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I think there's something to be said for the question: where does the Church go from here?

Maybe Nouvelle Theologie wasn't the answer, but it's fair to ask the direction the Church is giong to go in, in the face of a changing world.

I wouldn't consider myself a pure traditionalist, but I do think there is something to be said for a kind of reification of what has been true for a long time in the Church. That Vatican 2 attempting to "move forward" was a mistake precisely because it situated the Church too much in the events of this time rather than in eternity.

"Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever" is a trite slogan but it's also true. Christ is eternal. The Church, rooted in Christ, is eternal too. This should tempt us away from becoming faddish and obsessed with some "new" thing. Maybe we should also avoid becoming "rigid," as Pope Francis loves to harp on. Too much, I think. But I think you can be rooted in tradition, and rooted in eternity, in a way that is not rigid. Rather than belonging to this or that time, I think the Church and its theology should stand outside of time, so to speak.