"Dissident theologian Hans Kueng urged bishops on Thursday to push for reforms in the Roman Catholic in defiance of Pope Benedict XVI.
Kueng, an 82-year-old former colleague and friend of the pontiff, said the church was now in its deepest crisis since the Protestant Reformation after recent revelations of sexual abuse by clergy caused an erosion of trust.
In an editorial published Thursday in daily Sueddeutsche Zeitung and other publications, Kueng said bishops should call for a new synod to discuss reforms."
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It's interesting to note that while this article trumpets the call for a new synod by Kueng and plays up his association with Vatican II, it never once mentions this:
"Reverend Father Hans Küng (born March 19, 1928, in Sursee, Canton of Lucerne), is a Swiss Catholic priest, controversial theologian, and prolific author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic (Stiftung Weltethos). Küng claims to remain "a Catholic priest in good standing",[1] but the Vatican has rescinded his authority to teach Catholic theology. Though he had to leave the Catholic faculty, he remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of Ecumenical Theology, serving as Emeritus Professor since 1996. In spite of not being allowed to teach Catholic theology, neither his bishop nor the Holy See has revoked his priestly faculties."
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Kueng is presented in this article and others as a voice of authority within the church when in reality he is on the margins of true Catholicism. He supports the call for women priests and he rejects the infallibility of the Pope. While apparently Kueng is not a heretic his teachings and beliefs put him well along the path.
"Therefore heresy is a species of unbelief, belonging to those who profess the Christian faith, but corrupt its dogmas."
St. Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica (II-II:11:1)
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Catawissa, Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines heretic as:
ReplyDelete1 : a dissenter from established religious dogma; especially : a baptized member of the Roman Catholic Church who disavows a revealed truth
2 : one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine
It seems to me that Hans Kueng would meet this definition in his insistence on women's ordination and his rejection of Papal infallibility when the Pope speaks in matters of Faith or Morals in concert with the Magisterium of the Church as inspired by the Holy Spirit.
What Hans Kueng is really saying by denying Papal infallibility is that the Holy Spirit can't infallibly speak through the Seat of Peter. That violates both 2000 years of Sacred Tradition and what the Bible itself states regarding the delivery of the Keys of the Kingdom and the establishment of the Church upon Peter.
I agree that he's a heretic. I only meant that the Church has not officially declared him one, I don't think anyway, since he still retains his priestly faculties. I would imagine that heresy may, in and of itself, be sufficient to remove his faculties so maybe the Church has no need of a formal announcement. Of course, that would lead to confusion, which in some ways is the normal course of action in the Vatican.
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