Sitaram
02-09-2005, 07:10 PM
To appreciate this wonderful joke, you have to understand that Cardinal Ratzinger was appointed as a very strict watchdog of Catholic theology.
Hans Kung was a brilliant young Catholic theologian who was a rising star during Vatican II in the 1960's but then became somewhat questionable in some of his beliefs, and was censured by the Church.
Karl Barth is a famous Protestant theologian.
So, here is the joke:
Cardinal Ratzinger, Hans Kung and Karl Barth are all flying to the Vatican in the same jet, when it crashes and all three suddenly find themselve at St. Peter's heavenly gate. St. Peter comes out of his office, looks sternly at Karl Barth, and says,... "Come into my office."
Ratzinger and Kung listen for a hour as all kinds of shouting and commotion can be heard behind the closed doors.
After an hour, the door opens, Karl Barth comes out weeping and red faced saying "Oh, how could I have been in such doctrinal error!"
Next, St. Peter points to Hans Kung and says, "You. Get in here!"
For TWO hours, Ratzinger and Barth hear shouting and even furniture banging, and finally the door opens and out runs Hans Kung wailing and shouting "Oh, how could I have been such a fool."
Finally, St. Peter says, "Ratzinger, get in here!"
Kung and Barth listen for FIVE hours at shouting screaming breaking glass, the most dreadful commotion.
FINALLY, the door opens and OUT COMES ST. PETER, crying like a baby, saying, "How could I have been so mislead?"
Hans Kung was a brilliant young Catholic theologian who was a rising star during Vatican II in the 1960's but then became somewhat questionable in some of his beliefs, and was censured by the Church.
Karl Barth is a famous Protestant theologian.
So, here is the joke:
Cardinal Ratzinger, Hans Kung and Karl Barth are all flying to the Vatican in the same jet, when it crashes and all three suddenly find themselve at St. Peter's heavenly gate. St. Peter comes out of his office, looks sternly at Karl Barth, and says,... "Come into my office."
Ratzinger and Kung listen for a hour as all kinds of shouting and commotion can be heard behind the closed doors.
After an hour, the door opens, Karl Barth comes out weeping and red faced saying "Oh, how could I have been in such doctrinal error!"
Next, St. Peter points to Hans Kung and says, "You. Get in here!"
For TWO hours, Ratzinger and Barth hear shouting and even furniture banging, and finally the door opens and out runs Hans Kung wailing and shouting "Oh, how could I have been such a fool."
Finally, St. Peter says, "Ratzinger, get in here!"
Kung and Barth listen for FIVE hours at shouting screaming breaking glass, the most dreadful commotion.
FINALLY, the door opens and OUT COMES ST. PETER, crying like a baby, saying, "How could I have been so mislead?"