Volver al Concilio Vaticano II: la centralidad de la Trinidad en las enseñanzas conciliares

Abstract

It is a pleasant surprise to discover that, in its attempt to return to what is essential, the Council formulates time and time again varied descriptions involving the Trinity in its many documents. This brings us to the clear conviction that it was precisely the Holy Trinity that was the basis for all the Council’s wealth of theological reflection. That is why Vatican II, rather than being ecclesiological, was a theological Council, or to be more precise a Trinitarian one. The presence and action of the Trinity is to be found at the very heart of its teachings. To ignore this could lead one not to inquire into the most profound legacy of specific doctrine that the council fathers wanted to offer to believers. It is also a greater theological reality, destined to be recognized for its worth, to constitute a perennial foundation of the new evangelization and also of the paradigm shift in the transmission of faith, which we must today take on urgently.