tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post2862666845539475473..comments2024-03-18T15:16:08.163-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: USCCB Historical CurriculumBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-42840377176508599562008-09-10T13:59:00.000-04:002008-09-10T13:59:00.000-04:00Lets see if I can't help them a bit with some pro ...Lets see if I can't help them a bit with some pro bono editing and guidelines.<BR/><BR/>1) A fair question. Mostly because this is used as an attack on the Church and it would be good to explain these things for what they are and not what they are often billed as.<BR/><BR/>2) Good point, but drop the middle sentence.<BR/><BR/>3) Prone is misleading, it implies that somehow as members of the Church we are more susceptible. Switch out prone with capable and it'd be better.<BR/><BR/>4) Rather than "sins" it should be "imperfections". It shows the human limitations without giving it a negative spin.<BR/><BR/>5) "Also" makes it feel stilted, and implies that it unusual.<BR/><BR/>6) This is a good topic to explore, but it is badly labeled. It is important that people understand that he was trying to help heal old memories since those who did wrong in the name of the Church cannot themselves apologize. Pope John Paul II made that distinction I believe.<BR/><BR/>7) Again, another good topic. Explaining that things like the sack of Jerusalem in the 1st crusade was consistent with the rules of engagement at the time. It goes to the concept of objective wrongs and subjective guilt. "judge them as harshly" seems a like a weighted approach.<BR/><BR/><BR/>So these are all of the bullets? That's really lame. There is so much wonder and glory in the Church's history that they are really doing them a disservice if this is all they are teaching. This would be better served as a sub-chapter perhaps, dealing with questions or objections to the Church's claims.<BR/><BR/>Also they should teach them to refer to the "Protestant Reformation" as the "Protestant Revolt", I've been doing that with my teenage students on Sunday. They are much more eager to learn about something that they aren't ashamed of. Public schools teach Catholics to be ashamed of their history, I didn't go to private schools so I don't know about those.Baron Korfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07215856728880521796noreply@blogger.com