postconciliar
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- adjective
- /ˌpoʊstkənˈsɪljər/
- Formal
- Further complicating the current situation is the postconciliar entrance of many laypersons into formal theological education.
- postconciliar church
- postconciliar period
- postconciliar theology
Examples
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Still, the task of reception surely falls also to postconciliar bishops and clergy along with the laity on whom Rush, for many sound reasons, focuses.
Academic text (2008) -
The pattern of reversing the sequence of first confession/first Communion first grew up spontaneously in the immediate postconciliar period.
Academic text (2003) -
Many, many issues of great urgency were on the table for the postconciliar Church, as they should have been.
Academic text (2014) -
For many Catholics in the postconciliar Church.
Academic text (2008) -
Many consider this a watershed event in the postconciliar era.
Academic text (2014) -
The postconciliar emphasis on the availability of God's grace had a host of effects on Catholic belief and practice.
Academic text (2008) -
We know that adaptations in the liturgy would eventually become one of the most contested areas in the postconciliar period.
Academic text (2003) -
Differing interpretations and evaluations of the council largely rest upon the explanation and assessment of this postconciliar phenomenon.
Academic text (1990) -
Bujo's positions here must be placed in the context of the postconciliar debate on how to construct a moral theology that is truly scriptural, Christian, and human.
Academic text (2008) -
The postconciliar changes in the Church have sparked significant discussions among theologians.
Surface Forms
Morphology
postconciliar = conciliar (semi-transparent) = post + conciliar
The composition 'post-' (after) + 'conciliar' (relating to a council) yields a clear literal meaning, but 'conciliar' is a specialized ecclesiastical term that may be unfamiliar to general learners.
Etymology
Postconciliar comes from post- meaning 'after' and conciliar related to council, which means 'a meeting of church leaders'. So postconciliar describes the time or changes that happen after a church council, especially after the Second Vatican Council.