The pope does not have to discard Lumen Gentium 16 as Bishop Athanasius Schneider has asked.He simply has to re-interpret LG 16 rationally and then there is no rupture with Tradition (EENS, Syllabus etc).The Council Fathers interpreted LG 16 irrationally and so it is there in the Council-text. It should not have been there. Bishop Schneider is correct here.

 

The pope does not have to discard Lumen Gentium 16 as Bishop Athanasius Schneider has asked.He simply has to re-interpret LG 16 ratioinally and then there is no rupture with Tradition (EENS, Syllabus etc).The Council Fathers interpreted LG 16 irrationally and so it is there in the Council-text. It should not have been there. Bishop Schneider is correct here. -Lionel Andrades