Viganò Rejects Raked Up Ratzinger Quote About Vatican II
Archbishop Viganò criticised an old Ratzinger quote which Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron recently raked up. It says, "To defend the true tradition of the Church today means to defend the …More
Archbishop Viganò criticised an old Ratzinger quote which Los Angeles Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron recently raked up.
It says, "To defend the true tradition of the Church today means to defend the Council. We must remain faithful to the today of the Church, not the yesterday or tomorrow. This today of the Church is the documents of Vatican II" (The Ratzinger Report, 1985).
During his lifetime, Ratzinger has changed his opinions so many times, that it is unlikely that he would say the same today. As a matter of fact, Viganò underlines that the statement contradicts Benedict XVI's famous Hermeneutic of Continuity, "If there is no Church of yesterday, to what does the continuity of the supposed conciliar hermeneutic refer?” - he asks (RemnantNewspaper.com, August 15).
Viganò rightly observes that the Church’s present is intimately linked to her past. Therefore, a "Church only of today" doesn't exist because “what Christ taught yesterday, we repeat today and His Vicars will profess it …More
It says, "To defend the true tradition of the Church today means to defend the Council. We must remain faithful to the today of the Church, not the yesterday or tomorrow. This today of the Church is the documents of Vatican II" (The Ratzinger Report, 1985).
During his lifetime, Ratzinger has changed his opinions so many times, that it is unlikely that he would say the same today. As a matter of fact, Viganò underlines that the statement contradicts Benedict XVI's famous Hermeneutic of Continuity, "If there is no Church of yesterday, to what does the continuity of the supposed conciliar hermeneutic refer?” - he asks (RemnantNewspaper.com, August 15).
Viganò rightly observes that the Church’s present is intimately linked to her past. Therefore, a "Church only of today" doesn't exist because “what Christ taught yesterday, we repeat today and His Vicars will profess it …More
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AlexBKaiser
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+ Viganò skips entirely over +Barron and even ++George (mentioned in the original Word on Fire article) to grapple directly with Pope Benedict and his self-contradictory statement
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+Vigano to Matt: "There is no Church only of today, in which yesterday is now irremediably past... What Christ taught yesterday, we repeat today and His Vicars will profess tomorrow, what the Martyrs witnessed to yesterday, we guard today and our children will confess tomorrow."
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"...it is unlikely that he would say the same today." -Irrelevant to the factual validity of Cardinal Ratzinger making the cited quote at that time.
"Viganò rightly observes that the Church’s present is intimately linked to her past."
That observation also applies to Benedict today. His own view on the Church's present is intimately linked to his past statement.
As in, he was quoted as making the …More
"...it is unlikely that he would say the same today." -Irrelevant to the factual validity of Cardinal Ratzinger making the cited quote at that time.
"Viganò rightly observes that the Church’s present is intimately linked to her past."
That observation also applies to Benedict today. His own view on the Church's present is intimately linked to his past statement.
As in, he was quoted as making the one being cited.
Archbishop Vigano has presented no evidence the quote is false -or- (most importantly) Benedict EVER publicly repudiated that view.
"Viganò rightly observes that the Church’s present is intimately linked to her past."
That observation also applies to Benedict today. His own view on the Church's present is intimately linked to his past statement.
As in, he was quoted as making the one being cited.
Archbishop Vigano has presented no evidence the quote is false -or- (most importantly) Benedict EVER publicly repudiated that view.
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Viganò isn't claiming Ratzinger never said it. He's claiming it is nonsensical. And he's right.