tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post7657251855676945285..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: October 2017 Current Events Round UpBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-59474899054086370132017-11-28T14:47:39.137-05:002017-11-28T14:47:39.137-05:00"After all, we are no longer at war with Eura..."After all, we are no longer at war with Eurasia. We are at war with East Asia. We have always been at war with East Asia."<br /><br />A most apt reference Thomas J. McIntyrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07265239851301104247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-68295138529355030742017-10-20T11:29:46.123-04:002017-10-20T11:29:46.123-04:00Boniface, I would like to offer a few suggestions ...Boniface, I would like to offer a few suggestions which might provide raw material for some pieces analyzing the theological paradigm now seemingly regnant in Catholicism.<br /><br />1) Compare the statements of Pope Francis and certain other churchmen about conversion, accompaniment, and a culture of encounter with the following documents: <br /><br />Pope Saint John XXIII, Paenitentiam Agere. <br />http://www.papalencyclicals.net/john23/j23paeni.htm<br /><br />Chapter VI of the Sixth Session of Trent on The Manner of Preparation: http://www.papalencyclicals.net/councils/trent/sixth-session.htm<br /><br />2) I think it would further be interesting to see a history of the concept of "Living Tradition." The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1912 has an article entitled "Tradition and the Living Magisterium." I raise this subject not to suggest that the concept of a "living tradition" is a novelty- for I am ignorant of the term's history- but rather because it seems like we might be using the term "tradition" in different senses at different times. <br /><br />3) What is most striking about Pope Francis is how much he seems to challenge the Church's history not simply on the pragmatic grounds of "such disciplines are no longer effective" but that certain practices of the Church's past were contrary to the Gospel or the spirit of true Christianity. To either accept or reject this paradigm would require quite a bit of historical investigation, I should think.<br /><br />4) The relationship between human dignity and retributive justice. Can a person deserve evil or suffering? <br /><br />There's much more that can be said, but I have gone on long enough. <br /><br />-Aegis Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-23403434615427451562017-10-18T12:33:58.903-04:002017-10-18T12:33:58.903-04:00The Filial Correction will have the effect God wil...The Filial Correction will have the effect God wills for it to have. Our ways are not God's ways and our measures of success are not God's. Should the farmer not sew his seed?<br /><br />In any event, it might be worth bearing in mind:<br /><br />"Also it (the beast) was allowed to make war on the saints and to conquer them." Rev. 13:7<br /><br />"As I told you, if men do not repent and better themselves, the Father will inflict a terrible punishment on all humanity. It will be a punishment greater than the deluge, such as one will never seen before. <br /><br />Fire will fall from the sky and will wipe out a great part of humanity, the good as well as the bad, sparing neither priests nor faithful. The survivors will find themselves so desolate that they will envy the dead. <br /><br />The only arms which will remain for you will be the Rosary and the Sign left by My Son. Each day recite the prayers of the Rosary. With the Rosary, pray for the Pope, the bishops and priests." - Our Lady of Akita - 13 October 1973Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-39503454677641253172017-10-16T10:53:58.559-04:002017-10-16T10:53:58.559-04:00Bishop emeritus Gracida of Corpus Christi also len...Bishop emeritus Gracida of Corpus Christi also lent his signature. Not sure what weight an "Emeritus" Bishop carries, but I suppose that technically means two bishops signed.c mattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-29198210282821328172017-10-15T14:16:12.075-04:002017-10-15T14:16:12.075-04:00Regarding Football players kneeling: No country sh...Regarding Football players kneeling: No country should be lectured by men who don't care about their own brains.Konstantinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13701303189143549671noreply@blogger.com