Postconciliar

Quick meaning: Postconciliar is an adjective meaning In or of the period following an ecclesiastical council, especially the Second Vatican Council.

Meaning

In or of the period following an ecclesiastical council, especially the Second Vatican Council.

Example Sentences

This, as Lebedeff reminds his readers, is no new theory: it was advanced in the last century by Franzelin; while Vincenzi argues that the Creed is a post-Conciliar addition to the book made not by the author, but by another and a less skilful hand.

Both began as “reformist” feminist theologians in the optimistic postconciliar mood of the midsixties, that is, they recognized the problems inherent to Christianity but believed, with reform, that Christianity could lead people to justice and liberation.

The candidate must be a practicing Roman Catholic with knowledge and understanding of the postconciliar church, have an advanced graduate degree (preferably a Ph.D. or Ed.D.) and a minimum of 5+ years as a teacher or administrator with some experience in Catholic schools.

A theory of the indirect power of the papacy was developed at this time by John of Turrecremata, one of the staunchest opponents of the claims of the conciliarists, but he was the exception to the majority of fifteenth century theologians and jurists in the post-conciliar period.

Word Forms

• post-conciliar
• post-Conciliar

Antonyms for postconciliar

Common opposites include preconciliar.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include conciliar, conciliary, curial, postmodern, regionary, postconceptual.

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