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The burden of Catholic sanity…
A child enters the world through the struggle of pregnancy and the pains of labor. Health is preserved and perfected through the efforts of a balanced diet and physical fitness. True intellectual prowess is achieved after years of intensive study, reflection, … Continue reading
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Tagged liturgy, Second Vatican Conch Shell, sentire cum Ecclesia, Tradition
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By their fruits?
When the spirit of a council dictates, almost from day one, how the documents of a council are to be read and applied, then that spirit is the true fruit of the council, regardless what the documents may say. Luckily, … Continue reading
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Tagged ¡Hagan lío!, Blurry Gospel, Catholic defeatism, Catholic Ents, chrism of confusion, constant adaptivity, crisis of glibness, der Wille zur Kontinuität, dogma schmogma, doublethink, dyscatechesis, ecumanianism, Gaudy Evangelism, ideas have consequences, If you give a mouse a cookie, Inherit the Wuerlwind, It's all about the human person, Kulturkrampf, Magisterial Memory Hole, Second Vatican Conch Shell, Shamans of the Spirit of Vatican II, soup sandwich
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A new spirit for a new world?
The following is a Google translation of the Italian text of Paul VI’s 2 July 1969 General Audience. I saw portions of it in (proper) English cited as proof of Paul VI’s quasi-Modernist recklessness, but I think the text is … Continue reading
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Tagged hermeneutic of ambiguity, hope and change, Paul VI, Second Vatican Conch Shell
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It’s only Wednesday, but this is definitely my favorite post of the week…
Brother ABS has perfectly captured the reign of the hermeneutic of ambiguity in motion. It’s a priceless snapshot of the Second Vatican Conch Shell in action. I invite you to swing over to ABS’s blog and take a gander for yourself; … Continue reading
Pope John XXIII: A Saint (1)
This is the first post of, well–I’m still undecided how many there will be–in which I shall provide excerpts from the writings of Pope John XXIII. I do not pretend to provide an exhaustive portrait of his magisterium, merely to provide statements … Continue reading
Of two minds about two heads…
Despite the length and vigor of my recent post on the strange tale of the two popes, I would like to make it clear that I am not asserting anything dogmatically. I am merely running many peculiar data through the … Continue reading
What a relief!
“This pope is not a liberal pope. He is a radical pope! … This pope goes back to the gospel. … I told the pope, ‘Holy Father, there will be a controversy [after the consistory]. … The pope laughed and … Continue reading
The way you do that thing you do…
There is a fable of the centipede who dazzled all the other creatures with his coordinated movements, but, when asked precisely how he coordinated so many feet, he lost his grace and literally began tripping over himself. That is what … Continue reading
Serious question…
Given that “economic benefit” is defined as… “A benefit that can be expressed numerically as an amount of money that will be saved or generated as the result of an action. Making a business case for a new strategy or … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Social Teaching, political economy, Second Vatican Conch Shell
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It’s the oikonomia, stupid…
“The elderly bring with them memory and the wisdom of experience, which warns us not to foolishly repeat our past mistakes. Young people call us to renewed and expansive hope, for they represent new directions for humanity and open us … Continue reading
Let a hundred flowers bloom…
“4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels, 5 And every height that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every understanding … Continue reading
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