{"id":4401,"date":"2015-07-28T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T20:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=4401"},"modified":"2015-08-01T13:57:19","modified_gmt":"2015-08-01T17:57:19","slug":"uk-herald-some-people-think-theyre-more-catholic-than-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=4401","title":{"rendered":"UK Herald: Some People Think They’re More Catholic Than The Pope!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I don’t know what in the world he’s talking about, but I will nevertheless submit my mind.<\/p><\/div>\n

The UK Catholic Herald has a sad piece today telling faithful Catholics to stop up their ears and close their eyes.\u00a0 We aren’t supposed to think, just obey the hierarchy, yes?\u00a0 Makes sense.\u00a0 They’re all so nice.<\/p>\n

But, huh, society <\/a>being what it is, people will be people.<\/p>\n

Authority is something Western society has a problem with. We like to make our own minds up, and even in Britain, once famed for its deference, everyone is their own expert.<\/p>\n

In terms of religion, this is a very Protestant attitude. You go to the Bible, you find your proof text and you cite it, usually to support a position you have already taken up. This is not the Catholic attitude. We know what Scripture is because it was canonised by the Church, which also possesses the authority to expound it correctly, situating the texts within its traditions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If your bishop is actually a Protestant, does that make you a Catholic to be a Protestant?\u00a0 What if it’s your pope?<\/p>\n

The Magisterium has a teaching authority, which is expressed in many ways, including encyclicals. But, as reaction to the most recent papal encyclical, Laudato Si\u2019, showed, even Catholics have a tendency to think that such teaching is something they can take or leave. Indeed, as with so much of the reaction in some quarters to Pope Francis\u2019s comments, there was a tendency for commentators to assume they were more Catholic than the Pope \u2013 something which seems to happen a great deal with Francis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Why?\u00a0 Why does it happen so much with Francis?\u00a0 Don’t tell me.\u00a0 It’s because he’s so wonderful and prophetic our hard hearts can’t hear it.\u00a0 We’re just too challenged by his holy correction.\u00a0 We don’t feel guilty enough about money.\u00a0 We’re not afraid of the weather. We’ve been bribed by an oil company, and fooled by all<\/em> the papers.<\/p>\n

What do these writers suppose Heaven will make of their spin someday?<\/p>\n

Popes are neither impeccable nor infallible in all they say, but it should be borne in mind that a papal encyclical is part of the ordinary magisterium, to which, as the Vatican\u2008II text Lumen Gentium reminds us, \u201creligious submission of mind and will must be shown \u2026 in such a way that his supreme magisterium is acknowledged with reverence.\u201d That means acknowledging the authority of the Magisterium, and, even when we disagree with some of what is said (acknowledging that on politics, economics and science, there is no question of infallibility applying), we should do so in a manner which shows respect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Respect for a mountain of destructive lies?\u00a0 Maybe that’s part of your faith, Mr. Charmley.<\/p>\n

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The UK Catholic Herald has a sad piece today telling faithful Catholics to stop up their ears and close their eyes.\u00a0 We aren’t supposed to think, just obey the hierarchy, yes?\u00a0 Makes sense.\u00a0 They’re all so nice. But, huh, society being what it is, people will be people. Authority is something Western society has a …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[582,580,19,579,581],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-authority","tag-magisterium","tag-pope-francis","tag-protestants","tag-submission"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4592,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions\/4592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}