I just finished reading John Allen's sequel to his first article on Jon Sobrino. I'm not sure what to make of all the fuss about Jesus (human and divine). Throughout the centuries we have always stressed one over the other (teetering back and forth depending on the spirituality and needs of the era), finding it difficult to fully appreciate and vocalize the divine mystery of the incarnation. As church, we live in very threatening times, and it is difficult to watch over and protect God's revelation. Maybe the church needs to verbalize this fact more clearly, and enlist everyone's support and prayers (even a little sympathy and appreciation would be welcomed).
How we protect the faith, seems to be one of the most relevant questions for our times.
Edicts, disciplinary tactics, punishments, excommunication are an obvious response option. But in our times, this option just seems to tear the church apart and undermine the church's credibility in the eyes of the world; inside the church, disciplinary control seems to cultivate a climate of fear within the hearts and minds of God's people, undermining the very spirit which transforms and gives life. We live in very challenging and diffcult times, and there are no easy answers.
Are there other options? Let us pray there are, and that we find them soon!
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