교황 베네딕도 16세는 10월 6일 국제신학위원회 위원들과의 미사에서 신학자들은 “일반여론의 독재”에 영합하지 말라고 경고하였다. 이번 주에 국제신학위원회가 세례를 받지 않은 영아들의 가는 곳을 토론하였는데, 교황은 강론에서 이점에 관하여는 논급을 하지 않은 채, 신학자들이 “찬사를 받으려 발언”하려는 유혹에 빠지지 말고 “사람들이 듣고 싶어하는 것”에 이끌리지 말 것을 강력하게 경고하였다. 성하는 신학의 온당한 자세는 “진리에의 순종 가운데 가혹한 훈련”이어야 한다고 말씀했다. (2006. 10. 6. 가톨릭세계뉴스)
 
 POPE WARNS THEOLOGIANS AGAINST SERVING PUBLIC OPINION
 
 Oct. 06 (CWNews.com) - Pope Benedict XVI warned theologians against serving "the dictatorship of common opinion," as he celebrated Mass on October 6 with the members of the International Theological Commission.
 
 The International Theological Commission had been meeting in Rome this week to discuss the fate of children who die unbaptized, with widespread reports indicating that the group would recommend a move away from the concept of Limbo. Pope Benedict XVI did not mention that topic in his homily during the Mass that closed the Commission's week-long meeting.
 
 However the Pontiff did warn strongly against the temptation for theologians to "speak to elicit applause," and to be guided by "what men want to hear." That approach, he said, is "a kind of prostitution." The proper approach to theology, the Holy Father continued, is one of "harsh discipline in obedience to the truth."
 Pope Benedict called the theologians' attention to the example set by St. Bruno, the founder of the Carthusian order, whose feast the Church was celebrating. While a theologian cannot imitate St. Bruno's commitment to silence, since the theologian's task is to speak about God to the contemporary world, still any scholar should recognize the value of "silence and contemplation," the Pope said, since those habits "enable us to enter into God's silence and thus reach the point where the Word is born."
 
 "God is not the object," the Pope reminded the group; "God is the subject of theology." He urged the scholars to follow the "path of purification," seeking to become "only instruments through which God may speak."