Schools of Spirituality

[bones_IV]

Wow, Cardinal George spelled it out in all too clear words.

“Many writers who claim to be Catholic make names for themselves by attacking truths basic to our faith. Without the personal integrity that would bring them to admit they have simply lost the faith that comes to us from the Apostles, they reconstruct it on a purely subjective, individualistic basis and call it renewal. The Second Vatican Council wasn’t called to turn Catholics into Protestants.”

There you have it folks.

catholicnewworld.com/cnw/issue/cardinal_012107.html

 

[Dale_M]

There are many good people whose path to holiness is shaped by religious individualism and private interpretation of what God has revealed. They are, however, called Protestants.

Catholics assimilated to American culture, which is historically Protestant, are now living with great tension between how their culture shapes them and what their Catholic faith tells them to hold.

Cardinal George seems to be drawing attention to the falling away from Church teaching, either by choice or by never having properly learned it, that has occurred during the past 40 years.

In addition to pointing out the need for change, he also mentions the danger of going to the opposite extreme. (Although I am not entirely sure to whom or what he is making reference.)

Those who withdraw into sectarian enclaves, even in the name of orthodoxy but without respect for or obedience to the mediators called bishops, are simply repeating the Protestant Reformation with Catholic tags.

 

[francesco920]

God bless His Emminence Cardinal George!

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