Sin and Synodality

The Struggles of the Third Mexican Council

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ID3390432
AuthorsMichael A Romero (University of the Incarnate Word, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume14
Issue11
Pages1365
Publication date2023-10-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel14111365
OpenAlexW4388018150
LanguageEN
References cited10

This paper is a historical and contextual investigation of the practice of synods and synodality in the historical moment of the colonial Church of New Spain. Bishops, clergy, and religious orders vied for ecclesial and spiritual power against civil and royal authorities, and often even against themselves. The bishops of New Spain did not use the language of "enlarging the space of one's tent", but they were deeply and genuinely disturbed by the evils present concretely before the eyes of the Church. The Third Mexican Provincial Council of 1585 will be examined as a case study of how the Church has listened to and responded synodally to large-scale abuse of human dignity perpetuated and legitimized by the social order. The paper will then explore how the Council's decrees anticipate modern notions of synodality. The historical perspective of the bishops of New Spain and contemporary documents of the Synod on Synodality will help form the basis for questions about how Christ is made central in synodal gatherings

Art · Bishops · Colonialism · Dignity · Political science · Sociology · Synod · Catholicism and Religious Studies · Early Modern Women Writers · Law · Religion and Society Interactions

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