tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post113821919714358039..comments2023-10-09T10:54:03.005-05:00Comments on Whitehall: deus caritas estUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1138385028371058262006-01-27T13:03:00.000-05:002006-01-27T13:03:00.000-05:00I'll be sure to read them all tonight. In the mea...I'll be sure to read them all tonight. In the mean time, my point is that "the church" is so busy getting their doctrine right that we miss Christianity 101. Love. Without further commentary (not easy for me as you well know), apparently Pope Benedict felt the same way. I whole heartedly affirm his encyclical. MMBX P.S. I also affirm theological philosophers! But that's a whole other issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1138323565729603982006-01-26T19:59:00.000-05:002006-01-26T19:59:00.000-05:00I don't know if he was angry or not, but Ratzinger...I don't know if he was angry or not, but Ratzinger has spent his professional life for the last twenty years arguing about points of doctrine.<BR/><BR/>Here are a couple hundred of the documents the CDD produced recently:<BR/><BR/>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/doc_doc_index.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/doc_sac_index.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/doc_rat_index.htm<BR/><BR/>http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/doc_dis_index.htmgwbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126771210414634962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1138308201224554652006-01-26T15:43:00.000-05:002006-01-26T15:43:00.000-05:00But I don't recall "P.Ben" being angry with and ar...But I don't recall "P.Ben" being angry with and arguing with people who disagree with him on those issues. That would be majoring on the minors. The things that separate us Christians are not the things that are necessary to salavation. My point, and that of this encyclical is that we seem to have missed the most important part of Jesus' teaching in the mean time: the real Love of Christ on which this encyclical focuses. IF we really did Love as Christ taught us, all the rest would take care of itself. MMBXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1138302006586250282006-01-26T14:00:00.000-05:002006-01-26T14:00:00.000-05:00And yet P.Ben. is just as, and in some cased MUCH ...And yet P.Ben. is just as, and in some cased MUCH more, exacting than the rest of us about how to baptize, from whom we can receive communion, what to serve, etc.gwbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00126771210414634962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10205805.post-1138293185704185952006-01-26T11:33:00.000-05:002006-01-26T11:33:00.000-05:00The Holy Father seems to have taken up THE most cr...The Holy Father seems to have taken up THE most critical issue in the church today. When asked what the most important commandment was, Jesus, of course, said it was to Love God with our whole heart and Love our neighbor as ourselves. Why is it that seems to be the most difficult thing for us as Christians to do? If we kept those two commandments there would be no problem with any of the others. We spend all our time fussing and fighting about how you should baptize, or from whom we should receive communion, or what to serve at the Lord's table, or what color to paint the parish hall,etc., etc., etc. No wonder our numbers are not growing. Who would want to be like us?? <BR/><BR/>I believe Pope Benedict is right on target and certainly hearing from God on this one! MMBXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com