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Amy Fahey
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
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RECENT COLUMNS
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Amy Fahey
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Fr. Paul D. Scalia
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Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
NEWS
COMMENTARY
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The difference between doctrinal development and cultural corruption
Larry Chapp, National Catholic Register
Friday, March 15, 2024
We can deepen our understanding of what the full implications of a doctrine are. But that deepening of understanding is completely dependent on antecedent stability of meaning. Therefore, any alleged “development of doctrine” that begins with the presumption that this kind of stability represents a “backwardist fundamentalism” is immediately suspicious.