The Sense of the Faith in History

2023 Catholic Media Association Second Place Award, Theology History of Theology, Church Fathers and Mothers While taught by Vatican II, the sense of the faith (sensus fidei) has had little official impact in the Catholic Church. What would the church look like if it took this conciliar teaching to heart? To address this neglect, John Burkhard locates the historical roots of the teaching and its emergence at Vatican II. It attempts to better understand the sense of the faith in the light of other fundamental teachings of the council and challenges the hierarchical church to invite all the faithful to rightfully participate in the prophetic ministry of the whole church, closely allied with Pope Franciss call for a more synodal church.