@SKracket @ai @Shadowman311 @TalmudTranslator @sapphire @skylar HUMOROUSLY THE VATICAN AND ATHOS CAN BE KIND OF ANALOGIZED TO "LIVING DOCUMENT" AND "ORIGINALIST" SCHOOLS OF CONSTITUTIONAL THOUGHT
A LOT OF MODERN CATHOLIC SCHOLARSHIP TAKES DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE ULTIMATE EXTREME OF COMPLETE DECONTEXTUALIZATION OF PAST DOCTRINE -- STUFF IS TRUE BECAUSE (AND IN THE SPECIFIC WAY THAT) JUSTIFICATION FOR IT EXISTS AT PRESENT
CONVERSELY ORTHODOX THEOLOGY IS FROZEN IN AMBER BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE WHAT EVERYONE BELIEVED EVERYWHERE AT ALL TIMES
TRADITION IS NOT JUST "WHAT WE USED TO DO" -- BECAUSE THE CHURCH IS INDWELT BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TRADITION IS JUST THE RECORD OF HOLY SPIRIT'S INTERACTIONS WITH PEOPLE OF THE CHURCH
DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT BY MEANS OF LIKE FLOROVSKY AND SUCH IS JUST APPLYING THE OLD STUFF TO MODERN CONDITIONS AND IS NOT AWFULLY INTERESTING