THE RELEVANCE OF SYNOD IN THE CHURCH VIZ-A-VIZ SYNOD ON SYNODALITY

Abstract

The path of Synodality is very crucial to the Church in our time because it constitutes the essential dimension of the Church. Although, this dimension is kergymatically aimed, our time demands the adoption of modern techniques to combat the widening gap in the church, especially between the laity and clergy, and the laxity towards evangelization. Hence, the current Synod on Synodality is targeted toward bridging the gap between the people and her minister. Having realized the effect of the laity in modern time evangelization, participation, communion, and mission, it appears to be a means through which the people can exercise the variety and ordered richness of their charisms, and their vocation, since the notion of Synodality refers to the connection and participation of the whole People of God in the life and mission of the Church. This mission ought not to be relegated to those in the clerical and religious state alone but should be a collaborative effort with the people. This work seeks to theologically analyze the new Synod on Synodality and its prospective fruits for the Church.