tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post3594790849769178181..comments2024-02-14T03:56:12.027-08:00Comments on La Salette Journey: Does Philip Lawler accept the Church's understanding of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus?Paul Anthony Melansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08455719838570381999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-62020763170985663352008-09-17T07:32:00.000-07:002008-09-17T07:32:00.000-07:00How about hate groups like the Klan or Aryan Natio...How about hate groups like the Klan or Aryan Nation, are they just engaging in "energetic preaching" when they use words such as "nigger" and "kike"?<BR/><BR/>Lawler's silence is like a shout. He identifies with the Feeneyite movement and its anti-Semitism. Otherwise he would distance himself publically from their movement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-22066370110811442842008-08-01T03:06:00.000-07:002008-08-01T03:06:00.000-07:00Although he rushed here to state that he's not ant...Although he rushed here to state that he's not anti-semitic (and I'm not so sure about that at this point), Philip Lawler doesn't seem anxious to talk about the Church's teaching on "Outside the Church there is no salvation" and how he understands it.<BR/><BR/>But I think the quote you pulled from his book gives us the answer. By saying that Feeney was simply defending a defined dogma, he is implying that Feeney was right and the Archbishop was wrong.<BR/><BR/>It seems pretty clear to me that Philip Lawler doesn't accept the Church's teaching on the dogma but prefers Feeney's rigid interpretation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-80754784075023233002008-07-31T09:38:00.000-07:002008-07-31T09:38:00.000-07:00I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Mr. Lawler t...I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for Mr. Lawler to answer your questions. It would seem that he doesn't like to answer the hard questions. He finds it much more enjoyable being critical of the Church's hierarchy than he does examining himself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-53312674959217411172008-07-31T08:10:00.000-07:002008-07-31T08:10:00.000-07:00I haven't read his book. Now I probably won't. T...I haven't read his book. Now I probably won't. Too bad Cardinal Cushing isn't around to defend himself. I'm glad that you're here to set the record straight Mr. Melanson.<BR/><BR/>We all need to meditate deeply on these words from the Holy Office, "..let them who in grave peril are ranged against the Church seriously bear in mind that after 'Rome has spoken' they cannot be excused even by reasons of good faith. Certainly, their bond and duty of obedience toward the Church is much graver than that of those who as yet are related to the Church 'only by an unconscious desire.' Let them realize that they are children of the Church, lovingly nourished by her with the milk of doctrine and the sacraments, and hence, having heard the clear voice of their Mother, they cannot be excused from culpable ignorance, and therefore to them apply without any restriction that principle: submission to the Catholic Church and to the Sovereign Pontiff is required as necessary for salvation."<BR/><BR/>I don't think Philip Lawler fully understands this. I know the SBC in New Hampshire does not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9695096.post-43969130002244709252008-07-31T06:44:00.000-07:002008-07-31T06:44:00.000-07:00Mr. Lawler, in a previous Blog post here at LSJ, P...Mr. Lawler, in a previous Blog post here at LSJ, Paul informed his readers of the following quotations which may be found at the Archives of the Archdiocese of Boston:<BR/><BR/>"The Jews have taken over this city..." (Report by Grace Uberti from 14 September 1952, Feeney Collection, Archives, Archdiocese of Boston, Brighton, Mass)."I would rather be a bad Catholic than any Jew in existence." (op. cit, 19 October 1952).<BR/><BR/>"Every Protestant hates the Jews. Harvard loathes Jews. That is why they got a new President - to keep the Jews away. I don't hate Jews for the reason he hates them. I hate them because they hate Jesus. They hate Jesus because they are Jews!" (op. cit 9 August 1953).<BR/><BR/>"Those kikes are from Hillel House. I warn you of what the Jews are going to do to the Catholic City of Boston. In every city you see a new synagogue being built in a Christian country...If I sent Catholics over to heckle Rabbi Shubow, Fingold [Attorney General] would send the police in and have them in jail. But over here in front of the picture of the sacred heart of Mary these Jews are yelling every single filthy thing - every blasphemous word, on Sunday in a Catholic city." (op. cit 31 July 1955).<BR/><BR/>And Fr. Feeney's idea of "dialog" also included attacks on Protestants and Catholics: "Archbishop Cushing is a heretic. I didn't say it behind his back; I said it to his face." (op. cit 28 September 1952).<BR/><BR/>Do you view Jewish people as "kikes" Mr. Lawler? Do you hate them as Father Feeney said he did? Do the Jewish people hate Jesus Mr. Lawler? <BR/><BR/>And you cannot grasp why Cardinal Cushing "discouraged" (your word) Fr. Feeney? He was promoting error and labelling Jewish people - and others - with hateful slurs.<BR/><BR/>Where are you coming from Mr. Lawler?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com