tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post7946551721867895966..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Let the Pope be the Pope!Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-83655549856548546052007-07-12T02:23:00.000-04:002007-07-12T02:23:00.000-04:00The early conventional wisdom on this from Protest...The early conventional wisdom on this from Protestant types has been the "Good. I like it when the lines are drawn clearly" and responses such as Steve's. But there is more going on in this statement: I sense a tinge of fear in rank and file RCs when this statement came out. Fear because they prefer to exist 'under the radar' and not so well-defined because now, with statements like this, it kicks up the standard for their own behaviour. Now, all the, for instance, institutional pedophelia in the priest ranks is being carried out by a church that grandiosely says Protestant churches aren't real churches.<BR/><BR/>Especially in political environments this makes RCs uncomfortable. They know they stand on a sandy foundation. They don't want anybody inspecting too closely their structure. They much prefer all the sophistry-laced nebulousness regarding who they are and what they believe and so on. Don't shine a spotlight on them, especially one that will put into definition their own behaviour, and claiming they are the only true church puts that spotlight on them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-1419499480793134302007-07-11T22:18:00.000-04:002007-07-11T22:18:00.000-04:00Steve once referred to them (RefCath and the like)...Steve once referred to them (RefCath and the like) as "ecclesiastical navel gazers". A concise summary, I think...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-35960924761661122952007-07-11T20:03:00.000-04:002007-07-11T20:03:00.000-04:00It's rather ironic that when the rubber meets the ...It's rather ironic that when the rubber meets the road, those who wish to fly under the banner of Rome suddenly change their minds and call Rome "arrogant" for its stand. So much for their high church ecclesiology.GeneMBridgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504383610477532374noreply@blogger.com