[sinkspur]

Much as I despise Rahner's theology, if he didn't engage in carnal sexual acts with her, he didn't violate his vow of celibacy.

As an admirer of Rahner's theology, he demonstrated (if this story is true) the kind of particular friendship that has been part and parcel of celibate life through the centuries.

Platonic love.

[Unam Sanctam]

I would think that Rahner is something of mixed bag. The early stuff is supposedly orthodox, but later he went off the rails and advocated unorthodox doctrines. I'm not an expert, but I certainly find his notion that one should obey a hypothetical "future pope" who will have "developed" the doctrine of the faith in a liberal dissenting direction quite pernicious. Orthodox doctrine cannot be reversed -- we simply spell out all the implications of the deposit of faith revealed to the apostles. Would you be able to recommend any objective and orthodox analyses of his work?