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(
b
. 1928).
Swiss RC theologian teaching at the University of Tübingen. His
The Council and Reunion
(1960; Eng. 1961) set out a programme of reforms for the Second
Vatican Council
, many of which actually came about. After the council he wrote widely on
ecclesiology
(especially
The Church
, 1967),
Christology
, the existence of God, and many other topics. His questioning of some traditional RC doctrines in his
Infallible
? (1970; Eng. 1971) and
On Being a Christian
(1974; Eng. 1977) led to the intervention of the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith in Rome. In 1979 it was announced that he could no longer teach officially as a Catholic theologian.

 
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Kung-an
:

see
K
AN
.

 
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K'ung-tzu
:

see
CONFUCIUS
.

 
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see
KITABAKE CHIKAFUSA
.

 
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K'un-lun
.

A mountain range in W. China, the abode of Hsi wang-mu and the immortals (
hsien
), and thus the Taoist paradise.

 
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Kunt
,
also called P
th
.