. It described the "charism" of celibacy and the "charism" of the ministry as two separate spiritual gifts not always granted to the same person. In reply, Hartford Archbishop John Whealon recommended at a press conference that bishops "abort the present approach" in favor of "scholarly, disciplined theological research...
...that Swiss Theologian Hans Küng, among others, defines as the "charismatic" ministry. In effect, what early Christians did in selecting one of their number to preside over the Eucharistic celebration was to recognize his qualities as a holy man. By his special spiritual gift, or charism, he was in a sense ordained by God, an "ordination" recognized in turn by his community. If Catholics are ever to find ground for reunion with Calvinistic, Baptist and Pentecostal churches, the idea of a "charismatic" ministry may be of substantial help in overcoming the still vast differences in their theologies...