Halik: Catholic Church needs a radical change in mentality
The church must accept that it does not have the truth for itself – and become a "learning church", demands the Prague theologian Tomas Halik. The synodal process initiated by the Pope is the right step. …More
The church must accept that it does not have the truth for itself – and become a "learning church", demands the Prague theologian Tomas Halik. The synodal process initiated by the Pope is the right step.
The Prague philosopher of religion Tomas Halik believes a radical change of mentality is necessary in the Catholic Church. He told the "Kleine Zeitung" newspaper in an interview that this is about shedding "the pride and arrogance of the owners of the whole truth". "We need to be a listening church; not just a teaching church, but above all a learning church," said Halik. The bureaucratic institution of the church must become "a house for all".
This requires a deepening of ecumenism, interreligious and intercultural dialogue. This also includes an awareness of ecological responsibility for "the environment, the planet as the common home of the entire human family".
According to the sociologist of religion, it is important to "find a way out of the structure of their denominationally …More
The Prague philosopher of religion Tomas Halik believes a radical change of mentality is necessary in the Catholic Church. He told the "Kleine Zeitung" newspaper in an interview that this is about shedding "the pride and arrogance of the owners of the whole truth". "We need to be a listening church; not just a teaching church, but above all a learning church," said Halik. The bureaucratic institution of the church must become "a house for all".
This requires a deepening of ecumenism, interreligious and intercultural dialogue. This also includes an awareness of ecological responsibility for "the environment, the planet as the common home of the entire human family".
According to the sociologist of religion, it is important to "find a way out of the structure of their denominationally …More
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The key is he is a sophist. I had a philosophy prof, not a Catholic, at a secular university who said the Sophists of today are Socialists.
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Agreed, thats their political and economic philosophy but the metaphysics of the Sophist is naturalism- materialism, and their ethics is moral relativism.
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Modernism has completely corrupted this man’s faith. May his dead words rot where they lie.
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