Notre Dame Prof: “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”

[buffalo]

Notre Dame Prof: “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”

A philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame has declared in the* New York Times *that the bishops no longer decide morality in the Church and that “the immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”
Gary Gutting, Endowed Chair in Philosophy, argued that the will of many Catholics who choose to use contraceptives is paramount to the teaching of the bishops.
…haven’t the members of the Catholic Church recognized their bishops as having full and sole authority to determine the teachings of the Church? By no means. There was, perhaps, a time when the vast majority of Catholics accepted the bishops as having an absolute right to define theological and ethical doctrines. Those days, if they ever existed, are long gone. Most Catholics — meaning, to be more precise, people who were raised Catholic or converted as adults and continue to take church teachings and practices seriously — now reserve the right to reject doctrines insisted on by their bishops and to interpret in their own way the doctrines that they do accept. This is above all true in matters of sexual morality, especially birth control, where the majority of Catholics have concluded that the teachings of the bishops do not apply to them. Such “reservations” are an essential constraint on the authority of the bishops.

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[Bookcat]

Humm…ok then abortion is ok now too…and the worship of other “gods” and cats and stuff…oh and theft is ok too…

not.

and I am not going to even bother reading such.

 

[Nate13]

I can only come to the conclusion that people like this have a mission to destroy the Church. If they really didn’t like certain teachings they would leave and form their own church or find one that suited them and matched what they thought. Its becoming more and more clear that the far left sees destroying the Church or knocking it into irrelevancy as a necessary part of succeeding in their agenda.

 

[Bookcat]

Humm…ok then abortion is ok now too…and the worship of other “gods” and cats and stuff…oh and theft is ok too…

not.

and I am not going to even bother reading such.

The Teaching regarding the evil of contraception is to be considered “definitive and irreformable”

“The Church has always taught the intrinsic evil of contraception, that is, of every marital act intentionally rendered unfruitful. This teaching is to be held as definitive and irreformable. Contraception is gravely opposed to marital chastity, it is contrary to the good of the transmission of life (the procreative aspect of matrimony), and to the reciprocal self-giving of the spouses (the unitive aspect of matrimony); it harms true love and denies the sovereign role of God in the transmission of human life.” (Vademecum for Confessors concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life -1997)

 

[Lochias]

I can only come to the conclusion that people like this have a mission to destroy the Church. If they really didn’t like certain teachings they would leave and form their own church or find one that suited them and matched what they thought. Its becoming more and more clear that the far left sees destroying the Church or knocking it into irrelevancy as a necessary part of succeeding in their agenda.

Indeed. Sobering thought, though they will not succeed. We’re in for some rough times, either way.

 

[buffalo]

This is our Culture of Death society in a nutshell. To think that because a large portion ignore, disobey or just don’t know as a basis to justify is nutty.

 

[anp1215]

I think such people have lived in this country for so long that they start to believe that the Church is a republic as well.

It’s not.

 

[barb_finnegan]

I think such people have lived in this country for so long that they start to believe that the Church is a republic as well.

It’s not.

Amen to that!

And it a’int a democracy, either!

This so-called ‘professor’ is a moron; he ought to go back and read the Catechism of the Catholic Church…

 

[buffalo]

Amen to that!

And it a’int a democracy, either!

This so-called ‘professor’ is a moron; he ought to go back and read the Catechism of the Catholic Church…

A big problem is some parent is paying big bucks to have their kid corrupted.

 

[SaintPatrick333]

Amen to that!

And it a’int a democracy, either!

This so-called ‘professor’ is a moron; he ought to go back and read the Catechism of the Catholic Church…

I question if he can even read. Otherwise he might have thumbed through the Catechism before making a complete tool out of himself.

 

[JRKH]

The sad thing is that a great many people will be misled by this poppycock.

To this professor, Please look at Mt 18:6
but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a great millstone fastened round his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea.

Peace
James

 

[joannd]

But dont we as practicing faithful Catholics have an obligation to complain to the bishop about this…this is just another one of the things dragging Notre Dame down further and further…

 

[Nate13]

But dont we as practicing faithful Catholics have an obligation to complain to the bishop about this…this is just another one of the things dragging Notre Dame down further and further…

Yes absolutely especially if you live in the same diocese as this guy or go to Notre Dame. If I was going there I would definitely ask the Bishop to call this guy to task for slandering the faith.

