A tall order when we don't actually believe what we say we believe. For all the beauty of Lumen gentium, when the rubber hits the road, the attitude of Rome remains that of Pius IX: "I, I am tradition! I, I am the Church!" The temptation to adopt the attitude of Pius XII, towering with arms outstretched above the faith of Saint Peter's Square, is a powerful one.
Yeah, that's the kind of ecclesiology we're trying to convince the Orthodox that we DON'T actually adhere to haha
A tall order when we don't actually believe what we say we believe. For all the beauty of Lumen gentium, when the rubber hits the road, the attitude of Rome remains that of Pius IX: "I, I am tradition! I, I am the Church!" The temptation to adopt the attitude of Pius XII, towering with arms outstretched above the faith of Saint Peter's Square, is a powerful one.