The topic of the church remains an issue over which Lutherans and Catholics do not yet fully agree. But where are we on the road towards unity?
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Tag: Authority
Judging custom
Now that we’ve discussed how customs arise in liturgical history, let’s turn to the principles by which they’re evaluated (in their pre-canonical period). This post takes some of the debate in the comment threads as examples of how these conversations normally go in the process of evaluation.
Read moreArchbishop of Munich, Ratzinger’s successor, criticizes “royal court carrying on” in Vatican
“There was a basic feeling among the cardinals that something has to change, that one must reflect anew on areas of responsibility, that one must deal with the scandals of the past.”
Read moreSwiss Bishop Sees Urgent Need for Reform of Roman Curia
“Sometimes the curial offices worry about things that simply are not their beer.” – Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel
Read moreBishop Conry: Problems of Overcentralization and New Missal under Pope Benedict XVI
“There is a need for the Roman Curia, the central administration, to be reviewed. That was not one of Pope Benedict’s strengths.”
Read moreFr. Tony Flannery, Emblematic of Our Era
“Finally, it could be asked why I am going public now having remained silent for a year. I need to take back my voice.”
Read moreSwiss Abbot Harshly Criticizes Church Structures, Calls for Reform in the System of Naming Bishops
“In our church we have serious structural problems. The problem is that bishops achieve their position through this system, and consequently they have no interesting in questioning the current system. The church thus becomes a closed system. Perhaps it eventually has to collapse or fall apart before anything happens.” – Benedictine Abbot Peter von Sury
Read moreMoral Theology and Using the New Translation
An anonymous priest observes: “To the extent that we make a choice to ‘obey’ misguided authority, then, prima facie, we are complicit, and are at least materially co-operating with this misguidedness…We cannot prevent the abuse of authority and many of its effects on our liturgical life, but we can at least maintain our integrity by seeking for and striking feasible compromises, as creatively and non-violently as possible. “
Read moreEvelyn Waugh, Cardinal Heenan and Bitter Trials
Ignatius Press has just published a third (!) edition of A Bitter Trial, correspondence between Evelyn Waugh and Cardinal Heenan in the years from 1962 till Waugh’s death in 1966.
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