 

[tm30]

Notre Dame Prof: “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”

A philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame has declared in the* New York Times *that the bishops no longer decide morality in the Church and that “the immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”
Gary Gutting, Endowed Chair in Philosophy, argued that the will of many Catholics who choose to use contraceptives is paramount to the teaching of the bishops.
…haven’t the members of the Catholic Church recognized their bishops as having full and sole authority to determine the teachings of the Church? By no means. There was, perhaps, a time when the vast majority of Catholics accepted the bishops as having an absolute right to define theological and ethical doctrines. Those days, if they ever existed, are long gone. Most Catholics — meaning, to be more precise, people who were raised Catholic or converted as adults and continue to take church teachings and practices seriously — now reserve the right to reject doctrines insisted on by their bishops and to interpret in their own way the doctrines that they do accept. This is above all true in matters of sexual morality, especially birth control, where the majority of Catholics have concluded that the teachings of the bishops do not apply to them. Such “reservations” are an essential constraint on the authority of the bishops.

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The author is correct in one sense. Many bishops have spent decades pretending it’s not an official teaching. And now we are reaping the rotten fruit of the refusal to protect souls from mortal sins in the name of keeping things “comfortable” during homilies.

 

[manualman]

It’s not surprising that there are people, even intelligent and educated people who come to such conclusions. What is sad to me is that our once great catholic institutions are apparently so gutless and powerless to prevent their own employees from discrediting themselves and the institution that fails to censor them.

Academic freedom has some merits, but there need to be limits. Once a professor attacks the identity of the university he has chosen to serve, they need the authority to remove him like the embarassing loon that he is.

 

[Charlemagne_II]

The problem is three-sided.

1. The Bishops have not been forceful enough in teaching on contraception.
2. The Catholics don’t want to hear it.

3.Theologians have usurped the authority of the bishops. (or think they have)

To boot, you have the stupid arrogance of “Catholic” institutions like Notre Dame.

 

[Charlemagne_II]

Gary Gutting, Endowed Chair in Philosophy, argued that the will of many Catholics who choose to use contraceptives is paramount to the teaching of the bishops.

By the way, what exactly is an endowed chair in philosophy? One paid for by Planned Parenthood?

 

[meltzerboy]

Notre Dame Prof: “The immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”

A philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame has declared in the* New York Times *that the bishops no longer decide morality in the Church and that “the immorality of birth control is no longer a teaching of the Catholic Church.”
Gary Gutting, Endowed Chair in Philosophy, argued that the will of many Catholics who choose to use contraceptives is paramount to the teaching of the bishops.
…haven’t the members of the Catholic Church recognized their bishops as having full and sole authority to determine the teachings of the Church? By no means. There was, perhaps, a time when the vast majority of Catholics accepted the bishops as having an absolute right to define theological and ethical doctrines. Those days, if they ever existed, are long gone. Most Catholics — meaning, to be more precise, people who were raised Catholic or converted as adults and continue to take church teachings and practices seriously — now reserve the right to reject doctrines insisted on by their bishops and to interpret in their own way the doctrines that they do accept. This is above all true in matters of sexual morality, especially birth control, where the majority of Catholics have concluded that the teachings of the bishops do not apply to them. Such “reservations” are an essential constraint on the authority of the bishops.

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I work at a rather liberal Catholic university, but I’ve never heard of this before! Half of the professors at Notre Dame are non-Catholic, which may account for their ignorance of Catholic doctrine.

 

[wcknight]

Just because a boatload of folks choose to ignore Church teachings does not make it right. Watch out !!! The prisoners are taking over the asylum !

I used to think that Notre Dame was just a university full of sports jocks, now I know I’m right.

FYI did you know that 80 % of all Notre Dame students play in some varsity sport or another.

 

[Credo_in_Deum]

I can only come to the conclusion that people like this have a mission to destroy the Church. If they really didn’t like certain teachings they would leave and form their own church or find one that suited them and matched what they thought. Its becoming more and more clear that the far left sees destroying the Church or knocking it into irrelevancy as a necessary part of succeeding in their agenda.

The Church needs to start excommunicating the Catholics who are obstinate in their opposition to Holy Mother Church.

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