Argumentum ad Eichmannum
Down Under, Liberal opponents of the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, have accused him of having an "Eichmann mentality" and complained to the Vatican about his tendency "to go back to the pre-Vatican II position of the Church" in regards to conscience: Pell accused of Catholic 'dictatorship'.
His Eminence is taking it all in stride:
Down Under, Liberal opponents of the Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, have accused him of having an "Eichmann mentality" and complained to the Vatican about his tendency "to go back to the pre-Vatican II position of the Church" in regards to conscience: Pell accused of Catholic 'dictatorship'.
His Eminence is taking it all in stride:
- I think it's a bit of a hoot. I mean, people like Paul Collins, Veronica Brady and Max Charlesworth appealing for protection to the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, it's…. the poacher's turned the gamekeeper. I think it's… life is full of surprises, but this is a splendid surprise....
Everybody knows that we have to use our conscience, we have to… the point as issue is whether our conscience has primacy or is supreme and whether a Catholic can choose to reject central doctrines, central teachings of Jesus Christ and/or the Church and be regarded as a perfectly good Catholic. Now, there's a whole Alice in Wonderland dimension to this.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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