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Post by hibernicus on Jul 8, 2018 21:58:56 GMT
This piece from Joseph Shaw's blog is highly relevant to this thread (as are Cardinal Muller's comments on those in the church who believe in surrender to the liberal agenda). Basically, he argues that liberals see themselves as preserving the church by discarding unnecessary baggage (even though the "baggage" is actually central to the church's existence) and therefore believe that the church's best interests require them to suppress orthodox initiatives - the result being the same as if they were deliberately conspiring against the church. I think he might have said a bit more about the growing managerialist cult of bureaucratic jobsworths who see the self-perpetuation of the bureaucracy as an end in itself, superseding the actual performance of those tasks for which the organisation was established. This of course is not unique to the Church, but it has acquired an extremely bad dose. www.lmschairman.org/2018/06/cardinal-muller-on-liberal-agenda.html#comment-form
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Post by assisi on Jan 28, 2019 22:12:12 GMT
I recently came across a newsletter from the Loyola Institute based in Trinity College and read this snippet from a talk on 'Amoris Laetitia':
Pope Francis’ recent Apostolic Exhortation on Love in the Family, Amoris Laetitia, The Joy of Love, was the topic of an inspiring one day seminar presented in Loyola Institute in June 2018. Prof Michael Kirwan began by placing Amoris Laetitia within the context of Pope Francis’ ‘Year of Mercy’, a theme later picked up and developed by Prof Fáinche Ryan. Michael pointed out that overly pious images of the family are divorced from the reality of most family’s experiences. Indeed, Jesus often adopted an ‘anti-family’ stance towards the Jewish ideal of family, insofar as he called people to a new way of belonging, a new way of ‘being family’.
Now, perhaps in these dark times I am seeing problems that don't exist but the language and tone of the second paragraph seems to be yet another illustration of twisting the gospel to suit modernity. Claiming Jesus often adopted an 'anti-family' stance would fit in nicely with liberal ideas of discernment for divorced couples and taking communion, and may eventually allow space for SSM couples. Of course nothing specific is said, but the assertion is left open, and prepares the way gently for such thoughts.
Of course Jesus said to his mother that he must be about his father's business and he asked the apostles to leave family, but he was resolute on divorce and the commandments still stand.
Surely this 'soft' chipping away and misrepresentation, is a slippery slope and has no real appeal other than academic sophistry?
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