The Rights of Truth, the “non-rights” of Error
[The report of R. P. Philippe C. S. S. R. November 30, 1922 to the Congress of the Apostolic League of Nations, which took place in Paris, and appeared in “La Documentation Catholique” of 24 March, 1923: No. 191]
If there is such a thing as a fundamental truth, it is certainly that of the rights of Truth and the non-rights of error. It is astonishing that such a subject must even be dealt with, but the intellectual decadence of our times has reached the point that we no longer even wish to acknowledge Truth, but are willing to convince ourselves that Truth doesn’t even exist. What is said about Truth must also be said of the authority which is based on the truth of the existence of the Supreme Being upon Whom we all depend.
By banishing in one fell swoop Truth and the authority of this Truth, the enemies of Jesus Christ and His Holy Church overthrow, upturn and destroy from top to bottom, not only Christian Order, but all order, be it simply …More
Pope St John Paul II
“Every generation of Americans needs to know that freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to do what we ought.”
- APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION | HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore
Sunday, 8 October 1995
Deep; good stuff!