Vatican forbids U.S. Jesuit, Roger Haight, to teach as Catholic theologian.
Ut Unum Sint, observing that "Arius wasn't invited as an equal party at the Council of Nicea", highlights how preposterous it is for the National Catholic Reporter to equate the maintenance of orthodoxy with bullying. It is said Fr. Haight has downplayed the divinity of Christ, treating it as primarily symbolic and forcing the Vatican to forbid him from teaching as Catholic theologian [CNS].
As CNS reports it:
The notification said Father Haight's assertion that Catholic theology must be "in dialogue" with the modern world leads him to downplay or deny central teachings of the church, including that:
-- The Word of God existed from all eternity.
-- The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ.
-- Jesus was divine.
-- Salvation is offered to all humanity through Jesus.
-- The Son and the Spirit are separate persons within the Trinity, not simply "metaphors" for actions of the one God. [CNS].
Ut Unum Sint criticizes the National Catholic Reporter for the ridiculous suggestion that Haight should be invited as an equal to a Christology summit to address the matter. Amy Welborn weighs in on the subject in her blog, Open Book. The Curt Jester weighs in here, Haight Crime, offering well founded criticisms of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Jesuit order for tendency toward undue tolerance of outright heresy.
Ad Limina Apostolorum says: In any case, whether or not Haight is guilty of taking tradition lightly, it is certainly the case, ... that this is true of many theologians today, who see their fundamental vocation as exploring outside the bounds of tradition than probing more deeply within it. If so, then my hope is that all doubt is erased that this profound misunderstanding of the theologian's role is a properly modern misunderstanding. It has no place in the tradition. That is a sentiment with which I could not agree more. Ad Limina Apostolorum also notes the problem may be less doctrinal accuracy than a matter of public scandal, and that that to the extent Haight has not sufficiently taken care to avoid heterodox misinterpretation of his teaching, this is his opportunity to set things straight.
As CNS reports it:
The notification said Father Haight's assertion that Catholic theology must be "in dialogue" with the modern world leads him to downplay or deny central teachings of the church, including that:
-- The Word of God existed from all eternity.
-- The Word was made flesh in Jesus Christ.
-- Jesus was divine.
-- Salvation is offered to all humanity through Jesus.
-- The Son and the Spirit are separate persons within the Trinity, not simply "metaphors" for actions of the one God. [CNS].
Ut Unum Sint criticizes the National Catholic Reporter for the ridiculous suggestion that Haight should be invited as an equal to a Christology summit to address the matter. Amy Welborn weighs in on the subject in her blog, Open Book. The Curt Jester weighs in here, Haight Crime, offering well founded criticisms of the Catholic Theological Society of America and the Jesuit order for tendency toward undue tolerance of outright heresy.
Ad Limina Apostolorum says: In any case, whether or not Haight is guilty of taking tradition lightly, it is certainly the case, ... that this is true of many theologians today, who see their fundamental vocation as exploring outside the bounds of tradition than probing more deeply within it. If so, then my hope is that all doubt is erased that this profound misunderstanding of the theologian's role is a properly modern misunderstanding. It has no place in the tradition. That is a sentiment with which I could not agree more. Ad Limina Apostolorum also notes the problem may be less doctrinal accuracy than a matter of public scandal, and that that to the extent Haight has not sufficiently taken care to avoid heterodox misinterpretation of his teaching, this is his opportunity to set things straight.
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