Second Vatican Council and Protestantism

Abstract

"The Second Vatican Council and the transformative movement within Protestantism after WWII are each “a child of the times”. They are part of a movement which transcends institutional and confessional borders, a spiritual and theological movement characterized by its openness to discern the spirit of the times, times of crisis and uncertainty which carry within them the seeds of real change. These times provoke a deep spiritual longing and hope, a locus theologicuswhich is part of the tumultuous of history of this troubled time. A new society and a new church thus emerge from the mutual interchange between the churches and the transformative secular social movements. This is why we find so many similarities between the extraordinary vision and project of the Second Vatican council and the project of a number of the ecumenical and evangelical sectors of Protestantism."