The Communio Ecclesiology Animating Canonical Structures within a Particular Church. Selected Participative Structures in the Conciliar, Post-Conciliar, 1983 Code and Documents after the 1983 Code.
This book analyses selected participative structures (Diocesan Synod, Diocesan Finance Council, Presbyteral Council, College of Consultors, and Diocesan Pastoral Council) in selected particular Churches in the AMECEA region and proposes some concrete means through which active participation of the Christian faithful may be fostered in the participative structures of these Churches.
- There are nine participative structures in the 1983 Code of Canon Law
- Only a few of these structures are functional in particular Churches in the AMECEA
- Even those mandated by the Code of Canon Law are not functional in some particular Churches in the AMECEA
- Participative structures are the means by which collaboration of stakeholders is assured in the Church
Dialogue is key to making these structures relevant in the Church
Lennoxie N. Lusabe, CM teaches and researches in the area of canon law in the Department of Canon Law, Tangaza University College, and in the Institute of Canon Law, Catholic University of Eastern Africa. His teaching and research interests also include Christian ethics and civil law.
