A Church Divided.
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| Title: | A Church Divided. |
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| Source: | TIME Magazine. 5/24/1976, Vol. 107 Issue 22, p48-59. 6p. |
| Subjects: | Christian sects, Vatican Council (2nd : 1962-1965), Catholic Schools in a Declining Church (Book), Anti-Catholic literature, Greeley, Andrew M., 1928-2013, McCready, William C., McCourt, Kathleen, Paul VI, Pope, 1897-1978, Papal encyclicals |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | The article focuses on American Catholicism in 1976 in the U.S. It states that the denomination is seen as the largest, with nearly 49 million members, and with the end of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, it experienced a mood when nuns left their convents and priests left their ministries. It adds that the church is divided because of people's colliding purposes and visions. It discusses the impact of the book "Catholic Schools in a Declining Church," by priest and sociologist Andrew Greeley and colleagues William C. McCready and Kathleen McCourt and they concluded that the encyclical "Human Vitae" issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968 created a crisis of authority in church. |
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| Abstract: | The article focuses on American Catholicism in 1976 in the U.S. It states that the denomination is seen as the largest, with nearly 49 million members, and with the end of the Second Vatican Council in 1962, it experienced a mood when nuns left their convents and priests left their ministries. It adds that the church is divided because of people's colliding purposes and visions. It discusses the impact of the book "Catholic Schools in a Declining Church," by priest and sociologist Andrew Greeley and colleagues William C. McCready and Kathleen McCourt and they concluded that the encyclical "Human Vitae" issued by Pope Paul VI in 1968 created a crisis of authority in church. |
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| ISSN: | 0040781X |
