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Posted: Sat Mar 24th, 2007 09:54 pm |
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WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 23, 2007 (Zenit.org).- The U.S. episcopal conference's Committee on Doctrine has published a statement declaring that the pamphlets published by a Marquette University professor "do not present authentic Catholic teaching."
The view presented in Daniel Maguire's two pamphlets on abortion, contraception and same-sex marriage "cross the legitimate lines of theological reflection and simply enter into the area of false teaching," the bishops' statement explained.
They added: "Since it is apparent that considerable efforts have been made to give these views the widest possible distribution as if they were a valid alternative to the teaching of the Catholic Church, the Committee on Doctrine … considers it important to offer a public correction of the erroneous views proposed in these pamphlets."
The committee explained that Maguire's fundamental error regards the nature of Church teaching.
The professor declares that "there is no authentic Church teaching that is binding on all members of the Catholic Church," and says that within the Church there is both a pro-choice and pro-life tradition, and that "neither is more Catholic than the other."
The committee notes that the archbishop of Milwaukee (where Marquette University is located) has also made public statements affirming that Maguire's pamphlets do not present Catholic teaching.
The committee concurs that "despite his claims to authority as a Catholic theologian, the views of Professor Maguire on contraception, abortion, and same-sex 'marriage' are not those of the Catholic Church and indeed are contrary to the Church's faith."
The above article is reposted from Zenit.
The full text of the Bishop's Statement is available from the USCCB.
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Steven Barrett
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Posted: Wed Mar 28th, 2007 03:46 pm |
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I figured this Maguire fellow must've really pulled a doozy when his pamphlet didn't even need the Vatican's attention.
"The professor declares that "there is no authentic Church teaching that is binding on all members of the Catholic Church," and says that within the Church there is both a pro-choice and pro-life tradition, and that "neither is more Catholic than the other." (Taken from the quoted article in the orig. post on this subject. I haven't mastered the quotation box technique yet.)
Where has this guy been all the years then-Cardinal Ratzinger was laying down the law? Maguire's findings would certainly find a nice warm reception within the Episcopal Church. Even a kid in CCD class could see through Fr. Maguire's views on authority as beyond nonsense -- to the point of just being just plain goofy.
The Catholic Church's teaching structure is based on authority from above and in case the Maguire's of the Church haven't caught on yet, this arrangement has kept the Church alive and vibrant for 2000 years.
But what do dinosaurs like traditionalist Catholics and Protestants who appreciate our system of authoritative teaching know when we don't wet our fingers to stick 'em in the wind to see where "the spirit leads us"?
Unlike former CIA Director George Tenant's "slam dunk" for Iraq, this really was a "slam dunk." It should be a yawner, but watch the whiners line up for the "big bad Vatican wolf" song and dance/dog and pony show, most likely to be held at Georgetown University, that ever-so solid Catholic institution of higher learning. The circus usually pitches its tent there.Last edited on Wed Mar 28th, 2007 03:49 pm by Steven Barrett
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Posted: Wed Mar 28th, 2007 04:39 pm |
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Steven Barrett wrote: I haven't mastered the quotation box technique yet.)
Highlight the text you want in the quote box, then hit the button with the double quote marks on it.
Or put {quote} at the beginning and {/quote} at the end, but use brackets instead of braces.
That's all there is to it.
You can copy the text from another message, too, and paste it into the current message, then select it and hit the Quote button, or put the quote codes at the beginning and end.
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Steven Barrett
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Posted: Thu Mar 29th, 2007 02:28 pm |
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CajunRick,
Thanks for the help.
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