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Rome must beware Anglican-style dialogue At his patheos.com blog, Fr Dwight Longenecker asked whether “the present trend at the Vatican” was a movement towards the Anglican philosophy of “creative tension”. The idea, Fr Longenecker recalled from his Anglican days, was that serious divisions could exist, as long as everyone agreed to “listen carefully and dialogue with those with whom we disagreed”.
Fr Longenecker said he wasn’t sure if the Catholic Church would go down this route – but he was certain it shouldn’t. For one thing, endless “dialogue” and division played into the hands of progressives. “It springs from and reinforces their relativist philosophy.” Moreover, progressives can advance their ideas through rhetorical strategies.
