Time to Move Beyond “Synoding”? - First Things

Time to move beyond “synoding”?

In the first volume of his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI saluted the important contributions that historical-critical analysis of the literary forms and editorial “layers” of ancient texts had made to understanding the Bible. [...]

Time to Move Beyond ‘Synoding’?

Daniel Ibañez/CNA Delegates at the 2024 Synod on Synodality participate in roundtable meetings on Oct. 10, 2024, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. COMMENTARY: Perhaps it’s now time to move from synoding to applying the fruits of the past three years to mission and evangelization.

Time to Move Beyond “Synoding”? - First Things

In the first volume of his trilogy, Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict XVI saluted the important contributions that historical-critical analysis of the literary forms and editorial “layers” of ancient texts had made to understanding the Bible. The pope also suggested that the essential fruits of that method had been harvested and that the time had come for a less dissecting approach to biblical interpretation: one that “read individual [biblical] …