Pope John Paul II opened the question as to how the papacy culd be reformed so as to be more suitable to the new ecumenical situation of the Church. In response to this call, Archbishop John Quinn pointed out that doctrinal dialogues were not enough. The hope of Christian unity cannot rest solely on the hope of doctrinal convergence. There must also be reforms within the Catholic Church, reforms of the way the papal office is exercised and reform particularly of the Roman Curia and of curial policies and procedures. Following the direction set by John Paul II in the Encyclical Ut unum sint, Archbishop Quinn looked to the structures and practices of the first millennium Church as an important key to these reforms.
Herder and Herder / Crossroad Publishing, 1999. ISBN: 0824518268 / 9780824518264. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition.
