Comments on: Belated Pope Thoughts http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/25/belated-pope-thoughts/ Just another geek in the geek kingdom Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:38:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Christopher M http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/25/belated-pope-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1288 Christopher M Thu, 28 Sep 2006 00:13:45 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1334#comment-1288 Steve--<br /> From the 1992 Catechism: "The inspired books teach the truth. '...[W]e must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, <em>and without error</em> teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.'" <br />Inerrancy and <i>literalism</i> are two different things. The Catholic Church adheres to the first, but not the second. Steve–

From the 1992 Catechism: “The inspired books teach the truth. ‘…[W]e must acknowledge that the books of Scripture firmly, faithfully, and without error teach that truth which God, for the sake of our salvation, wished to see confided to the Sacred Scriptures.’”

Inerrancy and literalism are two different things. The Catholic Church adheres to the first, but not the second.

]]> By: Steve Sailer http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/25/belated-pope-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1287 Steve Sailer Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:11:58 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1334#comment-1287 "And if I thought, as presumably Benedict does, that the Christian Bible were the inerrant word of God..." I wasn't aware that the Pope was a Protestant fundamentalist. “And if I thought, as presumably Benedict does, that the Christian Bible were the inerrant word of God…”

I wasn’t aware that the Pope was a Protestant fundamentalist.

]]> By: Jadagul http://www.juliansanchez.com/2006/09/25/belated-pope-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-1286 Jadagul Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:32:33 +0000 http://juliansanchez.com/?p=1334#comment-1286 One of the things I've always liked about Catholicism (I've said that if I had to pick a religion, I'd be a Catholic) is it's emphasis on reason as an independent way of understanding the divine. Traditional Catholic teaching—especially in the Jesuitical and Thomist strains—teaches that all moral precepts can be determined independently of divine revelation, and that God's word is just a shortcut for helping us figure out the right answers. I hope Ratzinger isn't moving the church away from that. One of the things I’ve always liked about Catholicism (I’ve said that if I had to pick a religion, I’d be a Catholic) is it’s emphasis on reason as an independent way of understanding the divine. Traditional Catholic teaching—especially in the Jesuitical and Thomist strains—teaches that all moral precepts can be determined independently of divine revelation, and that God’s word is just a shortcut for helping us figure out the right answers. I hope Ratzinger isn’t moving the church away from that.

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