Wonderful. To define infallibility positively, as the belief that a Pope speaking from the Chair will never contradict holy scripture is such a great one liner. Every Catholic should memorise that as a rebuttal to critiques.
This is wonderful. I had this epiphany - and want to test it - which is that the second person of the Trinity (ie Logos, not just Jesus) is in fact how panentheism sees reality. Panentheism sees everything as being part of God and God in everything as well as being transcendent. This is not the Christian view even though Christianity agrees with Panentheists that God is both immanent and transcendent. The difference then is the Trinitarian concept….and in fact what Panentheists see as the whole box and dice is just the Second Person (1/3rd of reality). The Trinity not only allows for creator and creation but the ontological primacy of love/relationship. Other frameworks can’t give primacy to love (it can only exist as an outworking). In the divine/supernatural realm, it is the Holy Spirit that ‘defines’ love. In the human/natural realm it is Mary that does this. How appropriate then is it that Jesus is the issue of Mary and the Holy Spirit. I find this mind blowing (in a good way). Or am I wrong?
After the illustration of these "double negative" terms I chuckled when "Joseph Ratzinger" was referred to as "Pope Benedict before he was Pope"! Apropos! I'm only seven minutes in and already I have been edified.
Each time you share a quote from your reading, especially Benedict/Ratzinger, I am really edified.
Wonderful. To define infallibility positively, as the belief that a Pope speaking from the Chair will never contradict holy scripture is such a great one liner. Every Catholic should memorise that as a rebuttal to critiques.
Yea! Read Mortalium Animos, Pius XI clarifies it beautifully
Missed out on most of the live but wanted to say I really appreciate you!
This is wonderful. I had this epiphany - and want to test it - which is that the second person of the Trinity (ie Logos, not just Jesus) is in fact how panentheism sees reality. Panentheism sees everything as being part of God and God in everything as well as being transcendent. This is not the Christian view even though Christianity agrees with Panentheists that God is both immanent and transcendent. The difference then is the Trinitarian concept….and in fact what Panentheists see as the whole box and dice is just the Second Person (1/3rd of reality). The Trinity not only allows for creator and creation but the ontological primacy of love/relationship.
Other frameworks can’t give primacy to love (it can only exist as an outworking). In the divine/supernatural realm, it is the Holy Spirit that ‘defines’ love. In the human/natural realm it is Mary that does this.
How appropriate then is it that Jesus is the issue of Mary and the Holy Spirit.
I find this mind blowing (in a good way). Or am I wrong?
Jesus is the perfect word and Mary is the perfect amen!
After the illustration of these "double negative" terms I chuckled when "Joseph Ratzinger" was referred to as "Pope Benedict before he was Pope"! Apropos! I'm only seven minutes in and already I have been edified.