On about October 8th, when we have decided what the
worst hymn is, we shall
start the 2024 World Cup of Synod Jargon. The
2023 World Cup voters decided that "a new way of being Church" was the winner, and "a kenotic de-centering" came second.
This year's World Cup will include 16 new entrants received since the previous World Cup, and exclude all the
2023 heroes. After all, a key principle of synodality is to reject everything that was good in the past.
Here we go again!
The sixteen extrants are:
a real Copernican turning point
a snippet of 'conversation in the spirit'
a multidimensional impact on churches
a new theology which gives 'flavour'
a relaunch of the faith
athletes of synodality
breathe synodality into academic theology
circularity animated the synodal process
discernment is synodal
forgiveness for the sins against synodality
mission is always synodal
passes through a relational conversion
preserve harmony in your discernment
teaching us to be bread for others
the synodal methodology of conversation
which aspect of 'PLACE' is important?
For practical reasons (because the entrants are quite long they are hard to fit into a tweet), there will be a simple knockout competition conducted by Twitter polls, and no group stages.
Has there ever been a World Cup of Bergoglian Insults ?
ReplyDeleteNot yet, but it's on my list.
DeleteI love the 'snippet of conversation in the spirit'. Who in the world came up with that? it's like a 'soupcon' or some other curious word I don't hear often. I will vote for that if X and I are on good terms today.
ReplyDeleteThis came from the @synod_va Twitter account in May; it can usually be relied upon to produce good jargon. The full message is:
DeleteAs we prepare for #Synod2024, the #synodalprocess is growing all around the world. Here is a snippet of 'conversation in the spirit' being experimented in #Mongolia.
Eccles, you could have a brilliant future as a Vatican spokesperson - have you applied?
ReplyDeleteA relaunch of the faith.... now with more branding! Less church! More walking togetherty! Oh... money for mission, please (Diocese of Nottingham, looking at YOU). Stop trying to out-Anglican the Anglicans! They're the pros!
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