...the eucharist. In the eucharist the one bread, one body and one Spirit make of (he Christian com"The church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in t'ie light of the Gospel. Thus in language ntelligible to each generation it can respond to the perennial...

...society, as well as a new way of situating oneself in the Church? As the Second Vatican Council said "The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel". 2 How then should we assess the current developments which call in question the very meaning of marriage...

...example, in the Pastoral Constitution adopted in 1965, there is an emphasis early in the document on "the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the gospel. " 7 In Latin American countries where liberation theology has its strongest proponents and organization,...

...directives of action from the social teaching of the Church. Octogesima Adveniens, *4 Pope Paul VI The church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...Gospel. Thus in language intelligible to each generation it can respond to the perennial questions which people ask about this present life and the life to...

...correlates this teaching with intellectual and scientific developments outside the Church as well: "The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...and of interpreting them in the light of the gospel" (n. 4). The ecclesiological theme is sounded at the outset: The Church exists not alongside the world...

...Gaudium et spes, which describes the prophetic function of the Church without mentioning it by name. "The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...and of interpreting them in the light of the gospel" (GS 4). The function of a prophet could not be more clearly delineated: to scrutinize the times, the...

...forward the work of Christ under the lead of the befriending Spirit. . . . To carry out such a task, the Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel. (Gaudium et Spes, par. 3—4) When Catholic Social Thought speaks to current economic conditions, then...

...document challenged Catholics further: In every age, the church carries the responsibility of reading the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel, if it is to carry out its task. In language intelligible to every generation, it should be able to...

...Catholic social teaching explicitly introduced in the Vatican II document, Gaudium et Spes (1965): "[T]he Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing...times and of interpreting them in the light of the gospel."21 Language of "reading the signs of the times" entails more than merely being aware of the...

...Church in the Modern World, which states: In everv age, the church carries the responsibility of reading the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel, if it is to carrv out its task. In language intelligible to even,- generation, it should be able to...