Posted on 09/26/2005 7:43:44 AM PDT by NYer
Pope Benedict XVI met with one of his fiercest critics, the dissident Swiss theologian Hans Kung, and the two had a "friendly" theological discussion, the Vatican said Monday.
The meeting occurred Saturday, Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement.
"The two agreed that there was no sense in entering, within the confines of the meeting, in a dispute surrounding the persistent doctrinal questions between Hans Kung and the magisterium of the Catholic Church," the statement said.
The two did, however, discuss other theological issues, including the question of global ethics and the dialogue between scientific reason and Christian faith, Navarro-Valls said.
Kung was stripped of the right to teach theology at the University of Tuebingen in Germany in 1979 after challenging Roman Catholic doctrines such as papal infallibility.
Kung has been stripped of his license as a theologian by the Holy Office when it was headed by then Cardinal Ratzinger serving the actual Roman Catholic Church (headquartered in the Vatican and not at Wittenberg or Econe).
What ought to fuel the SSPX schism is those little burning sticks under their disobedient feet as they burn at the stake. Oh wait, that was in far more actually traditionalist times when obedience was part of tradition.
Another soul to wherever from Torquemada's band!!!
If Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, that is very baaaaadddd news for the SSPX schismatics who are excommunicated and therefore Extra Ecclesiam.
Pro Multis.
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