Ecclesiology of the Domestic Church: History & Implications

by Charisse Rubio

A thesis submitted by Charisse Rubio to the faculty of the Athenaeum of Ohio/Mount St. Mary’s Seminary of the West in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Theology.

Date and Degree
December 2019, Master of Arts in Theology, Athenaeum of Ohio

Abstract
This thesis will show that the Second Vatican Council set in motion new directions that enabled subsequent ecclesiology to regard the family as a Domestic Church. The Conclusion highlights the most notable of these new directions and implications.

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