Simply because he not only started the research before he was elected, but he wrote the whole book. After he was elected, he edited it before publication. IOW, he distanced himself as pope from it, so that people would not consider it an encyclical, when opposing views are not welcome.
You’re saying almost the same thing that I’m saying with the exception of one point. Not all encyclicals are infallible Even if it were an encyclical, it need not have the attribute of ordinary infallibility, though it would hae the attribute of ordinary authority. For examples, many religious orders were approved through encyclicals, such as the Franciscans, Discalced Carmelites, Dominicans and others. Those have never been considered infallible encyclicals. Many of the founders have been praised in encyclicals, but those are not infallible either. Even if the book were an encyclical, it could be debated and refuted on any number of areas that have nothing to do with dogma.Simply because he not only started the research before he was elected, but he wrote the whole book. After he was elected, he edited it before publication. IOW, he distanced himself as pope from it, so that people would not consider it an encyclical, when opposing views are not welcome.
I didn’t say that.
What I was saying is that there are encyclicals that are left open to opposing views and revisions. I gave the example of the encyclicals founding religious orders or speaking of certain saints. They leave the historicity open for discussion, as well as the disciplines involved.I didn’t say that.
Encyclicals, however, are part of the ordinary teaching of the Church, thus requiring “submission of intellect and will”, therefore opposing views are not welcome.
That’s what B16 meant about signing the book that he didn’t write as pope as the theologian that he was when he did write it and invited discussion.
You won’t see that on encyclicals.
She said she wouldn’t tell though! LOL!:extrahappy: :dancing: :hug3: :flowers: :kiss4you: :yyeess:J.M.+J.T.
Praised be Jesus Christ!
I am so excited because I was thinking about it today, and I realized that in about a year or so, I will be submitting my three name choices to my postulant mistress, God-willing!
So excited thinking about this. God is so good!
I just had a random thought about dancing:
LOL! You are too sweet. :heaven: :flowers: :aok:I just had a random thought about dancing:
I do Irish dancing and I love it. While I dance I am so happy! But it sort of kills my feet when I stop, and while I am dancing it doesn’t hurt.
So I thought about like this: the dancing is like doing God’s work, and I love it while I do it, but if I feel tired I stop. Once I have stopped the pain comes- it’s horrible.
What I’m trying to say is, no matter how tired you are, JUST KEEP DANCING!
Remember the song Lord of the Dance? He kept dancing and dancing for us, even with the devil on His back.
Sorry…random:blush:
Hehe!
I understand what you mean about the Scapular. I take it off sometimes because I worry about attaching too much to it. I took it off for a while last night. Not that I believe it isn’t special (I’m going into an order that wears them all the time), but I just worry about attaching my faith to an object. In fact, God kind of got after me when I wore my scapular medal all the time. I wore it everyday and put it on before I left the house. One day, for no reason, the chain broke and it fell off. 
So, I’ve been careful to attach the faith only to God, not to a medal or scapular. The Carmelite Friars do not change names either. I’m thinking of male communities that change names.Gosh this is a neat thread. Nothing to fight about.
I used to want to be a Carmelite, as I have always loved John of the Cross, and I wore a scapular until it made my neck turn colors. Really, I never took it off. Then I realized I was being superstitious about something that was meant to be a devotion, so I live my life dangerously without a scapular “safety net” now. Plus, I’m saving a bundle as they broke often.
I was once an aspirant for the Christian Brothers (LaSalle) but they don’t make you change your name. I interviewed with a local Franciscan order years and years ago but they don’t make you change your name either. My discernment eventually led me away from professing vows (and it had nothing to do with my desire to change my name in the slightest).
But yes, how I fantasized about a name change with a prepositional phrase tacked on the end. I once knew a Benedictine monk in the Phillipines whose name was Br. Pachomius, after the 2nd century monk. No prepositional phrase, however.
So I’d have been a Carmelite because I am a poet and John of the Cross is one of the best Saint Poets (Hopkins was a Jesuit, and a better poet, though he was never canonized). Not the best reason for joining an order, but here goes:
**Brother Immanuel Javier Salvatore Xavier of the Incarnation **(and if they thought I took too many variations on “savior,” I’d let them whittle off the ones they didn’t like).
I believe that some of the provinces of the Order of Carmel, Discalced, do add a title after their name.The Carmelite Friars do not change names either. I’m thinking of male communities that change names.
Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
Trappists
Camaldolese
There must be other, but they’re not coming to my head right now. My community used to, but no longer. My name is not my baptismal name. But my novitiate class was the last one to change names back in the 90s.
JR
Not to date myself, but I graduated high school in 1985. That’s when I was courting orders. I was interested in the Discalced Carmelites because of my study of St. John of the Cross. But still there is something both terrifying and romantic about changing one’s name, assuming a kind-of new identity. I was young…But my novitiate class was the last one to change names back in the 90s.
here in our country they choose their titles but they rarely use it in letters, etc.