Conseil œcuménique des Églises

Tatitu Alaxpachankiri : towards the understanding of indigenous spiritualities in the Andes

Chávez Quispe, Juan Carlos ; Mateus, Odair Pedroso (Dir.) ; Grandjean, Michel (Codir.)

Mémoire de Master Advanced Studies (MAS) : Conseil œcuménique des Églises, 2012.

Indigenous spiritualities are a fact in contemporary Andean Christianity, so it is their attempt to hold gospel and culture together. As contextual manners of life, they are disseminated in and out of the churches’ tradition. Their place in the churches has been shifted from a complete aversion to a strategic tolerance of indigenous symbols and ritual practices. Thus, Indigenous spiritualities...

Université de Fribourg

The Ecclesial Fruit of the Eucharist in St. Thomas Aquinas = Le fruit ecclésial de l’Eucharistie chez saint Thomas d’Aquin

Emery, Gilles

In: Nova et Vetera, English Edition, 2004, vol. 2, no. 1, p. 43-60

The theology of St. Thomas Aquinas bears witness to a profound connection between the Eucharist and the Church, which his theology takes into consideration at every level on which he analyzes this sacrament, namely under the aspects of its signification (signum), of its first effect (res et sacramentum), and of its last effect (res tantum: the unity of the Church).