"...By way of summary, the development of doctrine is a progress in the understanding of Christ’s teachings, in perfect conformity to the content of tradition, guarded and promulgated by the Church’s Magisterium."
Baloney. A rose by any other name.
changed/ developed .... Semantics
It's still the same thing, just repackaged for the gullible.
I frequently go out to Catholic websites. I understand spin and they're on the fast cycle.
Please answer me this one question: Do you believe that Muslims can be saved by God apart from believing in Christ? Do you believe the early church fathers believed what you believe?
OK...that's two questions.
I don't expect an answer because I've asked this several times now in various ways to other Catholics here and received no answer. But one would think (hope) that it would make a person rather nervous to be out of line with the teachings of the early fathers.
This is not doctrinal development. This is heresy. But then, I suppose that is what heretics call heresy when you think about it. Surprisingly enough I did a Google on "doctrinal development joseph smith" and, sure enough, there it is. Joseph Smith was just doing doctrinal development.
Nothing surprises me any more.