Rome and Revisionism

Hans Küng’s recent resignation from the official Catholic Chair of Theology at Tübingen—an uncharacteristically sensible move on his part— has deprived journalists of the considerable pleasures of covering a church-state battle in a German court. The “Küng case,” however, is by no means over. He now occupies a free “Ecumenical” Chair at Tübingen and is planning a triumphant tour of the United States later this fall. And he is telegenic. With his thick curly locks and a degree of resemblance to Maximilian Schell, he’s going to be a natural on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Get ready for him.

Nevertheless, despite his claim that he remains a “Catholic priest,” Küng is almost certainly on his way out as a Roman Catholic writer. The “exit sign” is clearly visible on the theological autobahn ahead of him, as Malachi Martin wrote some time ago in these pages (NR, February 8).

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Hans Küng’s recent resignation from the official Catholic Chair of Theology at Tübingen—an uncharacteristically sensible move on his part— has deprived journalists of the considerable pleasures of covering a church-state battle in a German court. The “Küng case,” however, is by no means over. He now occupies a free “Ecumenical” Chair at Tübingen and is planning a triumphant tour of the United States later this fall. And he is telegenic. With his thick curly locks and a degree of resemblance to Maximilian Schell, he’s going to be a natural on the Today Show and Good Morning America. Get ready for him.

Nevertheless, despite his claim that he remains a “Catholic priest,” Küng is almost certainly on his way out as a Roman Catholic writer. The “exit sign” is clearly visible on the theological autobahn ahead of him, as Malachi Martin wrote some time ago in these pages (NR, February 8).