India and Religious Pluralism. A Challenge to the Teaching Office of the Church

The deposit of faith is the sacrosanct memory of the Church. When the magisterium interprets the deposit of faith extraordinarily or in an ordinary manner, no person lower than the supreme legislator is justified to digress from the truth of the faith and its authoritative interpretations. This is why the magisterium seeks to ensure that the deposit of faith is benefitted by all, not only in its entirety or beauty, but also in its purity. In a religious pluralist society like India, truth can only be served by a willing submission of mind to the heritage that has been commonly adhered by the faithful, and interpreted and taught by the magisterium, through the centuries.