postconciliar

[ pohst-kuhn-sil-ee-er ]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of postconciliar¹

First recorded in 1965–70; post- + conciliar

Example Sentences

Under this wavering and unlucky Pope, the postconciliar church went off the rails.

From Time Magazine Archive

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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Because of our concern as Catholics for the church and its service to humanity, we would like to speak for all who are hoping for a good Pope, a Pope who would above all try to help overcome the conflicts and contradictions which have arisen in the postconciliar church�a Pope of 'reconciliation!

From Time Magazine Archive

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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