Karl Rahner’s ecclesial theology remains relevant for ecumenical work and specifically for the ecumenically thorny questions about papal authority and the infallibility doctrine. Rahner’s approach offers insight for unifying Christian churches in three ways: 1. prioritizing the papal office’s unifying role; 2. interpreting the doctrine of infallibility within an incarnate ecclesiology; and 3. contextualizing papal authority within a theology of communion and a subsidiarity administrative model. With this approach, infallibility is framed as a matter of doctrine and order, but a doctrine and order rooted in and reflecting the ‘sensus fidelium’. The pope is the ‘concrete guarantor of the unity of the church in truth and love’1 and not an absolute monarch. Rahner’s call for ecumenical reforms serves the mission of the whole church – the sacrament of the incarnate God – on the personal, parish, diocese, regional, and universal levels. Many monarchical symbols of the papacy have been retired in recent years with the papacy of Francis, marking a moment ripe for Rahner’s approach. The article concludes with a reflection upon how Francis’ ministry reveals a commitment to communion theology of the Second Vatican Council and the subsidiarity principle that embodies Rahner’s epistemological tolerance.

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卡尔·拉纳 (Karl Rahner) 和教皇方济各 (Pope Francis) 谈教皇事工

卡尔·拉纳 (Karl Rahner) 的教会神学仍然与普世工作相关，特别是关于教皇权威和无谬误学说的普世棘手问题。Rahner 的方法从三个方面为统一基督教会提供了见解：1. 优先考虑教皇办公室的统一角色；2. 在道成肉身的教会学中解释无谬误的教义；3. 在共融神学和附属管理模式中将教皇权威置于情境中。通过这种方法，无误性被定义为一个学说和秩序问题，但这种学说和秩序植根于并反映了“信心”。教皇是“教会在真理和爱中团结的具体保证人”1，而不是绝对的君主。拉纳对普世改革的呼吁服务于整个教会的使命——道成肉身的上帝的圣事——在个人、教区、教区、地区和全球层面。近年来，随着弗朗西斯教皇的统治，许多教皇的君主象征已经退休，这标志着拉纳的做法已经成熟。文章最后反思了弗朗西斯的事工如何揭示了对梵蒂冈第二届大公会议的共融神学的承诺以及体现拉纳认识论宽容的辅助原则。