tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post6809274104317427687..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Irish MissionariesBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-23937825469268525272008-03-12T14:47:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:47:00.000-04:00Ha...I just did a Google search for this book, The...Ha...I just did a Google search for this book, <I>The Irish Moment</I>, by Terrence Sheehy, and the only link to it was on this blog. I should have known...the book was published in 1988 nd is probably long gone.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-74397191119321194372008-03-12T14:40:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:40:00.000-04:00Well, I have read that book, by James Cahill. It g...Well, I have read that book, by James Cahill. It gives a very flattering picture of the Irish contribution, but it does it at the expense of the Roman contribution. He extols the Irish and St. Patrick but trashes St. Augustine for being too dogmatic and intolerant. The book is a veiled attack against the "Romanization" of Christianity, which the author sees as regrettable. In fact, the final sentence of the book reads something like, "That's how the Irish saved civilization...and if naybody comes to save civilization this time, we can be sure of one thing: it won't be the Romans."<BR/><BR/>Cahill is a liberal Catholic along the lines of ex-priest James Carrol ("Constantine's Sword") and ex-seminarian John Cornwell ("Hitler's Pope"). While the praise he gives to the Irish is well founded and very informative, his dissing of the Roman establishment and the Latin fathers ruins the book.Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-2001546325643812132008-03-12T14:32:00.000-04:002008-03-12T14:32:00.000-04:00Looks like a good book, you should feature it on t...Looks like a good book, you should feature it on the sidebar. Have you ever read, and if so what is your opinion of, the book called "How the Irish Saved Civilization"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com