Not one of these theologians EVER denied Jesus Christ!  And many of them are not excommunicated---but were 'silenced'.  Where in the Gospels does Jesus state that he is forming a church that is one, holy, Catholic and apostolic?  These are qualities that the official church gave itself.  These qualities were not given to it by any other religious body.


But there were some things that Pope Benedict did that would cause one to wonder if HE didn't overstep his authority as head of the CDF [new name for the Inquisition], and demonstrate the basic flaw in his theological development.  Ratzinger was always holding onto the past---and memory of the past.  He was totally unable to look at encounters with what is new---what people face in their lives TODAY.  These theologians listed by Hooded Claw, Mike AA and 12th Night---did and have looked at what people in our own age grapple with every day.