This attitude of the Archbishop sickens me, physically as well as spiritually. The thing today is to find harmony with Christian religions and other religions. We Catholics, probably also the Archbishop himself, are so prejudicially "closed in" on the divinity of Christ. But Muslims find that to be false, indeed, the deification of a human to be blasphemy. So, Dear Archbishop Martin, let us cease …More
This attitude of the Archbishop sickens me, physically as well as spiritually. The thing today is to find harmony with Christian religions and other religions. We Catholics, probably also the Archbishop himself, are so prejudicially "closed in" on the divinity of Christ. But Muslims find that to be false, indeed, the deification of a human to be blasphemy. So, Dear Archbishop Martin, let us cease causing offense to others and "unclose" our "cosed in" view of Jesus THE Christ and either simply reject the "closed in" view or, at least, push such thoughts into background, both in discussion, behavior and liturgical expression (which the Penetcostal whooping it up liturgy enables-- at any rate keep the "closed in" Latin Mass types away from seminaries). If a mind is not "closed in" on fundamentals, what goes in one ear departs from the other. J'accuse Archbishop Martin with the modern disease of relativism mentioned by Pope Benedict and doubt sincerely the integrity of his belief, i.e., if he really wants "unclosed" ideas. My patience is being tested. A report today in Germany is that, in both Protestant and Catholic Churches, the number of those quitting the Church(es) has increased significantly (though that is not true for German Islam). If prelates like the Archbishop upto and including Cardinals and Pope do not examine statistics, analyze them as to the causalities contained in them, and seek out a strategey supporting the "closed in" tradition (= Being through time) of Catholicism, the only thing constant remaining will be the word "Catholic", not the substance. But as the Jewish commentator, David Goldman, recently concluded after Pope Francis' visit to Israel: Pope Francis is not so much interested in saving souls as in saving the world. This means, to borrow from Obama", a "fundamental transformation", not of America, but of the Catholic Church.
I do not know why I read the posting, it is the usual decadence now informing "modern" Catholicism unto its death.
