“So if the church is founded on Peter, it is not founded on his person but on his faith... The foundation of the church is Christ. (For he was not told ‘You are the rock’, but ‘You are Peter’, and the rock was Christ), this sentence shows that the Christ (petra) accepted in faith (Petrus) is the true foundation stone of the church”
- A 26 year old doctoral student writing on Augustine’s ecclesiology in 1953 shortly after his ordination. His name was Joseph Ratzinger. Copied from Alex.
- A 26 year old doctoral student writing on Augustine’s ecclesiology in 1953 shortly after his ordination. His name was Joseph Ratzinger. Copied from Alex.
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Impressive observation for a 26 year old! One small correction, though: the picture next to the passage is Ratzinger in the 1960's- not 1953.
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