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Post by homeschooldad on Jul 11, 2023 19:23:34 GMT
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Post by tisbearself on Jul 11, 2023 22:06:20 GMT
In fairness, Rorate Caeli blog is super biased and the articles reporting this statement of the cleric lack any context. I tried to look it up at the original news source, but as I posted elsewhere, the quote seems to be taken from a recorded interview in Portuguese that is fairly long and does not have a transcript that I could run through Google Translate.
While I would like to know the context of his statement, why he said it, and whether it reflects a reluctance of this Church to convert people or something else, I do not think articles of this type are useful in helping anyone's understanding. Why do you like them?
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Post by homeschooldad on Jul 11, 2023 22:29:53 GMT
In fairness, Rorate Caeli blog is super biased and the articles reporting this statement of the cleric lack any context. I tried to look it up at the original news source, but as I posted elsewhere, the quote seems to be taken from a recorded interview in Portuguese that is fairly long and does not have a transcript that I could run through Google Translate. While I would like to know the context of his statement, why he said it, and whether it reflects a reluctance of this Church to convert people or something else, I do not think articles of this type are useful in helping anyone's understanding. Why do you like them? I neither like them nor dislike them, but when possible error is being preached --- assuming, as you allude to, that there is no nuance or context, that makes the actual comments different from the soundbite --- we need to know about it, and to refute it. My response would be more in the nature of "come again?". The comments of Pope Francis about observing the commandments, but not as absolutes, was another "shock moment". Turned out, his comments were no cause for alarm, but it's all about the optics, and how things can be interpreted. Those in the teaching Church need to speak clearly, and possibly speak less. A comment that is not made in the first place cannot be misconstrued. Our modern era is just itching to hear something, anything, that will allow them to interpret things in a manner that is to their liking. |
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