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| | Book: The Catholic Church: A Short History |
 | | It must not be patriarchal, fixated on stereotyped images of women, exclusively male language, and predetermined gender roles, but be a church of partnership, which combines office and charism and accepts women in all church ministries. |
 | | It must not be narrowly confessional and succumb to confessional exclusiveness, the presumption of officialdom, and the refusal of communion, but be an ecumenically open church, which practices ecumenical statements with ecumenical actions like the recognition of ministries, the abolition of all excommunications, and complete Eucharistic fellowship. |
 | | It must not be Eurocentric and put forward any exclusivist Christian claims and show a Roman imperialism, but be a tolerant universal church which has respect for the truth that is always greater, and therefore also attempt to learn from the other religions and leave an appropriate autonomy to the national, regional, and local churches. |
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