Com #2

Yes, there must be some reconciliation of the old with the new, some reason given and an integration of the new with other teachings.  I just don’t want the Church to get stuck on the “hermeneutic of continuity.”   As with Pope Francis’ change in the status of divorced/remarried in full participation in the sacraments, sometimes the truth has to have a century or two to sink in.  And, if it is to even have a chance, it will require the next few popes do not cave into those who can’t stand any change.  

We lost continuity with VII, the momentum of VII, because following popes caved into reactionaries.  

Can the Church acknowledge that some rules/teachings were based in part on limited knowledge and cultural conditions at a particular point in time, not derived from changeless “revealed” truth?  Can the Church acknowledge that the Holy Spirit doesn’t necessarily teach eternal truth, but only as much as we can make use of based on existing knowledge?  I am not at all sure.