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Article: The Ratzinger/Kasper debate: the universal church and local churches.
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- Theological Studies
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
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VATICAN II HAS BEEN widely recognized as a recovery of the theological significance of the particular or local churches. Therefore, the debate between Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and Cardinal Walter Kasper on the relation between the universal Church and the local churches is of utmost importance. William Henn, O.F.M. Cap., notes that "it is widely considered to be one of the most pressing theological tasks of the Church today." (1) In my article I review here the four public documents of this conversation (two of which are not available in English) and offer some reflections and conclusions.
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