Med udgangspunkt i lignelsen om vintræet giver Pave Benedikt udtryk for, at Kirken såvel som enkeltindivider konstant har behov for blive renset og endda skåret tilbage. ”When man and his institutions climb too high, they need to be cut back; what has become too big must be brought back to the simplicity and poverty of the Lord himself. It is only by undergoing such processes of dying away that fruitfulness endures and renews itself. The goal of purification is fruit, the Lord tells us.” Pave Benedikt den 16., Jesus of Nazareth, p. 261.
torsdag den 10. januar 2008
Kirkens behov for blive beskåret
Med udgangspunkt i lignelsen om vintræet giver Pave Benedikt udtryk for, at Kirken såvel som enkeltindivider konstant har behov for blive renset og endda skåret tilbage. ”When man and his institutions climb too high, they need to be cut back; what has become too big must be brought back to the simplicity and poverty of the Lord himself. It is only by undergoing such processes of dying away that fruitfulness endures and renews itself. The goal of purification is fruit, the Lord tells us.” Pave Benedikt den 16., Jesus of Nazareth, p. 261.
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