tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post3859223442528085251..comments2023-04-06T10:55:08.229-04:00Comments on Young Fogeys: "I'm Catholic, though there are some issues I disagree with the Church about."Father Jay Toborowskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10959196612796771847noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-17075020357828195782009-11-10T16:14:50.363-05:002009-11-10T16:14:50.363-05:00RI Bishop just whacked Rep. Kennedy for having thi...RI Bishop just whacked Rep. Kennedy for having this faulty position: http://www.thericatholic.com/opinion/detail.html?sub_id=2632Matthew J. McKinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05570963757065293581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-50093197200217547682009-11-07T23:00:52.012-05:002009-11-07T23:00:52.012-05:00I have some questions about this. I agree with all...I have some questions about this. I agree with all you have said, and I am very wary about the dangers of picking and choosing from among the church's teachings. But I have never come across a helpful definition of what a teaching is. Suppose an official organ of the church, such as a papal encyclical or a decree from a congregation was used to assert something which concerns a matter of capable debate which is neither specifically theological or moral? Suppose, hypothetically, that a papal encyclical advocated government aid to third world countries. Would a Catholic person's conscience be bound to believe that it was a good and helpful thing even if all the evidence was to the contrary? And if so, why?Dane-Josefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11823036441016730581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-53733013627034575152009-11-01T10:59:30.933-05:002009-11-01T10:59:30.933-05:00Father - You've opened a bit of a can of worms...Father - You've opened a bit of a can of worms with this one. While I agree with you in the theoretical, it becomes difficult to follow through 100%. Frankly, the Church in all its wisdom, guided by the Holy Spirit, is not always right. <br /><br />Historically we can pretty much agree that the Inquisition was wrong -- the Pope has apologized -- though it was likely taught as 'okay' at the time. Selling indulgences? The Crusades?<br /><br />More recently, the Liturgy seems to have become split between a Mass reenacting the Last Supper and a Mass that reflects upon the Passion, Death and Resurrection. We've seen errors and extremes in both but the Church has not come out with "the Right Way" for us. <br /><br />Morally we are to oppose all forms of contraception, yet the bishops of Connecticut found an "asterisk:" in the rule that paved the way for Catholic hospitals there to yeild to state requirements for the Plan B option. (Personally I think the bishops should have closed their hospitals at a rate of one bed per day until the state rescinded, but that's me.)<br /><br />And I find it personably questionable that a physician who performs an abortion literally to save the mother's life is suddenly guilty of an 'irregularity' and self-excommunicated. The Church would prefer both mother and baby to die? That seems an odd way to reflect on the sanctity of life.<br /><br />So a Catholic must attend Mass on Sunday even if he finds it improperly celebrated? A Catholic must support his bishop even when he witnesses flagrant violations (as he understands it) of Church law and God's law? I think not.<br /><br />We were given a free will to permit us to decide what is right and wrong for us. Granted we are given a framework and structure of a Church within which we are obligated to find the roots of our conscience. But to blindly accept the teachings of the Church of the day cannot be proper. I'm reluctant to obey today and apologize tomorrow.pdthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07038053766564494696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34483860.post-878087139411714772009-10-30T21:03:29.700-04:002009-10-30T21:03:29.700-04:00Please check http://acts17verse28.blogspot.com/200...Please check http://acts17verse28.blogspot.com/2009/10/gorgeous-blogger-award.html - you've received a blog award. <br /><br />I apologize for posting this here - I didn't know another way to get word to you.NCSuehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617227847364562989noreply@blogger.com