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T1 At the roots of Europe: post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Ecclesia in Europe
and the role of Ecclesiastical Archives
A1 Rossi, Tommaso Maria
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
AB Between 1994 and 1999 the Catholic church promoted five special synods, one for each Continent of the Earth: Africa, America, Asia, Oceania and Europe. On June, 28, 2003, Pope John Paul II promulgated the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Europa, addressed to the whole European Community in order to illustrate the results of the Synod of European Churches held in 1999. The document wanted to be a way for taking in consideration one’s own past and the Christian roots looking to provide the governance of the new Europe, especially in the perspective of the largest enlargement of the European Union planned between 2004 and 2007. Those cultural and Christian roots are readily available within the ecclesiastical archives of all European countries, a priceless patrimony which, after the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic church aimed to enhance more and more. The present work illustrates the main documents that led the Church to highlight the importance of the ecclesiastical archives in the European history by a brief analysis of the apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Europa.
SN 1132-7170
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/40763
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/40763
LA spa
NO Revista de estudios europeos, 2020, N.75, coord. por Antonio Calonge Velázquez, Begoña Vidal Fernández. pags. 423-432
DS UVaDOC
RD 28-abr-2024