Since they seem to require a very centralized conception of the
Church and its administration, the decrees of Vatican I are often
taken to pose problems both for ecumenical dialogue and for
discussion within the Catholic Church. Hermann Pottmeyer, however,
shows that the centralist interpretation of Vatican I is neither
the binding nor the correct interpretation. He undertakes a careful
examination both of the historical conditions that gave rise to the
conception of the pope as an absolute monarch and of the Council
documents themselves. Moreover, in the documents of Vatican II he
finds the foundation for a vision of papal ministry understood
within the context of a Church conceived in terms of "communion."
This ecclesiology of communion formulated at Vatican II, taken
together with a correct interpretation of the teachings of Vatican
I, points the way beyond a centralist understanding of the papacy
and offers the framework for a new dialogue on papal primacy.
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