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...Pope's desire to end the church's period of doctrinal uncertainty means that the new prefect can expect some renewed booing and a lot more conflict. One sure focus for trouble is Dominican Father Edward Schillebeeckx, a Dutch scholar who has frequently questioned Vatican views. In a new book, Ministry, published last April in English (Crossroad; $12.95), Schillebeeckx focused his critical attention on the clergy. Pointing to the church's manpower shortage, he argues that the "right" of Catholics to have priests means that some rules must be reexamined, notably those which ban women, non-celibates...
...Christmas shots heard round the theological world, the Vatican in 1979 summoned Father Edward Schillebeeckx from The Netherlands for questioning as a possible heretic and then declared that West Germany's Father Hans Küng had no license to practice as a "Catholic" theologian. Since then Küng has been moved from the Cath olic faculty at the University of Tübingen into an unattached religion professorship. As for Schillebeeckx, whose belief in the divinity of Christ has been questioned, the Vatican has quietly decided to take no action, at least for now, thus signaling that...
...Vatican's doctrinal office last week refused to admit that anything has been decided. But Schillebeeckx had already announced that he received a letter from the Vatican asking that he make "clarifications" on four matters in future writings - which he intended to do anyway...
...notable Christologist, Schillebeeckx is a leader in the doctrinal reinterpretation of Christ, in part because he wants to make the Saviour more accessible to modern man. But in doing so, he avoids the words of the Nicene Creed about Jesus being "eternally begotten of the Father . . . true God from true God . . . one in Being with the Father...
Even so, there are practical reasons for the Vatican to handle Schillebeeckx more gingerly than Küng. Schillebeeckx has come obediently to Rome to discuss the situation. He also enjoys the backing of his influential fellow countryman Johannes Cardinal Willebrands...