"New theology" Catholic buzzwords? Help compile a list

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I’ve recently noticed a shift in the use of certain words on the parish level. It could be that certain words used in modern society have found a home in the Catholic vocabulary. Below are a few that I have noticed are being used in place of the older words. Feel free to share any that you’ve noticed.

Becoming Conscious, Becoming Aware Vs. examination of conscience, Stewardship Vs. Following the precepts of the Church, Transform Vs. Transubstantiation
 
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I’ve never really heard any of the terms you’re talking about being used to the exclusion of the older ones, or in any way other than alongside them. For instance, I don’t think “stewardship” and “following the precepts of the Church” are necessarily mutually exclusive, as one of the precepts of the Church involves stewardship, in the form of contributing to the needs to the Church. I hear of transformation used in the context of spiritual conversion, which is not nearly so new a use as you’d imagine; the idea of “metanoia” has been around a very long time. Besides that, I’ve never heard it used in place of transsubstantiation.

Could it be that this is yet another thread where you’ve heard something in your parish or from your priest that you have an issue with, and you would like for the forum to validate your critique?

-Fr ACEGC
 
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Stewardship
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Stewardship is not a new word. At all. Stewardship to your parish is one of the precepts of the Church. It’s not all of them.

The rest, I’ve never heard before. Don’t try to universalize as something going on in the Church at large something you might have heard locally. If you are concerned, talk to your pastor.
 
I don’t know if this counts. “Feminine Genius.”
St. JPII really gets us! ❤️❤️

Edit: I’m not hearing this on a parish level, more on a I encounter material with it level. And it’s not new or dangerous, it expresses all the goodness of our complimentary nature.
 
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There is something seriously wrong when someone thinks this is “new” or that it is a “buzz word”.
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There’s something seriously wrong when the concept is emptied of all meaning and becomes a buzzword for a church built on the laity.
 
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“Accompaniment” instead of spiritual direction.
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I’ve heard that one. Not as a replacement but used more to describe some of what goes on in spiritual direction. I’ve also heard recently a lot of talk about “walking with people” or “meeting them where they are” as a description of how to carry out our mission. The phrases seem a little buzzwordish, but the concepts they describe are not new. It describes effective means of relating to people and evangelizing.
 
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Here’s a new theology buzzword I see on CAF: feminization. It’s used to criticize the active presence of females in the liturgy.
 
Its wrong to demonize women who serve as reader or serve or are deputized to be a extraordinary minister of Holy Communion. Those who dislike it need to understand that it is an issue that will need to be slowly phased out. Right now I believe alot of women are honestly trying to become closer to God. But I think we can all agree that being active at Mass does not mean that if no one is a reader or a server or Extraordinary Ministers then one didn’t participate to the fullest extent. I think the impression that a lot of well mean pastors are giving is that is that if you don’t help volunteer at mass then you are not an active participant of this parish. That the lines for Holy Communion MUST we flowing like a candy dispenser. This is what St.JP2 called an agregous abuse. In his Christifedeles Laici, pgs. 55-57. The standing while receiving Holy Communion is the only PROPER approach to this issue. Not the latter.
 
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One issue is that some of “the people” don’t understand how important their role is in the Mass. They feel like if they’re not up around the altar they’re second class, but nothing could be further from the truth.
 
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This is tangential but there has been a trend toward low Christology for many years that I think has resulted in a distorted view of who Christ is.
 
I’ve heard this word “transformation” or something like it, used as a suggested replacement for “transubstantiation.” Usually in association with an overall low Christology.
 
but in reality there’s no such thing as a high or low christology there’s one christology;the christology of the Catholic Church! correct?
 
No, this is actually a fairly conventional distinction that’s been made in theology for centuries. A high Christology focuses on Christ’s divinity. A low Christology focuses on his humanity. Obviously you can’t have either to the exclusion of the other, but there are different emphases and focuses in different theological formulations. The earliest example of this is the Gospels themselves. Different authors emphasized different things in what they say about Jesus. There doesn’t have to be a conflict.

-Fr ACEGC
 
I’ve never heard that, though words like “change” and “transform” are occasionally used even in the liturgy of the Church to speak of what’s going on. It is entirely possible to describe something via a number of different terms without diluting meaning or downplaying the need for precision. Thank God we have language and rational faculties for processing it.

-Fr ACEGC
 
“Community” instead of parish. The overuse of the word “community” until everyone is heartily sick of it.
 
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