TY - JOUR AU - Luciani, Rafael PY - 2021/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - SITUATING COLLEGIALITY WITHIN SYNODALITY JF - Asian Horizons JA - AH VL - 15 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/ah/article/view/3773 SP - 34-55 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Hierarchy and ordained ministry must be understood in the light of the ecclesiology of the People of God. The juxtaposition of chapters two [People of God] and three [Hierarchy] of <em>Lumen Gentium, </em>led to a concentration of power and authority in the Hierarchy and contributed to the consolidation of a clericalized institutional culture. The need to situate Hierarchy within the People of God, as one more faithful, is fundamental for a synodal Church. Synodality offers the most adequate interpretative framework for understanding and reforming hierarchical ministry, and opens the way to overcome institutionalized clericalism. As a <em>constitutive dimension</em> of the Church, Synodality implies a new way of proceeding that needs to be learned, affecting styles of living, mentalities and structures. But, as Francis has reminded, it is impossible to think of an ecclesial conversion that does not include the active participation of all the members of God’s People, not only in processes of consultation, but also in decision-making, decision-taking and their execution at all levels, including Church governance.</p> ER -