To carry forward the theme addressed in a couple of recent threads, I offer a translation of an essay by Fr. Yves Congar published fifty years ago--plus a change... It doesn't exactly speak to the precise way in which many people are posing the issue here, but there's a good deal of wisdom in it.UPDATE: I have corrected the error pointed out below and inserted page-numbers.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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