Comments on: “U.S. Catholics Know Better . . .”

By: Clayton

Clayton — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:15:52 +0000

Trust may not be supernatural faith, but it’s a good place to start.

The distrust of authority among dissenters runs so deep… and is deeply embedded in American culture, I think… to the point where some are incapable of hearing the liberating message of the Gospel even when it is preached in a very attractive way.

By: Satan

Satan — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:30:36 +0000

We’ve learned to conform to the Catholic faith instead of the Catholic hierarchy.

My very conscientious “non servium!” albeit in a somewhat watered down form.

By: David

David — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:36:46 +0000

Jeff - I agree. I would say that the mindset is the ill fruit of a partially informed mind that does not know what he does not know and so feels free to pontificate from a platform of relative ignorance. It is that mindset itself which prevents him from openness to hearing and understanding the truth.

Criffton - I also agree. In short, it is the “spirit of Protestantism” in which each person becomes his own pope. As Martin Luther convinced himself he was just being a “good Catholic,” so did Archbishop Lefevre, Hans Kung, and every other soul who has obstinately rebelled against authentic Church authority.

By: Criffton

Criffton — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:55:45 +0000

What I thought was interesting is that the “faithful dissenter” ploy that he pulled out is almost the same, if not identical, to the self-justification of SSPX. Although, I doubt he supports them.

And, thankfully, it seems that the general way things are headed now, the “retro dogma” may indeed be dissent. Replacing it is apathy by some and a renewed orthodoxy by others.

By: Jeff Miller

Jeff Miller — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:23:16 +0000

If “retro-dogma” doesn’t portray a certain mindset, nothing does. Since dogmas are nothing other than formally revealed truths they can never be retro.