Hans Kung
Hans Kung
Hans Küngis a Swiss Catholic priest, theologian, and author. Since 1995 he has been President of the Foundation for a Global Ethic. He is notable for his rejection of the doctrine of papal infallibility. Although Küng is not officially allowed to teach Catholic theology, his priestly faculties have not been revoked. In 1979, he had to leave the Catholic faculty, but remained at the University of Tübingen as a professor of ecumenical theology, serving as an emeritus professor since 1996...
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role-models people roles
For many people, the pope is still, to a certain extent, a positive role model and a moral force, although others feel that this aspect has suffered greatly.
rights essence ethics
However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.
war often-is goal
Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
norm
The Gospel has to be the norm.
facts matter deficiency
As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
church abandon
A Church which abandons the truth abandons itself.
thinking age today
We should think about whether canonizations, which are an invention of the Middle Ages, still make sense today.
xenophobia hate moving
Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
important synthesis theology
The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
meaningful space answers
But I have to add - and this answers your other question - this catholicity in time and in space is only meaningful for me if there is, at the same time, a concentration on the Gospel.
years tradition
I like the catholicity in time: our tradition is one of 2,000 years.
people community understanding
And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
political earth problem
We are conscious that religions cannot solve the economic, political and social problems of this earth.
spiritual order humanity
Humanity today possesses sufficient economic, cultural and spiritual resources to introduce a better global order.