Spirit of Catholicism/Karl Adam

[Milliardo]

Anyone familiar with the book and/or author here? I find it disturbing that he would say something like this in his book: “We Catholic acknowledge readily, without any shame, nay with pride, that Catholicism cannot be identified simply and wholly with primitive Christianity, nor even with Gospel of Christ, in the same way that the great oak cannot be identified with the tiny accorn.”( The Spirit of Catholicism, p. 2) I thought that was an irresponsible remark, and would be misleading to any non-Catholic and even Catholics as well.

 

[SemperJase]

Milliardo:

I thought that was an irresponsible remark, and would be misleading to any non-Catholic and even Catholics as well.

I’ve heard the same analogy frequently used by Marcus Grodi on EWTN’s The Journey Home.

I don’t have a problem with it.

 

[Jeanette_L]

SemperJase:

I’ve heard the same analogy frequently used by Marcus Grodi on EWTN’s The Journey Home.

I don’t have a problem with it.

The Journey Home! I knew I had heard this recently.

I think his point was that the Church is a living person, the Bride of Christ, and as such she has grown in her understanding of the Revelation of Truth since the days of the primitive church which was her infancy, through the leading of the Holy Spirit into more perfect Truth, maturing into adulthood. Thus the oak tree from the acorn analogy.

So the spirit of Catholicism is the Church’s soul which has grown and developed in maturity.

It’s getting late, I hope I made sense.

 

[Tonks40]

Jeanette L:

The Journey Home! I knew I had heard this recently.

I think his point was that the Church is a living person, the Bride of Christ, and as such she has grown in her understanding of the Revelation of Truth since the days of the primitive church which was her infancy, through the leading of the Holy Spirit into more perfect Truth, maturing into adulthood. Thus the oak tree from the acorn analogy.

So the spirit of Catholicism is the Church’s soul which has grown and developed in maturity.

It’s getting late, I hope I made sense.

You absolutely did, and this is my understanding, too!