Comments on: The Vatican’s Thirst for Power . . . according to Hans Kung http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/ Where youthful Barthianism never dies Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:24:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel Imburgia http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12121 Daniel Imburgia Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:48:29 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12121 Imagine: it is the year 3497. On planet Nuovi-Inizi one reads in the religious section of the Nuovi-Inizi Post that Amish colonists, refuse to make use of the new strontium drive technology and insist that their anti-gravity hovercraft be pulled by the native, giant centipedes they’ve named ‘vele-voeten.’ In other religious news, some progressive Catholics and the inter-galactic Anglican quadrilateral conference, were angered over Pope Xanchinyuan the 23rds encyclical condemning the use of communion wafers made from synthesized, space-spawned ‘freak wheat,’ stating that: “Unification between Rome and Canterbury has been dealt another serious setback…” The Sanhedrin, after much deliberation, has declared that “vele-voeten” will not be classified as insects despite their appearance, since their hooves are cloven and they cheweth the cud, thus they are declared kosher food for newly arriving Orthodox Jewish settlers weary of living amid the tensions between Palestinians and Israelis back on earth. Indigenous Inizians have stepped up protests against encroachments upon their territory by…….....(from my unpublished novel, obliged). Imagine: it is the year 3497. On planet Nuovi-Inizi one reads in the religious section of the Nuovi-Inizi Post that Amish colonists, refuse to make use of the new strontium drive technology and insist that their anti-gravity hovercraft be pulled by the native, giant centipedes they’ve named ‘vele-voeten.’ In other religious news, some progressive Catholics and the inter-galactic Anglican quadrilateral conference, were angered over Pope Xanchinyuan the 23rds encyclical condemning the use of communion wafers made from synthesized, space-spawned ‘freak wheat,’ stating that: “Unification between Rome and Canterbury has been dealt another serious setback…” The Sanhedrin, after much deliberation, has declared that “vele-voeten” will not be classified as insects despite their appearance, since their hooves are cloven and they cheweth the cud, thus they are declared kosher food for newly arriving Orthodox Jewish settlers weary of living amid the tensions between Palestinians and Israelis back on earth. Indigenous Inizians have stepped up protests against encroachments upon their territory by………..(from my unpublished novel, obliged).

]]> By: Anthony Paul Smith http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12085 Anthony Paul Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:50:14 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12085 Totally, w/r/t Rome and Traditionalist Christian social teaching in general one must always say, "At least it's an ethos." Totally, w/r/t Rome and Traditionalist Christian social teaching in general one must always say, “At least it’s an ethos.”

]]> By: Chris Donato http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12084 Chris Donato Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:27:11 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12084 Yes. Hence my suspicion of Küng's vision. I suspect his commonwealth would be constituted with meaningless Christians. Yes. Hence my suspicion of Küng’s vision. I suspect his commonwealth would be constituted with meaningless Christians.

]]> By: Adam Kotsko http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12080 Adam Kotsko Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:14:53 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12080 Seems like the lowest common denominator is orthodox doctrine on Trinity and Christology -- certainly that's not nothing, right? Seems like the lowest common denominator is orthodox doctrine on Trinity and Christology — certainly that’s not nothing, right?

]]> By: Anthony Paul Smith http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12072 Anthony Paul Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:40:27 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12072 I'm wondering if Roman Catholics realize that "Anglo-Catholics" and "traditionalist Anglicans" are not pure synonyms. I’m wondering if Roman Catholics realize that “Anglo-Catholics” and “traditionalist Anglicans” are not pure synonyms.

]]> By: Anthony Paul Smith http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12071 Anthony Paul Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:38:31 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12071 I'm only wondering, but is lowest-common-denominator Christianity a meaningless term? I’m only wondering, but is lowest-common-denominator Christianity a meaningless term?

]]> By: Chris Donato http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12070 Chris Donato Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:36:55 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12070 Incidentally, if folks want to read an actual Anglo-Catholic response to all this, <a href="http://anglicancontinuum.blogspot.com/2009/10/thanks-but-no-thanks.html" rel="nofollow">go here</a>. Certainly it shows how, as other previous posters (in that other thread) wrote: "Anglo-Catholics are effing protestants," indeed, "the most protestant of all protestants." Incidentally, if folks want to read an actual Anglo-Catholic response to all this, go here. Certainly it shows how, as other previous posters (in that other thread) wrote: “Anglo-Catholics are effing protestants,” indeed, “the most protestant of all protestants.”

]]> By: Anthony Paul Smith http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12069 Anthony Paul Smith Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:36:13 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12069 Because he's covering over other actual events that led to Rome's actions. Because he’s covering over other actual events that led to Rome’s actions.

]]> By: Chris Donato http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12068 Chris Donato Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:58:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12068 I'm only wondering, is Küng's "Catholic commonwealth" anything more than lowest-common-denominator Christianity? Sure, it might be "honest" (from a non-Catholic perspective), but is it true? I’m only wondering, is Küng’s “Catholic commonwealth” anything more than lowest-common-denominator Christianity?

Sure, it might be “honest” (from a non-Catholic perspective), but is it true?

]]> By: mike d http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/2009/10/29/the-vaticans-thirst-for-power-according-to-hans-kung/comment-page-1/#comment-12062 mike d Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:30:57 +0000 http://www.inhabitatiodei.com/?p=3074#comment-12062 IMO Hill has again and again offered sane responses to these posts by looking at the actual events that led to Rome's actions. Why is that no one else cares about that? IMO Hill has again and again offered sane responses to these posts by looking at the actual events that led to Rome’s actions. Why is that no one else cares about that?

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