Maureen Dowd's Invincible Ignorance

Maureen Dowd's Invincible Ignorance by MSW.  MGB: Invincible ignorance is actually a term of art in ethics, not theology.  It applies to more than just the knowledge of the Gospel.  For example, one wonders if Rome is vincibly or invincibly ignorant about embryology when they write about contraception.  It is certainly one of the two.  As to knowledge of Scripture, Dowd is correct and the hierarchy is wrong, having completely ignored as an institution the Spirit of Prophesy, which includes criticism of the hierarchy when it departs from Christ's teachings and prefers its own brands of hierarchism (on ecclesial power) and stoicism (on sex) to gospel truth.  Given their pursuit of wealth and power, the washing of the feet on Holy Thursday is an empty gesture in most Cathedrals.  It is no sin to realize that sometimes (especially on sex) the hierarchy is wrong.