I have fielded questions from some in our parish and from other friends and acquaintances who know of my warm feelings towards Rome regarding the Pope’s recent comments about those Christians not in full communion with the Holy See. These questions have uniformly echoed a dismay at the tenor of the Pope’s teaching. Well, good for the Pope and I believe that the Russians have said it best…. from the Pertinacious Papist.
The Pope’s teachings are…well…Catholic and let’s hope and pray that one day soon he will have no need to speak of such things.
August 5, 2007 at 4:04 am |
“For an honest theological dialogue to happen, one should have a clear view of the position of the other side,” because “it helps understand how different we are,” he said. Basically, the Vatican’s current document has nothing new and is in “full conformity with the doctrine of the Catholic Church,” Metropolitan Kirill said.
August 8, 2007 at 12:20 am |
Exactamente.
The Orthodox ‘get it’. Of course – as a catholic church themselves they make a similar claim.
‘Of course he believes his church is superior – I’d be worried and wary of him if he didn’t.’
The liberal Protestants and secular people (predictable media spin – ‘Pope disses other Christians!’) seem the most upset about it – why do they even care?
August 9, 2007 at 1:59 am |
“…I’d be worried and wary of him if he didn’t.”- the crux of the quote.
The liberal whining would seem to go along with general opposition to the current bishop of Rome whom they assume to be quite conservative – a debatable point. I believe there was some himming and hawing from evangelical circles and as well and as I said from some Anglicans – I think that there may have been some discussions at the Continuum – http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/
(and thanks for the comment!)