Mer om broder Rogers forhold til den katolske kirke
I L’Osservatore Romano ble det 15. august trykt et intervju med kardinal Walter Kasper om Taizé’s grunnlegger Roger Schutz. Kardinalen ble der spurt om broder Rogers forhold til den katolske kirke; konverte han og ble katolikk? – Jeg har skrevet om dette litt tidligere, HER, HER og HER.
Jeg syns ikke intervjuet gir noe klart svar på de kirkerettslige spørsmålene rundt broder Roger, men det bekrefter at man gjorde et unntak i hans tilfelle. Han var i full kommunion med Den katolske Kirke, samtidig som han ikke forlot sitt tidligere kirkesamfunn. Her er ett av spørsmålene i intervjuet, og kardinalen sgrundige svar:
Q: Brother Roger often described his ecumenical journey as an “inner reconciliation of the faith of his origins with the Mystery of the Catholic faith, without breaking fellowship with anyone.” This road does not belong to the usual categories. After his death, the Taizé Community denied the rumors of a secret conversion to Catholicism. One of the reasons those rumors arose was because Brother Roger had been seen receiving communion at the hands of Cardinal Ratzinger during the funeral Mass of Pope John Paul II. What should we think about the statement that Brother Roger became “formally” Catholic?
A: Born in a Reformed family, Brother Roger had studied theology and had become a pastor in that same Reformed tradition. When he spoke of “the faith of his origins,” he was referring to that beautiful blend of catechesis, devotion, theological formation and Christian witness received in the Reformed tradition. He shared that patrimony with all his brothers and sisters of Protestant affiliation, with whom he always felt himself deeply linked. Since his early years as a pastor, however, Brother Roger sought at the same time to nourish his faith and his spiritual life at the wellsprings of other Christian traditions, crossing certain confessional limits in doing so. His desire to follow a monastic vocation and to found for this purpose a new monastic community with Christians of the Reformation already said a lot about this search of his. …
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