tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post7929200832874026852..comments2024-03-28T15:32:38.398-07:00Comments on The Eponymous Flower: False Obedience and the "Rehabilitation" of Teilhard de Chardin in "Osservatore Romano"Tancredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16015531337154301560noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-60455225441787959632015-04-11T11:34:53.031-07:002015-04-11T11:34:53.031-07:00"Secondly, a subject is not bound to obey his..."Secondly, a subject is not bound to obey his superior if the latter command him to do something wherein he is not subject to him. For Seneca says (De Beneficiis iii): "It is wrong to suppose that slavery falls upon the whole man: for the better part of him is excepted." His body is subjected and assigned to his master but his soul is his own. Consequently in matters touching the internal movement of the will man is not bound to obey his fellow-man, but God alone.<br /> <br />"Nevertheless man is bound to obey his fellow-man in things that have to be done externally by means of the body: and yet, since by nature all men are equal, he is not bound to obey another man in matters touching the nature of the body, for instance in those relating to the support of his body or the begetting of his children. Wherefore servants are not bound to obey their masters, nor children their parents, in the question of contracting marriage or of remaining in the state of virginity or the like. But in matters concerning the disposal of actions and human affairs, a subject is bound to obey his superior within the sphere of his authority; for instance a soldier must obey his general in matters relating to war, a servant his master in matters touching the execution of the duties of his service, a son his father in matters relating to the conduct of his life and the care of the household; and so forth."II - II, Q104, A5, the end of corpushttp://newadvent.com/summa/3104.htm#article5noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-17049064519452346522015-04-11T11:28:59.583-07:002015-04-11T11:28:59.583-07:00"The second reason is, if the supervisor comm..."The second reason is, if the supervisor commands something of his subordinate in areas where he may hold him subject. Thomas Aquinas concludes that the people in the inner motives of the will owe obedience to God alone."<br /><br />Excuse me, you mean:<br /><br />"The second reason is, if the supervisor commands something of his subordinate in areas where he may NOT hold him subject. Thomas Aquinas concludes that the people in the inner motives of the will owe obedience to God alone."<br /><br />And "inner motives of will" are an example, I think of where one may <i>not</i> hold a subordinate subject, not a comprehensive list!HGLhttp://ppt.li/kwnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-48694256531657032162014-01-13T15:00:30.676-08:002014-01-13T15:00:30.676-08:00The corrupt Catholic Church is getting what most o...The corrupt Catholic Church is getting what most of its members and its hierarchy want. Their lust is being fed, as God's hand is allowing them their hedonistic desires of false utopian pursuits.<br /><br />Francis is a typical aging hippie type fool. His election to the papacy confirms that God wants the lunatics to administer the asylum. God always works things toward good. The evil is so entrenched and integral to Catholic Church governance and pastoral practices that an overwhelming malignancy is the best cure.<br /><br /><br />KarlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-32500582394847122872014-01-10T10:04:41.502-08:002014-01-10T10:04:41.502-08:00Teilhard's books should have been gathered and...Teilhard's books should have been gathered and burned, and he should have been isolated in either a monastery or on an island for the remainder of his life. This is just one example of where the pre-Vatican II Church went awry - their treatment of heretics. Heresy and the proponents of heresy are poison and poisonous. They cannot just get a slap on the wrist and a wag of the finger and then left to continue spreading their error.<br /><br />I often get the impression from what I have read the past fifty or so years that the Church before Vatican II did little, if anything, right. If so, it gives me no confidence that they are right now if, after hundreds of centuries, they failed to get it together.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-27916497549510942092014-01-09T19:45:22.869-08:002014-01-09T19:45:22.869-08:00Teilhard's notion that the world is on a const... Teilhard's notion that the world is on a constant course of self-improvement toward the "Omega point," when the world's transformation will "reach its fullness," and Christ will then suddenly appear, has absolutely no biblical or theological foundation. Unless someone is going to claim that Chardin was receiving private revelations - - which I've never heard, his prediction about the end of the world is interesting, but at odds with Christ's own words, e.g., "when the Son of Man returns, will he find even ten men of faith?" He did not say that He would be coming back when the world was finally perfected. The notion that fallen mankind can ever be perfected this side of the grave is of course naive nonsense.<br /><br />"You can't get any benefit or enlightenment from thinking about Teilhard. The ravages that he has wrought that I have witnessed are horrifying. I do everything I can to avoid having to talk about him. People are not content with just teaching him, they preach him. They use him like a siege engine to undermine the Church from within (I am not kidding) and I, for one, want no part of this destructive scheme." -- Etienne GilsonJBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18149137656710173911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4404498638452030181.post-88119606615903112312014-01-09T14:52:06.882-08:002014-01-09T14:52:06.882-08:00I firmly believe that the election of this Pope wi...I firmly believe that the election of this Pope will bring to a head sooner than later a division in the Church where modernism will be confronted by those who adhere to Catholic tradition.Isnt it strange to know that pre Vatican 11 we were all just known as Catholics.Padraighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395049517722353016noreply@blogger.com