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 Although Küng is not officially allowed to teach Catholic theology, his priestly faculties have not been revoked.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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certainly grassroots
We are certainly at an impasse, because on the grassroots level, we have a lot of ecumenical understanding, encounter, cooperation, even liturgy.
intriguing certain uncertain
It is not certain that everything is certain, neither is it certain that everything is uncertain.
casting deal design doubt people results scientific theologian
There's no use casting doubt on (scientific) results with some little problems, as the intelligent-design people or the creationists do. What's there is there. A theologian should not cast doubt on a scientific consensus, but see how he can deal with it.
catholic challenge change church experience shows today wait
But we must wait and see, for experience shows that the papacy in the Catholic Church today is such a challenge that it can change anyone.
fears found style worst
Up to now, the worst fears have not been realized. He has found another style.
absolutely church community few introduced serious success unique
It is an absolutely unique success of the church community to have introduced such an epoch-making change, in just a few years, without having a serious division.
authentic liturgy people
Second, we also got a more authentic liturgy of the people of God, in the vernacular language.
remember
I remember the Curia said, that's up to the American bishops, not up to Rome.
convinced human unity
We are convinced of the fundamental unity of the human family.
giving way favors
That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.
goodbye moving time-to-move-on
I'm not saying goodbye to life because I'm a misanthropist or disdain this life, but because, for other reasons, it's time to move on.
suffering poverty unemployment
Hundreds of millions of human beings on our planet increasingly suffer from unemployment, poverty, hunger, and the destruction of their families.
law dating church
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command.
believe views bigs
I don't cling to earthly life because I believe in eternal life. That's the big distinction between my point of view and a purely secular position.