postconciliar
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of postconciliar
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The funeral Mass � concelebrated by nine cardinals, two archbishops, seven bishops and one priest*� was conducted entirely in English, in accordance with recent reforms of the postconciliar church.
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Later as president of the Vatican's postconciliar commission on liturgical reform, he was an ardent advocate of vernacular Masses and more simplified rites.
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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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That would not describe the majority of self-identifying American Catholics, who are distinctly postconciliar, with more than 75% opposing the birth-control ban.
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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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