The Ecclesial "We" and the Eucharist

Towards an ontological declination of the category "People of God"

Abstract

Heribert Mühlen is one of the most eminent figures of post Vatican II ecclesiological reflection in the twentieth century. This paper presents his thought regarding the category of the ecclesial “we” in its Trinitarian and Christological dimensions. Starting from the key points of his “theo-logic”, which is followed by a discussion of its epistemological status, the article attempts, in constant dialogue with the author, to elicit the prospective systematic outlines of an ecclesiology of communion, highlighting its intrinsic Eucharistic dynamic.