What would be the proper forum on which to debate such doctinal
questions? Should it be moderated?  Is it a problem that none of the
participants are authorized to speak for the Church?

The Wikipedia answer (yes, there is an answer), is to cite authorities
and experts, and if there is significant disagreement on a subject, be
sure to cite all sides fairly and sympathetically.

Regarding the specific passage in question here, an applicable
official Wikipedia policy might be "No original research" [[WP:NOR]].
In other words, if no scholarly or ecclesiastical source can be found
that discusses the idea, you have good backing to request that the
article not "go there".  Simply cite [[WP:NOR]] (after reading it, of
course) and say, "Cite your sources, or please leave it out."

There are so many facts (citations of existing sources) to be added to
Wikipedia that there is really no time to be arguing for interesting
original conclusions.

--
Tom Haws
Have a beautiful day.
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