Vatican II In A Year Day 65: LG 22: The Episcopal College
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Mar 6, 2025 A clear walk through paragraph 22 of Lumen Gentium, exploring how the apostolic college became the global body of bishops. Discussion of ancient practices, councils, and how consecration fits into membership. Examination of the relationship between papal primacy and the college’s authority. Short theological clarifications on the ontological nature of episcopal collegiality.
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Episcopal College Is Apostolic Continuity
- The College of Bishops continues the Apostolic College by sacramental succession and shared mission.
- Fr. Matthew Schneider traces this continuity back to the apostles and ancient practices of bishops consecrating new bishops together.
Collégiality Requires Papal Unity
- The College has no authority apart from unity with the Pope; the Roman Pontiff holds full, supreme, universal power.
- Lumen Gentium insists collegial acts require understanding together with the Pope and often his explicit consent.
Seek Papal Confirmation For Ecumenical Councils
- For a council to be ecumenical it must be confirmed or accepted by the successor of Peter and convoked or approved by him.
- Fr. Matthew cites Vatican II practice where the Pope convokes, presides, and confirms ecumenical councils.