An Inopportune Doctrinal Note
The doctrinal note seems of a piece with some of the rigmarole of “synodality” because it has a tone not of studied theological reasoning, but almost of political correctness.
The doctrinal note seems of a piece with some of the rigmarole of “synodality” because it has a tone not of studied theological reasoning, but almost of political correctness.
Some of the greatest theologians going back to the earliest centuries of the Church spoke of Mary as God’s true assistant and partner in the economy of Redemption.
I admit a certain ambivalence about organizing a document around “human dignity” because I am unsure we’ve adequately prepared the ground to support that discussion, especially with non-Catholic circles.