What if I told you that how the bishops view the structure of the Church -- ecclesiology -- has changed; that you think the church about worship, families, nuns, monks, priests, beauty, children, prayer... but they think it's about programs, procedures, bureaucracy, and above all, PROCESS...
What if I told you that when Massimo Faggioli and Christopher Lamb tell you that the upcoming "synod on synodality" is as big a deal as Vatican II, they are not exaggerating, but rather, anticipating the manifestation of what has been heretofore hidden under the optics of quasi-traditional religious trappings, even as it's evident that liturgy has changed and doctrine has been conditioned.
This upcoming synod represents, as the organizers and boosters see it, continuity with the progressives of the conciliar era in the matter of innovation in ecclesiology, which they are now poised to bring out of the shadows.
We need to start with the words they use. Phil Lawler on The Meaning of Words.
UPDATE: Phil's second post: Beware when Church leaders manipulate the language: Part II: Cardinal Cupich's anti-leadership.
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