For For readers who want a contemporary theologian's response to Archbishop Lefebvre's movement; not for a reader wanting a neutral history of it.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
3 of 5worth your time
Difficulty
2 of 5moderate
His response to Archbishop Lefebvre's opposition to Vatican II.
How it proceeds
Philosophic2 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential0 of 5
Sociological4 of 5
Historical3 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A short book (about 110 pages) published by Éditions du Cerf in 1976, in which Congar responds to the opposition of Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre to the Second Vatican Council. It appeared in English as Challenge to the Church: The Case of Archbishop Lefebvre (Our Sunday Visitor, 1976; Collins, 1977) and in German in 1977.