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Pope Benedict: “the Great Consolidator” (American Spectator)

January 10, 2010 by Administrator

EXCERPT from the Article by Jeremy Lott:

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That makes him a conservative but a radical one. The easiest way to change a church is to drastically change her membership, and that is exactly what the pope is calling for with his impatient prodding to bring whole communions into the flock. Yesterday the traditionalists, today the Anglicans, tomorrow the Orthodox, and the day after, oh, let’s say the Lutherans. After all, this pope is from Germany, there has been centuries of ecumenical spadework, and Lutherans are sacramentally inclined Christians who are currently experiencing tremors over issues of sexuality.

If he succeeds, the moniker that future generations should use for him — the only really accurate one — is the Great Consolidator.

Read the full article at http://spectator.org/archives/2009/12/11/the-great-consolidator/

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