tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post8204006582697082345..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: Heresy, Thy Name Is Benedict. Or Ratzinger.mark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-68420070955053039592018-03-16T08:33:39.711-05:002018-03-16T08:33:39.711-05:00ABS, thanks for the link. It will take a while to ...ABS, thanks for the link. It will take a while to work through, but a first glance says it looks provocative. To me it's hardly surprising that Ratzinger should be a fan of The American Proposition, since he and his Modernist co-believers would have seen the American Spirit as an ally in their war against the Establishment of Church and State--I write hastily. It's unfortunate that, whilemark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-33915902038743010692018-03-16T07:27:33.693-05:002018-03-16T07:27:33.693-05:00It is also important to consider how the young Jos...It is also important to consider how the young Joseph Ratzinger, coming of age in Germany, was an early victim of the weaponised propaganda of the CIA and corrupt clergy - Fathers Felix Morlion and John Courtney Murray.<br /><br />What he had to say publicly when he visited America was shocking in that it revealed his fundamental orientation - America as a model.<br /><br />Yikes.<br /><br />Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-46540849290226650622018-03-15T21:01:00.581-05:002018-03-15T21:01:00.581-05:00Agreed, ABS. Of great importance is what Prof. Liv...Agreed, ABS. Of great importance is what Prof. Livi and many others have noted:<br /><br />"Ratzinger, even when he became prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, never felt the need to revise or modify the content [of this book]. In fact, in 2000 he wrote that his book could well be titled "Introduction to Christianity, yesterday, today and tomorrow", adding:<brmark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-84959495458777657812018-03-15T16:56:20.667-05:002018-03-15T16:56:20.667-05:00Nearly thirty years ago ABS was part of a trad stu...Nearly thirty years ago ABS was part of a trad study group in Portland, Maine and we all read the book in question here and al of thought it heretical.<br /><br />Here is a quote fromThe Roman Catechism;<br /><br />+++++++++++++++++++<br /><br />Faith Excludes Doubt<br /><br />The knowledge derived through faith must not be considered less certain because its objects are not seen; for the divine Mick Jagger Gathers No Mosquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879499915093940176noreply@blogger.com