postconciliar

American  

[pohst-kuhn-sil-ee-er] / ˌpoʊst kənˈsɪl i ər /

adjective

1. occurring or continuing after the Vatican ecumenical council of 1962–65.

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Etymology

Origin of postconciliar

First recorded in 1965–70; post- + conciliar

Example Sentences

One seasoned bishop saw in this serenity a sign of a period of consolidation in the church following the "tremors" set off by Vatican II: "The postconciliar polarization and infighting have passed."

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During the first decade of the 20th century, Modernists like French Abbe Alfred Loisy, who championed scholarly Biblical criticism, and British Jesuit George Tyrrell, who urged the revision of old dogmatic formulas, were excommunicated for beliefs that have become commonplace in the postconciliar church.

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Mostly moderate activists, they chose as president the Rev. Patrick O'Malley, 36, administrator of a ghetto-area parish in Chicago, who insists that the organization "is well within the spirit of Vatican II," meaning specifically the democratic sense of "collegiality" that has developed in the postconciliar church.

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In the postconciliar church, any kind of censorship seems anachronistic, and there is a wide spread feeling among publishers and theologians that the whole system ought to be abandoned.

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Fordham's new spirit shows up in its openly ecumenical, postconciliar attitude toward religion in education.

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