During the First Vatican Council there was a rise in ultramontanism, the praise authority of the papacy. There were concerns with the power of the pope and the council helped declare that the pope had legal governing authority over the church. The pope had sovereignty over all churches. The purpose of the First Vatican Council was to reassert the jurisdiction of the church.
The main idea of the reading from Vatican I was that it is coherent in the Holy Scriptures that the Pope has a promise to fulfill. "it was to Peter alone that Jesus, after his resurrection, entrusted the jurisdiction of the supreme pastor and rule [pastor et rector] of his whole flock saying: 'Feed my lambs' and 'feed my sheep' (John 21:15)." (Vatican I, Pastor aeternus) The followers of Christ are represented as the lambs and it is the Pope's responsibilities to nourish, care, and provide for us in a spiritual sense. Those that disagree with the form of government that Christ established oppose with the teachings of the Word of God. When a Roman pope speaks with the full authority of office "he possesses, by the divine assistance promised to him in Peter, that infallibility which the divine Redeemer willed his church to enjoy in defining …show more content…
Pope John Paul II clarifies in his encyclical, the role of laity in developing the mission of the church in evangelism. "Indeed, it is necessary to recognize-and it is a title of honor – that some churches owe their origins to the activity of lay men and women missionaries." (John Paul II, Redemptoris missio) Pope John Paul II reinforces the importance of laity since they are vital in spreading faith. Lay people are essential because people can conceive the Gospel and acknowledge Christ through them. Based on their baptismal dignity, it is their obligation to spread the divine message throughout the
The main idea of the reading from Vatican I was that it is coherent in the Holy Scriptures that the Pope has a promise to fulfill. "it was to Peter alone that Jesus, after his resurrection, entrusted the jurisdiction of the supreme pastor and rule [pastor et rector] of his whole flock saying: 'Feed my lambs' and 'feed my sheep' (John 21:15)." (Vatican I, Pastor aeternus) The followers of Christ are represented as the lambs and it is the Pope's responsibilities to nourish, care, and provide for us in a spiritual sense. Those that disagree with the form of government that Christ established oppose with the teachings of the Word of God. When a Roman pope speaks with the full authority of office "he possesses, by the divine assistance promised to him in Peter, that infallibility which the divine Redeemer willed his church to enjoy in defining …show more content…
Pope John Paul II clarifies in his encyclical, the role of laity in developing the mission of the church in evangelism. "Indeed, it is necessary to recognize-and it is a title of honor – that some churches owe their origins to the activity of lay men and women missionaries." (John Paul II, Redemptoris missio) Pope John Paul II reinforces the importance of laity since they are vital in spreading faith. Lay people are essential because people can conceive the Gospel and acknowledge Christ through them. Based on their baptismal dignity, it is their obligation to spread the divine message throughout the