"The Catholic church is always so dogmatically assertive, imposing its values with heartless authority, that a climb-down on one of its fundamentals would be a major humiliation. I think there will be change - there has to be - but it will go at a snail's pace in the hope that no-one notices."

Does this mean the teachings of The Bible are open to re-interpretation according to the context they are being interpreted in? Does this mean the Bible is not the word of God as it can be altered by humankind to fit? Does this mean it was wrong or wanting of clarification when written down originally?