Development of Doctrine III

John of Fides Quaerens Intellectum has replied to my post Development of Doctrine II, primarily with a 1,700-word comment thatis longer than the post itself.  As supporting material, he has posted two entries at his own blog: one consisting chiefly of quotations from the late Prof. JND Kelly and Fr. John Behr on St. Irenaeus; [...]

The toils of ecumenism – a new doctrine or an old policy?

The problem
A source of perplexity for many Catholics is their Church’s continuing commitment to ecumenism.  The reason is obvious.  The commitment sometimes seems to come with a degree of troubling ambiguity, even at the highest level, and even under the papacy of Benedict XVI.  A case in point has been Cardinal Kasper’s puzzling recent statement [...]