Theory, Practice, and the Church
Doctrine articulates faith, and makes it usable as a path to truth, so the Church must take it very seriously even in the face of difficulties By James Kalb There has been a great deal of talk in the Church lately about a supposed opposition between rules and reality, theology and life, doctrine and pastoral considerations. Some of the talk has gone to extremes, suggesting that rules, doctrine, and organized thought matter little in comparison with the pastoral needs of the immediate situation. Such talk, like other extreme pos…