For Rome's apologists, the evangelical distinction between essentials and non-essentials is unacceptable. They blame
Sola Scriptura for "disunity" among evangelicals. They cannot make room for the fact that it is possible for us to be united in essentials and have liberty on non-essentials and exercise charity towards each other in all things.
Yet one of their cardinals explains that even within the Roman Catholic system, theology is open to debate and criticism. Even if a view is held by Joseph Ratzinger himself, it only
"requires a greater degree of assent" but you are free to dissent if you want to.
