MGB:_Massimo is mistaken. The modernists look at all tradition, which is why we don’t fetishize the era of Pius IX through St. Pius X. We study Paul, even though Paul was in error about the immediate return. Knowing that allows us to both appreciate and distill the truth from both his writings and the Law which he based many of them on (which came from the Exile, not the Exodus). We did not cause the anti-modernists to fetishize the late 19th Century. There were doing it anyway. Vatican II just gave them the focus that reform gives to any reactionary. We need to ignore this debate, not reexamine it and instead reexamine doctine where needed, especially regarding both Original Sin (whether is comes from disobedience or blame and what is the role in sexuality in transimitting it, if any) and salvation (whether it was punishment or vision quest). There are those of us that are examining these questions already. If any examination of concious is necessary it is in the matter of why these voices are being ignored for not having a doctoral degree or tenure. Christ had neither.
No, we have not excommunicated the anti-modernists, we let them stay in their 19th Century dream world. Technically, the entire West in Schism. Even though we are probably right about Filioque, it was not our place to declare it without a General Council including the East. Calling our Patriarch supreme is just another error, although both east and west indulge in the error of sacred continence, which is insulting to all women by implying that contact with them renders one impure to celebrate Eucharist, when in fact they should be celebrating it too. No wonder the West is rife with schism and protest, some of which is gravely erroneous, like denying the real Presence in Communion and other is just politics, like the Anglicans.
Bravo to the bishops for supporting the right to organize. Now let us see if they allow the NEA into their schools to support this right. Being on the Christian left is not just about economic justice and democracy in society. We must include the Church itself.
The ACLU is looking busy. I suspect someone with an ax to grind just got into the position where they can finally direct legal action. The law is clear so this will not go well for them. Like transgendered bathroom use, this item was supposedly settled in the 1970s.
Sister Carol is a good egg. She should be made an Archbishop. If Cardinal O’Malley can go from abbot to Cardinal, so should she. Neither being with a woman or being a woman renders one impure to say Mass. That was the essential argument. It is false. Ordain her now! Real leftists don’t just admire he leadership, they take the argument to the next level.
Thank you for mentioning the corruption of the local utility. The lack of progress is not all Trump or FEMA, much as it pains me to say it. See if you can get Maddow to pick up the story.
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