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John O’Malley SJ on the shifts of #VaticanII:
from commands to invitations,
from laws to ideals,
from threats to persuasion,
from coercion to conscience
John O’Malley SJ on the shifts of #VaticanII:
from commands to invitations,
from laws to ideals,
from threats to persuasion,
from coercion to conscience
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from monologue to dialogue,
from ruling to serving,
from withdrawn to integrated,
from vertical and top-down to horizontal,
from exclusion to inclusion
from monologue to dialogue,
from ruling to serving,
from withdrawn to integrated,
from vertical and top-down to horizontal,
from exclusion to inclusion
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from hostility to friendship,
from static to changing,
from passive acceptance to active engagement,
from prescriptive to principled,
from defined to open-ended
from hostility to friendship,
from static to changing,
from passive acceptance to active engagement,
from prescriptive to principled,
from defined to open-ended
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from behaviour-modification to conversion of heart,
from the dictates of law to the dictates of conscience,
from external conformity to the joyful pursuit of holiness
from behaviour-modification to conversion of heart,
from the dictates of law to the dictates of conscience,
from external conformity to the joyful pursuit of holiness
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