Word: ecclesiam
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that so far shows as many hits as misses, as many half-starts as firm conclusions. He carried on John's interest in ecumenism, notably by his meeting in Jerusalem with Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras. But he also disturbed Protestants by the "return to Rome" implications of his 1964 encyclical Ecclesiam Suam (His Church). One of his most premising innovations was a new Secretariat for non-Christian religions; but Paul entrusted the project to a Curia professional, Paolo Cardinal Marella, and almost nothing has been heard of it since. Two years ago, Paul announced that he intended to reform the Curia...
...Pope Paul VI last week issued his first encyclical.* It was, as one Vatican official put it, "pure Paul." For Paul VI is an intellectual who likes to consider things long and hard from both sides, frequently has difficulty in making up his mind. And so it is with Ecclesiam Suam (His Church, meaning Christ's), the first two words of the encyclical, which by church custom become its title. In paragraph after paragraph-and Paul himself suggested that the encyclical might ultimately become most celebrated for its length-the key word seemed...
...political campaign that I am curious to know the difference between bigotry and toleration. Any unfavorable comment on the Roman Catholic Church appears to be bigotry. The constant Roman refrain of the oldest church, the one true church, the only church founded by our Lord Jesus Christ, "Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus" ("outside the church no salvation"), appears to be toleration...
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