P
piouswoman
Guest
Well, I give you due respect for taking the time to read it all…it will take me time to make a detailed response…right now I am having too much fun answering these other posts with short and snappy answers…Ok, round two:
The left side of Religious freedom affirms that the Church is the true faith. The right side reads as an attack on institutions that do not allow for a practice of the faith, namely Soviet Russia. On collegiality, the two sides do not even talk about the same issue. One says that the bishops do not have supreme authority equal to the Pope. The other side state that supreme authority resides in the bishops in union with the Pope…along the lines of the Magesterium of the Church. On Truth, Christ has given all truth to the Church, but we are still called to embrace our fellow man and search out the truth in our lives. Truth is an objective issue, given by Christ to the Church. Life can give the appearance of gray, but in all moral issues the objective truth is there. It is wrong to say that abortion is acceptable. Searching for the truth is applying what Christ taught us to the modern world. Abortion is murder. Embryonic stem cell harvesting is immoral. These are truths that need to be sought out with man so that he sees as Christ does.
On the next section, the one titled Ecumenism, again no citations. The Canadian Bishops are known for their liberal views and schismatic twisting of teaching, so this is hardly evidence.
On the Modern World, I take issue with the statement: These post-Vatican II reforms include the abandonment of a distinctive religious habit for nuns, brothers and priests, a softening of the “offensive” teachings on artificial birth control, abortion and homosexuality, and the increasing involvement of the Church in socialist “causes.” All of these were condemned Post-Vatican II, such as in Humana Vitae (which is NEVER mentioned here) and in Rome’s condemnation of Liberation Theology. Likewise, it fails to mention John Paul II working with the Polish Solidarity movement to bring down the USSR. Again, any statement that says that the Second Vatican Council condones abortion disregards Humana Vitae, and disregards everything that Rome has stated about abortion since. It is a mortal sin to procure an abortion, period. On collegiality, the article contradicts itself since these bishops were NOT in union with the Pope (see the article’s section on collegiality earlier for citation).
As for the remainder, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence. Many times the article talks about “a text” without stating the specific text or citing it. It mentions that Campos, Brazil has had massive growth due to keeping the Tridentine Liturgy, but does not give statistics, or any data at all. It mentions Fr. Ratzinger, but does not elaborate on what his role in the Council was.