Cardinal Fernández warns against ‘ex cathedra’ condemnations online, urges humility

Cardinal Fernández warns against ‘ex cathedra’ condemnations online, urges humility

(OSV News) — The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith opened the discastery’s Jan. 27-29 plenary session with a strong call for humility in thought, theology and online discourse. He said that the capacity for thought is one that “does not mean that human beings possess a … comprehensive capacity for perceiving reality,” and warned that human reason — even when aided by advanced technology — can never grasp reality in its fulln…

Vatican official, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández: 'We must keep alive that awareness of our limits, of our need for God' - The Dialog

The prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith opened the discastery’s Jan. 27-29 plenary session with a strong call for humility in thought, theology and online discourse. He said that the capacity for thought is one that “does not mean that human beings possess a … comprehensive capacity for perceiving reality,” and warned that human reason — even when aided by advanced technology — can never grasp reality in its fullness, a capaci…