February 2012
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awkwardbutaccurate:
Hear the Ash Wednesday gospel about clandestine fasting….
Make meme about how hard fasting is.
Why does the existence of TCP offend you so?
Personally, I find the site entirely to be a sign of a healthy grasp of religion: “The test of a good religion is whether or not it can laugh at itself.” -GKC.
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“It is frequently asserted that contraception, if made safe and available to all,...”
– Evangelium Vitae
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“18. It is to be anticipated that perhaps not everyone will easily accept this...”
– Humanae Vitae
The authority of the Church, and its limits is changing this teaching (compare to Ordinatio Sacerdotalis)
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“17. Responsible men can become more deeply convinced of the truth of the...”
– Humane Vitae
Consequences of contraception
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“14. Therefore We base Our words on the first principles of a human and Christian...”
– Humanae Vitae
(14) See Council of Trent Roman Catechism, Part II, ch. 8; Pius XI, encyc. letter Casti connubii: AAS 22 (1930), 562-564; Pius XII, Address to Medico-Biological Union of St. Luke: Discorsi e radiomessaggi, VI, 191-192; Address to Midwives: AAS 43 (1951), 842-843; Address to Family...
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“It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral...”
– C.S.Lewis
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“55. Small wonder, therefore, if Holy Writ bears witness that the Divine Majesty...”
– Castii Connubii
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So my brother thinks that since I'm not...
nikosnature:
stfuhypocrisy:
Because apparently there’s no balance and it’s only one or the other.
There is a third way. Distributism! If I had to classify myself as something economic, it would be a distributist!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism
The economic theory proposed in response to Catholic Social Teaching!
Home today
… So I’m queuing up sources that were relevant to yesterday’s discussion on the necessity of Catholic teaching on contraception.
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“Anyone is free to deny morality, but he is not free to escape the effects of its...”
– Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen ✝ (via radioteopoli)
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If economy's improving, why is dependency growing?... →
politickingbomb:
Alternative title: Entitlement is the enemy.
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Awkward but Accurate: shortbreadsh: cdnowak:... →
awkwardbutaccurate:
The quote you mention is not referring to issues like birth control. It’s referring to articles of faith that have either been pronounced ex cathedra (like Papal infallibility) or beliefs that have not necessarily been pronounced ex cathedra, but are nonetheless logically deduced extensions of the articles of faith (like the belief that souls are created at conception, as...
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shortbreadsh:
First of all, I will admit that I was wrong in saying that the Church never says that someone is not in “full communion” if they disagree with something not in the creed. Here, they say that agreeing with Church teaching on matters such as euthanasia, prostitution, and fornication are required in order to be in full communion.
The issues they list are grave—loss of life and...
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“Among the sins gravely contrary to chastity are masturbation, fornication,...”
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catechism 2396 & 2400
The catechism doesn’t list contraception under the grave offenses, and gravity is necessary for something to be a mortal sin.
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“…[A]ny use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated in its...
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Saints and Sinners: Rick Santorum on Climate... →
leonardchris:
cdnowak:
nikosnature:
“We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told a Colorado crowd earlier this month.
He went on to call climate change “an absolute travesty of scientific…
Well, in a sense he’s right, he’s just not applying his...
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FYI
As great a resource as the Catechism is, it neither has authority of its own nor does it contain the whole of the Catholic faith. Canon Law is likewise limited to the practical and temporal aspects of our faith, it cannot cover spiritual realities.
There are other Church documents that do cover nearly all areas of the spiritual life: from the purpose of fasting, the necessity of the teaching on...
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Awkward but Accurate: shortbreadsh: cdnowak:... →
shortbreadsh:
cdnowak:
Strawman. No one has said anything about ecclesiological penalties, rather they have pointed out spiritual consequences of dissent from necessary teachings (which go beyond dogma).
I’d be interested if any of you could cite anything from the catechism or…
It is indeed scandalous to spread misinformation on this, hence my continued instance that we go beyond the...
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shortbread: cdnowak: Strawman. No one has said... →
shortbreadsh:
cdnowak:
Strawman. No one has said anything about ecclesiological penalties, rather they have pointed out spiritual consequences of dissent from necessary teachings (which go beyond dogma).
I’d be interested if any of you could cite anything from the catechism or canon law to back up your…
It is erroneous to assume the entirety of the Catholic Faith is contained in the...
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“Marriage and conjugal love are by their nature ordained toward the begetting and...”
– Gaudiam et Spes In case the authority of an definitive encyclical expressing the consistent teaching of the ordinary Magisterium is insufficient, the Extraordinary voice of an Ecumenical Council.
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“Anyone who desires to receive Christ in Eucharistic communion must be in the...”
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cccc 1415-1416
It’s so weird the catechism never uses the language of qualifying your level of communion with the Church but talks about union with God and unity of the Mystical Body as a whole
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Strawman. No one has said anything about ecclesiological penalties, rather they...
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“14. Therefore We base Our words on the first principles of a human and Christian...”
– Humanae Vitae
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Reblog if your discerning a Vocation right now.
bannerofthecross:
yep
ditto
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Intellect & Romance: Okay, THIS is the final thing... →
themorningstars:
The Church is infallible in Her teachings on faith and morals. This is basic Catholic dogma.
The Church’s teaching on birth control is an infallible teaching.
“The Church has always taught the intrinsic evil of contraception, that is, of every marital act…
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The End Justifies the Means?
The basic argument of the School of Salamanca (and all successive capitalists) that rendered usury to no longer be a moral hazard was its use. Basically, they allowed for business loans because they were not intended for personal consumption.
Now, of course, the practice has spread to all areas of life, creating an endless series of boom-and-bust economics, as well as driving up the cost of...
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Kickstarting a spiritual life is difficult.
And how!
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Awkward but Accurate: To all the Catholics arguing... →
stine-key:
What about usury? Yes, it’s immoral to overcharge people interest on loans. But there was a time when it was taught that charging any interest on loans was a grave sin. The Church didn’t throw out this teaching entirely (of course), but over time developed it in a more complex…
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Saints and Sinners: Rick Santorum on Climate... →
nikosnature:
“We were put on this Earth as creatures of God to have dominion over the Earth, to use it wisely and steward it wisely, but for our benefit not for the Earth’s benefit,” Santorum told a Colorado crowd earlier this month.
He went on to call climate change “an absolute travesty of scientific…
Well, in a sense he’s right, he’s just not applying his findings well. God gave us the...
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“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will...”
– Francis Cardinal George
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My Final Word on Catholic Dissent (for now)
1) It is not the place of any lay Catholic to be decrying someone else’s lack of unity with the Church. We all are in imperfect unity by either small disagreements with doctrine or the fact that we continue to fall into mortal sin. This is complicated by the fact that many bishops are negligent in their duty to prevent public scandal, but I digress.
2) The Church at the same time accepts...
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Things that drive me nuts
awkwardbutaccurate:
When political conservatives quote G.K. Chesterton.
Chesteron, Belloc, Cobbett, and other proponents of Distributism were not concerned with whether they were ‘conservative’ or ‘liberal’, rather they were concerned with the ideal they were championing.
Distributism today has far more support among ‘conservative’ circles far a number...
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Presidential Candidate: Schools stuck in Factory... →
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“We should not be reduced to petitioning the government for rights that the...”
– Cardinal Donald Wuerl (Washington)