Prophetic Obedience: Ecclesiology for a Dialogical Church

includes index and biblioraphy

1. A new dawn for a Prophetic People of God ......1 The people of god in the Ecclesiology of Lumen gentium ....1 what difference has the people of God ecclesiology made ?.......6 The people of God in the local church of new york........9 Facing reality in the bronx .......19 A prophetic summons ............22 2. The prophetic people of God Eclipsed ........37 The new code of Canon Law .........39 The 1985 Extraordinary synod of Bishops......44 Communion, Centralization and the clerical Differences..........48 The eclipse of the People of God in new york ............51 3. Ecclesial Impasse : What can we learn from our Laments?.....73 Ellesial impase :Two examples.......74 4. Obedience in a Dialogical Church : Trinitarian reflections ...91 Where is God`s Voice hard in a Dialogical Church ...92\ The obedience of the triune god ..............98 An alternatie proposal ...102 5. What does prophetic obedience require ? ............117 Sources of Resistance to the prophetic character of All Believers .....120 Two frames for understanding prophecy ......125 What prophetic obedience requires ..........130 6. Prophetic obedience in Practice ....151 Prophetic obedience in Practice .....151 Further observations and reflectiosn ....157 Parish pastoral Councils............164 7. Individuation and communion : Summoned self and Commissioned Church ............181 Lamenting three signs of the Times ......182 How is One to interpret and respond to These three signs of times ....183 Conceptual Clarification .........185 The quest for individuation -in -communication in the Church .........190