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Etiquette for the Death of Those Accused of Heresy

Hans Kung is dead. May God’s infinite mercy have illuminated him in his last days and may he rest in peace. But people, heresy is not what you want on your soul when you die and we have nothing to determine it wasn’t. And before you think this was my determination, nope, sorry, the Vatican declared this wayyyyy back when.

(If you’re new to Hans Kung, this long dissertation will give you some ideas on his errors. https://www.ewtn.com/catholicism/library/historical-credibility-of-hans-kung-10078)

Honestly, Miss Manners should have done a column on this.

If you truly loved dear Hans, literary canonization is not kind to his soul. Stating what the Church said about him would be the kindest thing for his soul. That might move more to pray for him if one still believes in Heaven, Hell and Purgatory.

So when I see tweets like this, it makes me sad. Emphasis mine. https://twitter.com/rightscholar/status/1379534915558121472

D.W. Lafferty

I don’t know, maybe give it a day before starting the heresy takes. What I have read of Hans Küng impressed me—he was an important thinker. I don’t agree with his take on papal authority, but he pointed to some problems that are still very relevant and largely unexamined.

Gee, D.W., I’m so glad that you don’t agree with his take on papal authority BECAUSE IT WAS HERETICAL! Geez. It wasn’t some minor little transgression. He was stripped of his right to teach by the Vatican who declared he could no longer be considered a Catholic theologian. So you know what should be done? Well, he should very much be identified as a heretic, definitely not an important thinker or a Catholic theologian. Incredible.

Does this matter to the regular dissenters? Nope. https://twitter.com/JamesMartinSJ/status/1379455825312382984

James Martin, SJ

Breaking: German television is reporting that Hans Kung, a towering Catholic theologian and frequent critic of the church, has died at 93. May he rest in peace.

Left out a little bit of info on Hans, Fr. Martin.

Dissenters are just going to keep pushing dissenters.

 

12 thoughts on “Etiquette for the Death of Those Accused of Heresy”

  1. Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine; et lux perpetua luceat eis. Requiescant in pace.

    Amen.

    I pray that some priest somewhere offers a Holy Mass for the repose of his soul today.

    1. He was well known to Pope Benedict, who taught with him at the Univ. of Tubingen. They also met after Benedict became Pope. I am sure Kung was in his prayers and masses. Still, if you are worried about the impact of the German church on the global Church (and we should all be), send up a prayer for Hans Kung who most surely now sees the error of his ways.

  2. Teach Acceptance

    I’m confused. Don’t you sometimes question the Pope’s infallibility in regards to some of his more “liberal” views that you don’t agree with? What’s the difference.

    1. No. The Pope is nor has ever been infallible in every word he utters. Infallibility, for any Pope, has a narrow scope. There are things that fall into a prudential range and things that fall into a doctrinal area.

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  5. Seem to recall a priest saint (forgot the name) that told a penitent who spread false tales to go and retrieve and correct what he said. Not really possible in totality, of course, but the instruction was to do the best he could to make corrections. Would that Fr. Kung took the opportunity when it was available to him.

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