CONTENIDO: General index of the thesis
Introduction
New ways of being church in India: realization of communion and intra and ad extra
TOWARS AN INDIAN CHURCH AS COMMUNION OF COMMUNITIES
The church as communion in Vatican II and in the synod of bishops 1985
The emerging need for a new way of being church in India
The Indian church as communion of communities
The justification for Ad Intra and Ad extra communities
The nature of the New Christian community in the Indian context
THE AD INTRA COMMUNITY
The nature and characteristics of Ad Intra community
The catholic community in India
A catholic community spread in three rites
A catholic community founded on the word of god
A catholic community nourished by the Eucharist
A catholic community led by the Holy Spirit
The pastoral ministry in the Indian catholic Church
The Catholic Church in India and the church in Rome
The various Christian denominations in the Indian Church
The Inter-Confessional relations in the Indian Church
THE RENEWAL OF AD INTRA COMMUNION IN THE INDIAN CHURCH
Towards a conceptual Renewal
A Renewed idea about the mission of the Church
A Renewed idea about communion
A Renewed idea about the Rite
The Core elements that unite the Rites
The Renewal within Each Rite
The Latin Rite
The Syro-Malabar Rite
The Syro-Malankara Rite
Towards the Renewal of relation among the Rites
The need of Intra – Religious dialogue
Towards structural Renewal
From a Triumphal Church to a Pilgrim Church
The Catholic Church and Different Christian Communities
Towards a creative Ecumenical dialogue
Towards a communion in sacris
Conclusion
Bibliography Publicación parcial de la tesis doctoral presentada para la obtención del grado de Doctor en la Facultat de teologia de Catalunya
