tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post8563291975174513001..comments2023-08-21T03:51:17.425-06:00Comments on Enlightened Catholicism: Another English Saint For All Seasonscolkochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-87446463523089862752009-05-09T13:37:00.000-06:002009-05-09T13:37:00.000-06:00Carl, I read somewhere in a historical treatise on...Carl, I read somewhere in a historical treatise on the rise of the clerical priesthood that this whole notion came to prominence just as the Gifts of the Holy Spirit seemed to vanish from the early church. That would have been around 250 CE.<br /><br />I've always thought that was an interesting point.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-64228493572527895582009-05-09T13:06:00.000-06:002009-05-09T13:06:00.000-06:00One characteristic of the RCC Leadership that I do...One characteristic of the RCC Leadership that I do not care for is their "one true church" mentality. Inside of that is the belief that the only "real" miracles that can be performed are the ones performed by "true catholics". That mentality makes it impossible for them to recognize that there are many outside of the catholic church who have and continue to perform healing miracles. Ernest Holmes, Charles and Myrtle Filmore, Emily Cady, etal are among the hundreds just in the last century who have not one, but dozens and hundreds who have consistently demonstrated healings through prayer and faith.<br /><br />Within Science of Mind, in order for one to be ordained, one has to have proven demonstrations, (note the plural) in addition to knowing the foundational priniciples of the movement.<br /><br />What if, the catholic church required the same before anyone could be ordained into the clergy? Answer, the many problems that plague the clergy and the RCC leadership as a whole, would not be possible. When one has a true prayer consciousness, it allows them to fulfill the promise in John 14:12, and the depravity that is the hallmark of the RCC Leadership today simply could not exist within the individual, AND it would not be tolerated by the community.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />todays word is "dings"COL55https://www.blogger.com/profile/07057765287988790129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-82461397360052546502009-05-09T06:52:00.000-06:002009-05-09T06:52:00.000-06:00Projection does seem to be the major psychological...Projection does seem to be the major psychological flaw reflected in the current trend to retreat to the mythical past.<br /><br />Personally I think folks should get a clue as to how projection works before they go near any theology.colkochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432916690101599393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-33348716596132774562009-05-08T22:14:00.000-06:002009-05-08T22:14:00.000-06:00Newman will survive his present exploitation by ho...Newman will survive his present exploitation by horrendous groups such as the Cardinal Newman Society. Sadly Newman scholarship is generally under the spell of a pietistic fetishistic adulation of the man, onto whom are projected the deeply reactionary attitudes of the adulators themselves. Full-blooded engagement with the intellectual, spiritual, human and literary greatness of Newman is very rare. One precondition of such engagement would be a thorough understanding of the history of theology -- one that builds on Newman's own subtle vision of development, rather than going back from it to an infantile and idolatrous view of dogma and the papacy.Joehttp://josephsoleary.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8383701632927065467.post-1454520167469266442009-05-08T13:41:00.000-06:002009-05-08T13:41:00.000-06:00What you have said of Newman is both a very intere...What you have said of Newman is both a very interesting & balanced commentary. <br /><br />But from watching all the "spin" on EWTN about him (and the mass for the re-interment of his mortal remains), one sees the heavy hand of Opus Dei all through this. And obvious what is useful to them of Newman are his defenses of the papacy, infallibility, the magisterium, etc., ad nauseum. The 'other side of the coin' of Newman is virtually ignored. <br /><br />When his remains were uncovered we observed this: not only was there "nothing left of him", neither was there anything indicating that his beloved was interred with him - despite all evidence to the contrary. As bones tend not to disappear altogether after only 100 years (as any archeologist will tell you) we come to this conclusion:<br /><br />We smell a rat. Or should I say the 'long arm of Escriva'.....!<br /><br />Newman is quite useful to the Opus. Both in what he wrote & in how it can be "edited" (ahem!!!) & used as backup for the one thing most dear to them: OBEDIENCE. <br /><br />In this wise, it would be critical to them to erase anything which could possibly reek of 'scandal' about Newman's personal life (as they did with Escriva himself). The obvious assertion is that his grave had been violated; tampered with, to eliminate evidence. <br /><br />In light of the Gospel, exactly what is wrong with wishing to be buried alongside your beloved? <br /><br />The clue is to be found in Escriva's "El Camino": "the end justifies the means".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com