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The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the givenness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith. … The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.
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Tag Archives: Hell’s Bible
“PO SI JIU!” RED GUARDS ARISE! CRUSH THE REACTIONARIES!
The liberal juggernaut … libbernaut? … is well-connected and organized. They work together. Perhaps you saw the NYT’s piece (aka Hell’s Bible) which managed (through fake news) to make an absurd connection between Card. Burke (whom libs hate with the … Continue reading
DOUTHAT in NYT: Ongoing ‘Amoris laetitia’ controversy
Dear readers… a lot of time and electrons are being spilled on Amoris laetitia these days because it may be the most important controversy of our time, with long lasting implications for doctrine on faith and morals, and on discipline. Our … Continue reading
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Hell's Bible, NYT
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Hell’s Bible (aka NY Times) Editor: “We don’t get religion. We don’t get the role of religion in people’s lives.”
Via Ave Maria Radio: TOP NYT EDITOR CONFESSES: WE DON’T UNDERSTAND RELIGION AT ALL [Well knock me down with a feather!] In an interview with WNYC’s “Fresh Air” The New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet admits his newspaper knows nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Liberals, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Hell's Bible, NYT
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Why aging liberals are so nasty and so frightened
At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is an analysis piece by a writer for First Things, Matthew Schmitz. He writes about the angst libs are experiencing, as they cope with the ticking clock: Pope Francis isn’t moving fast … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, Pope Francis, Priests and Priesthood, Seminarians and Seminaries, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Commonweal, Hell's Bible, Massimo Faggioli, Matthew Boudway, National Catholic Reporter, New York Times, Peter Steinfels, Phyllis Zagano, Pope Francis, Robert Mickens, The Tablet, Vito Mancuso, women's ordination
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Ross Douthat explains the situation to liberal ‘c’atholic academics.
Ross Douthat is not lying down and letting the effete liberal catholic academic mafia kick him. He has declared war. Rather, perhaps he has openly stated that a state of war does in fact exist – he didn’t start it – and that … Continue reading
Hell’s Bible Full-Page Anti-Catholic Ad
The New York Time’s (aka Hell’s Bible) took money for an anti-Catholic full-page ad featuring the racist Margaret Sanger. From American Thinker: Anti-Catholic full-page ad in the New York Times today By Ed Lasky The Hobby Lobby decision has ignited … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z agrees with …. Fr. James Martin… !?
Words I never thought I would write. I agree with Fr. James Martin, SJ, on this one. "Mr. Ratzinger"? Apparently The New York Times Style Manual was written by someone who was high, unconscious or both. http://t.co/b5HbCb9XeU — James Martin, … Continue reading
Wherein Fr. Z considers doing something questionable
I am – horribile scriptu – considering subscribing to the online New York Times (aka Hell’s Bible) for the duration of all the papal stuff going on. Know your enemy, after all. Even as I think about this, I keep … Continue reading
Garry Wills getting it wrong in Hell’s Bible
Hell’s Bible published something by the execrable Garry Wills, who hates the Church and the Pope. His opinions are what you would expect from an angry Irish ex-Catholic. Blah blah blah. But, in case you bother to read him, don’t … Continue reading
Another way to destroy the Church where you are.
Hell’s Bible has a piece about one way some people are trying to “revitalize” the Catholic Church in Brazil. Rather, this is how Hell’s Bible and those who work for the enemy against the Church want the Church to try … Continue reading
Posted in Liberals, New Evangelization
Tagged Benedict XVI's resignation, Brazil, Hell's Bible, papacy, S. America
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Some people are finally waking up to lefty hijacking of pro-life language in gun control debate
I have been saying for weeks now that the left has been hijacking pro-life language for their own ends. Right now, they are twisting their support for Pres. Obama (against people who “cling to guns or religion”) into a “prolife … Continue reading
The Ghost of Lib-Mass Yet To Come
Someone sent me a link to an article in Hell’s Bible (aka The New York Times) about “experimental worship” and moving beyond institutional church… sort of like what the National catholic Reporter praises. There is some pretty crazy stuff in … Continue reading
Posted in Blatteroons, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Magisterium of Nuns, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Fishwrap, Hell's Bible, LCWR, liberals, NCR, NYT, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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Catholic League about Hell’s Bible’s attack on Bp. Finn
If Christmas or Easter are on the horizon, we can be sure that Hell’s Bible (and the Fishwrap) will find someone in the Church to bash. Right now, that would be Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. … Continue reading
Catholic League on NYT editorial about nuns… dissident nuns, of course
From The Catholic League: New York Times Finds Good Nuns September 18, 2012 Bill Donohue comments on an editorial in today’s New York Times: The editorial, “Speaking the Truth to the Vatican,” sounds so macho, especially coming from the unmanly … Continue reading
Douthat’s NYT Op-Ed: Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved?
From Hell’s Bible, aka The New York Times: OP-ED COLUMNIST Can Liberal Christianity Be Saved? [In this case I am in favor of euthanasia.] By ROSS DOUTHAT IN 1998, John Shelby Spong, then the reliably controversial Episcopal bishop of Newark, … Continue reading
