tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post8015161305245553605..comments2023-10-31T11:50:09.773+00:00Comments on Mulier Fortis: Tabula Delenda Est...?Mulier Fortishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01186202810919174492noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-88812199978582627392010-06-25T11:50:28.223+01:002010-06-25T11:50:28.223+01:00It is a scandal to have to encounter this rag at t...It is a scandal to have to encounter this rag at the back of the cathedral, every time I go to confession. The fact that the so-called "conservative" Archbishop Nichols has not done anything about this (and he knows very well what The Tablet stands for) speaks volumes.Aduliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00534730218402742905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-55528960377396375392010-06-24T17:34:56.916+01:002010-06-24T17:34:56.916+01:00Wouldn't mind what the Pill wrote if it descri...Wouldn't mind what the Pill wrote if it described itself honestly as a 'Dissident Catholic' weekly!Deliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383433319373651830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-14670478015940729492010-06-24T09:03:45.425+01:002010-06-24T09:03:45.425+01:00"Ensoulment is an Aristotelian concept, which..."Ensoulment is an Aristotelian concept, which wasn't ever official Church teaching."<br /><br />In the pursuit of paedantic exactness, one has to be cautious here: the Council of Vienne taught that the rational soul is the form of the body (see the Catechism p 365). Therefore the "matter" (in the Aristo-Thomistic sense) has to be "informed" by the soul at some point.<br /><br />What the Church has never defined is the point at which this ensoulment occurs. However, as the more with-it commentators point out, this is irrelevant to the abortion question.Gregory the Eremitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11652447286252910371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-88888845598748245422010-06-24T08:36:36.333+01:002010-06-24T08:36:36.333+01:00Thank you, Mac.
The problem with that rag, as wit...Thank you, Mac.<br /><br />The problem with that rag, as with many other manifestations of 'modern thought', is thay they confuse theological speculation (<i>ie</i> the theoretical discussion of questions from within a firm understanding and acceptance of the truth) with the possibility of dissent.<br /><br />Theological speculation is a legitimate academic activity, designed to achieve the useful end of formulating the truths of the faith more precisely for a given set of circumstances : uninformed dissent is neither legitimate nor useful.<br /><br />It all comes back to one of my hobbyhorses : the appalling lack of proper catechesis over the last few decades, which has meant that the majority of the Catholic population are not sufficiently informed to recognize the errors of such propositions : and as the propositions are in accord with 'modern thinking' (as in the worldly viewpoint) they appear to be right and proper, and thus (regrettably) command support.Dominic Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514722976964423091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28018475.post-23106664228124103252010-06-23T23:55:14.087+01:002010-06-23T23:55:14.087+01:00Our parish sells The Universe, Catholic Herald, Sc...Our parish sells The Universe, Catholic Herald, Scottish Catholic Observer etc but mercifully no Tablet.<br /><br />PP at old parish when I was young and foolish (as opposed to old and foolish now!)when I mentioned I read it, made a face and explained 'because it's not really Catholic at all' - which I now completely agree with....The Cellarerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17743644130726659163noreply@blogger.com