Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in confor… — Godfried Danneels

Rome should sometimes intervene and say this or that is not in conformity with the Catholic faith. Theologians should understand that. Some theologians go too far, for example, reducing the Catholic faith to a universal philosophy.

Godfried DanneelsClergyman · b. 1933

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