[tomsbartoo]

Well said!

But I might only add that I’m afraid some of these “learned” that you made mention included the likes of Yves Congar; Augustine Bea; Hans Kung; John Courtney Murray; Karl Rahner; Henri de Lubac, to name just a few of the academicians that gave us the Second Vatican Council.

[defconw]

As a Sister told me, there is such a thing as being to smart for ones own good. :) So yes, I get it. I try to keep the academic balanced with the spiritual. I have read Rahner and de Lubac and Kung. I can't say that I enjoyed reading them at all. They lack joy. I would rather read someone like Scott Hahn. You sense the “awe” with him.