Collegiality and Eucharistic Integrity

The concept of the "collegiality" of bishops has been sharply contested since the Second Vatican Council debated it in 1962, 1963, and 1964. That discussion was sufficiently contentious that a personal intervention from Pope Paul VI was required to incorporate the concept of episcopal collegiality within the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church in such a way that the pope's primacy and universal jurisdiction were safeguarded. The debate about collegiality has continued ever since. Now, however, it's focused more on what kind of collegiality exists within national conferences of bishops. Is it an "affective collegiality" of mutual support and encouragement? Or is episcopal collegiality within bishops' conferences "effective," such that a conference has real teaching and legislative authority. The bishops must work together to proclaim and uphold the truth that the Church is a eucharistic community.