Vatican II We can now look at how Father Philippe viewed the contribution of the Second Vatican Council to the life of the Church. Firstly, highlighting the way in which the Council asked the Church to open up to the world, Father Philippe has always interpreted it as an invitation to Christians to become philosophers,... Continue Reading →

A path to wisdom Father Marie Dominique Philippe was undeniably a philosopher and theologian when he founded the Community Saint-John in 1975. Recognized as a congregation of diocesan rite in 1986 by the Church, this same Church paid tribute to him a few months before his death through the Prefect of the Congregation for Religious:... Continue Reading →

Chapter 2: A flawed interpretation A flawed interpretation Having noted the factual failure to respect the texts and teachings of Fr. M-D. Philippe and the distorted way of interpreting them, we must now highlight the interpretative logic that emerges from this approach. This logic runs through the whole report, and can be characterized by an... Continue Reading →