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Development of Doctrine in Real Time: Live Debates and Clear Boundaries (#462)
The Acorn and the Oak: Development of Doctrine, Part 2 Picking up right where Part 1 left off, Greg and Cory apply the principles of authentic development to some of today’s most contested questions. They examine recent papal teaching on capital punishment and just war as examples still unfolding in the life of the Church, then look at three proposals (female ordination, Communion for those in irregular marriages, and same-sex unions) that the Church has consistently resisted. Along the way they show why these do not meet Newman’s criteria for genuine development and how the Magisterium…
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