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Catholics, says Küng, are traditionally wary about talking of reform- the word has dangerous Protestant overtones-but in the present age that is precisely what is needed. "Every institution, even the holiest (the celebration of the Eucharist), every aspect of organization (even the primacy of Rome) can, through the historical process of formation and deformation, come to need renewal, and must then be reformed and renewed. Indeed, the holier the institution, the worse the damage, and the more urgent the renewal...
...importantly an evaluation of contemporary thinking on the major issues that divide the churches. Among the principal differences between the two confessions are the doctrine of predestination and the nature of the Lord's Supper. To Lutherans, Christ is truly present in the bread and wine of the Eucharist; Reformed churches more commonly think of the Communion service as a memorial to Christ's Last Supper in Jerusalem...
...presbyters both in the apostolic succession and out of it from all over the world, from all Christian churches which would authorize or permit them to take part." ¶ The new church must confess belief in the Trinity and must administer the "two sacraments instituted by Christ"-the Eucharist and baptism. "It will not be necessary, I trust, for a precise doctrinal agreement to be reached about the mode of operation of the sacraments...
...more serious trouble. And the Bishop who stamped the paper would have some deep thinking to do ... The biggest worry a Bishop has in connection with granting permission to live together-apart is the consideration of what possible abuse might be made of the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist [Communion]. Should a couple fall and still continue to receive, the responsibility for the unworthy reception of the Sacrament would lie directly with the Bishop for permitting such sacrilege." Eventually, Claire and John moved to a parish where the assistant priest took up their cause and obtained permission for them...
...tolerance of diversity. But this tolerance is paradoxical. The Protestant "is tolerant of anything but intolerance, and the insistence that the Christian faith must be doctrinally one is for him intolerance." The Protestant is not necessarily annoyed by specific Catholic doctrines, e.g., the physical presence of Christ in the Eucharist; what makes him "bridle" is the statement that this or other doctrines "must" be held by the Christian. The minus side of Protestant audacity and tolerance, says Weigel, is a logical lack of "total consistency...