Ok, Bob. That’s a fine ad hominem attack on Mr. Ferrara
JMJ + OBT
How can I make an
ad hominem attack on Mr. Ferrara as I don’t know the least little thing about him. I was giving you my impressions based on what
he wrote. My sentence about not taking him seriously … I could have stated that better … I meant I can’t take seriously what was in that sample chapter based on what I read therein.
EWTN has undermined the infallibly defined dogma that outside the Catholic Church there is no salvation.
There is the weekly program and the near-daily reruns of
The Journey Home program – that certainly doesn’t smack of indifferentism towards the Church’s Dogma to me.
I have never, ever heard anything from on an EWTN program that contradictied
extra ecclesiam nulla salus as expressed and clarified in the Catechism,
Gaudium et Spes, and
Dominus Iesus. If you don’t think those sources of Catholic teaching are consistent with the Church’s dogma, then well, what can I say? Do you think they are or aren’t? Also, please provide a concrete example, from Mr. Ferrara’s book, which demonstrates that EWTN has or does undermine the Church’s dogma in this regard.
EWTN consistently promotes NFP as an “approved” form of Catholic birth control.
NFP is as wrong as aritificial contraception if a married couple using it to delay or avoid pregnancy does not have reasons for doing so that are consistent with the principles given in the Catechism (
CCC 2370),
Humane Vitae, etc.
Please provide a concrete example, from Mr. Ferrara’s book, which demonstrates that EWTN promoted or promotes NFP in a way that is contrary to those principles.
EWTN has aligned itself with certain Jewish converts who demand the Church create a “Hebrew Catholic” community that will be allowed to observe the Old Law, something condemned by St. Paul and later the Council of Florence.
Huh??? Bob Fishman, Roy Schoeman, Rosalind Moss, et al. are – the evidence being their own testimonies on EWTN — Catholics whose hearts are aflame with love for Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church, and every one of her teachings. At most they have tried to help the EWTN audience appreciate the “Jewish roots” of the Catholic Faith. Yes, it would be flatly wrong for Jewish Catholics to insist that the Mosaic Law be kept by them or others as if that was necessary in order to be faithful to God (and yes, that goes all the way back to St. Paul). But where in Catholic teaching does it say that maintaining certain, even plentiful, ritual or cultural Jewish practices is itself contrary to the Catholic Faith? And for a Jewish convert to the Church, those practices (depending on which ones we’re talking about, I guess) would take on a new significance in light of their practitioner’s being now united to the Mystical Body of Israel’s Messiah.
Please provide a concrete example, from Mr. Ferrara’s book, which demonstrates that EWTN has aligned itself or is aligning itself with modern-day Judaizers who would have Jewish converts to the Catholic Faith be bound to keep the Mosaic Law.
EWTN promotes papolatry, which is idolatry of a man and has little to do with the respect due his office.
Please provide a concrete example, from Mr. Ferrara’s book, which demonstrates that EWTN promotes such idolatry. FYI, I one time heard (with my own ears, during my visit) an important figure within the EWTN personnel complain that John Paul II was too liberal. I’m not going to give you that person’s name, obviously, but it just goes to show that the EWTN staff is perfectly aware of the human limitations of any one Successor of St. Peter.
Of course, as you know, he levels several other charges in his book and provides voluminous evidence to back it up … when he is directly quoting EWTN broadcasts, it’s hard to question his conclusions.
Please type up some of those charges and the evidence – or a summary, anyway – and allow us to mull them over. You would be well within the limits of the laws governing “fair use” to do so.
Peace be to you, Dr. Bombay.
In the Hearts of Jesus and Mary.
IC XC NIKA
. If there is one thing that my Catholic faith has taught me, it is that there is always an answer, and that answers always leads to Christ.