tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post3654092189093075361..comments2024-01-16T19:31:28.762-05:00Comments on Good Jesuit, Bad Jesuit: It Is The Bishops Who Speak For The ChurchJoseph Frommhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16759274486679530625noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-68447342729497663212012-06-10T14:54:58.795-04:002012-06-10T14:54:58.795-04:00Oh Sawyer, how tolerant of you to share your wisdo...Oh Sawyer, how tolerant of you to share your wisdom!<br /><br />Actually, your positing of reason and faith is faulty. We are discussing how Catholics "receive" a teaching, i.e, through the lens of discernment. Notwithstanding Maria et al.'s incorrect assertion that "once upon a time" the Church operated as a smooth, top-down military outfit, our the history of our Church is much more complicated.<br /><br />--Mr. TrollAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-46713823697162686282012-06-10T14:21:30.975-04:002012-06-10T14:21:30.975-04:00God love you, Sawyer...God love you, Sawyer...Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-33566909517746561132012-06-10T00:46:01.908-04:002012-06-10T00:46:01.908-04:00The Church's teachings are proclaimed through ...The Church's teachings are proclaimed through the guidance of the Holy Spirit, and the faithful in the Church who allow themselves to be led by that same Spirit will receive the teachings, for it is the same Spirit who inspires both. Those who are led by a spirit of another sort, a spirit contrary to the Holy Spirit, will not receive the Church's teachings. Reason is not superior to the theological virtue of faith. Although reason may complement faith and assist faith, reason may not pass judgment on the content of faith because faith is not of human origin.<br /><br />That's all you get on this one, anonymous Jesuit troll. I won't bite on anything else you post in this thread, nor should anyone else.Sawyernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-2172195527646763552012-06-09T22:13:53.718-04:002012-06-09T22:13:53.718-04:00"The evil spirit tries to seduce not only the..."The evil spirit tries to seduce not only the human mind but also the human will. He entices our wills by releasing our passions. He wants to arouse the passions of the flesh and, what is less obvious, the passions of the soul. Why should he want to do this? What connection is there between passion and sin? The connection is that of cause and effect. Sin always leaves its mark on the sinner. It is like throwing a bottle of nitric acid into a person’s face and burning out his eyes. Every sin we commit weakens our powers of reason and intelligent perception. The more serious the sin and the more often committed, the greater is this induced darkening of man’s most precious possession, which makes him most like God, his ability to think. Sinners do not think, they emote, and then write learned volumes defending their irrationality".<br />--John Hardon SJMariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-85337470978895493192012-06-09T19:09:29.209-04:002012-06-09T19:09:29.209-04:00It used to be?! Are you nuts!? You really don...It used to be?! Are you nuts!? You really don't know your history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-89624978853855327632012-06-09T16:54:59.705-04:002012-06-09T16:54:59.705-04:00It used to be :) St Ignatius, pray for us.It used to be :) St Ignatius, pray for us.Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02704944620839677383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44918019052750220.post-72223691647221266992012-06-09T11:32:48.839-04:002012-06-09T11:32:48.839-04:00It must be "received" however--and that ...It must be "received" however--and that is where natural reasoning and discernment of individual Catholics comes into play. This isn't a military force.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com