Comments on: Faithful to the Magisterium http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/2010/01/faithful-to-the-magisterium/ Cenacle Journal Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ryan LeBlanc http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/2010/01/faithful-to-the-magisterium/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Ryan LeBlanc Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:45:29 +0000 http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/?p=583#comment-1363 Hi. This is a great reflection. The fault is not in faithfulness to the magisterium, in that Joan, Catherine, Dorothy and Paul, as well as the non-Arian faithful were all faithful to the magisterium, but in the implication of division the phrase develops. Another example headline I saw a few years ago was, "archdiocese welcomes orthodox archbishop," like some individual lay person has the authority to pronounce bishops as orthodox or not, or that an 'orthodox' bishop by their estimation is implied to be infallible. It grieves my heart when I hear life in Christ spoken of so poorly and crudely as to reduce it to polarized camps, when Christians so easily take it upon themselves to falsely introduce division in the Body of Christ he taught so clearly was to be one. I try to remember Jesus calling the Zealot and the tax-collector and calling them one. Hi. This is a great reflection. The fault is not in faithfulness to the magisterium, in that Joan, Catherine, Dorothy and Paul, as well as the non-Arian faithful were all faithful to the magisterium, but in the implication of division the phrase develops. Another example headline I saw a few years ago was, “archdiocese welcomes orthodox archbishop,” like some individual lay person has the authority to pronounce bishops as orthodox or not, or that an ‘orthodox’ bishop by their estimation is implied to be infallible. It grieves my heart when I hear life in Christ spoken of so poorly and crudely as to reduce it to polarized camps, when Christians so easily take it upon themselves to falsely introduce division in the Body of Christ he taught so clearly was to be one. I try to remember Jesus calling the Zealot and the tax-collector and calling them one.

]]> By: Cybernun http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/2010/01/faithful-to-the-magisterium/comment-page-1/#comment-1166 Cybernun Sat, 09 Jan 2010 01:13:29 +0000 http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/?p=583#comment-1166 Thanks, Wally, for reminding us of Dorothy Day. Thanks, Wally, for reminding us of Dorothy Day.

]]> By: DR WALLY SAUNDERS http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/2010/01/faithful-to-the-magisterium/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 DR WALLY SAUNDERS Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:30:24 +0000 http://www.vocationquest.org/cenaclearchives/?p=583#comment-1165 Dorothy Day and her writings in "The Catholic Worker" and her life challenge me, challenge all who claim to be good Christians, good Catholics. And she, too, is on the first step toward canonization. How much I appreciate your scholarship expressed in your post. Many thanks! Dorothy Day and her writings in “The Catholic Worker” and her life challenge me, challenge all who claim to be good Christians, good Catholics. And she, too, is on the first step toward canonization. How much I appreciate your scholarship expressed in your post.

Many thanks!

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