tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post6760606717506572880..comments2013-04-02T07:40:10.048-05:00Comments on Heresy & Humor: Laity ID for the RCCTheraPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-30815876723501505492011-07-09T10:30:21.099-05:002011-07-09T10:30:21.099-05:00I'm glad you enjoyed it, Tom! :-)I'm glad you enjoyed it, Tom! :-)TheraPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-58561447393964433872011-07-08T20:16:39.127-05:002011-07-08T20:16:39.127-05:00Love this. :)Love this. :)Tchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13388784325608457371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-71660231770770386132011-07-07T09:21:26.637-05:002011-07-07T09:21:26.637-05:00Hello, Prickliest!
I think mostly very conservati...Hello, Prickliest!<br /><br />I think mostly very conservative Christian groups are the ones with the flags in churches. At times Patriotism here in the US of A has characteristics of a religion - and marries very well with extreme conservatives - something the current trad RCC seems married to here. You can see that in the meddling in African politics - anti-gay bigotry, for example, coming from US evangelicals.<br /><br />As for humor, since this blog is <i>Heresy and Humor</i> I account for differing perspectives: Some may view as "humor" what others would view as "heresy". I'm ok with being called a heretic! In the service of the Way, the Truth, and the Life.<br /><br />Thanks for taking time to comment. :-)TheraPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-24219949722505180962011-07-06T22:19:30.702-05:002011-07-06T22:19:30.702-05:00I'm not sure if that's a funny post or not...I'm not sure if that's a funny post or not. I'd like to think that that won't happen, but the way things are going...<br /><br />Re: flags in churches: I saw an American flag in a Catholic church once, years ago. Somewhere in NY state, I think. I believe it was around July 4, so maybe it wasn't there all the time. But it left an impression, as it was my first time going to mass in the US, and I had never noticed a flag in a church before.PrickliestPearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07606660660913560540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-31765081382982877612011-07-06T20:34:03.305-05:002011-07-06T20:34:03.305-05:00Bill, thanks for your comment. Your blog, of cour...Bill, thanks for your comment. Your blog, of course, was the inspiration for this post!<br /><br />Tim, I have never seen an American flag in an RC Church, chapel, monastery, you name it. I did once see one in an Episcopal church and I was frankly horrified! But thanks for that interesting historical info.<br /><br />Swearing allegiance to the pope... and the church. Yes, I can certainly recall my grade school Catholic education. But now... as an older, more educated and thinking adult it seems to me to fly in the face of the First Commandment. But apparently these loyalty oaths are already being extracted from priests and bishops and cardinals. I read an Australian priest/scholar recently who seemed to be extremely troubled by this development.<br /><br />Tim... your "avatar" reminds me so much of someone I knew elsewhere, someone I held in such high regard that I nicknamed him The Rebbe. You have inherited my affection for that reason. :) Your voice adds such a great addition to Bill's blog comments.<br /><br />This prophecy vs parody thing. It reminds me of times when I hoped I was wrong about a dire diagnosis. But I usually wasn't! There are enough - craving "authority" - who are all too ready to take such oaths.<br /><br />Thank you for your visit. And blessings upon your journey.TheraPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684120043427738135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-50128942152166235182011-07-06T19:46:44.573-05:002011-07-06T19:46:44.573-05:00The whole idea of swearing allegiance to His Holin...The whole idea of swearing allegiance to His Holiness and the Holy Church is actually very much part of Vatican I, especially the part where the oath comes before oaths to any other body. <br /><br />The fact that Jack Kennedy was catholic was a huge thing because many people wondered if he would listen to the Vatican before the U.S.<br /><br />Ever wonder why there's an American flag in the sanctuary and why disturbingly patriotic songs are/were sung? It's a holdover from WWII when the loyalty of Irish and Italian RC was called into question.<br /><br />As to prophecy or parody, I would <i>like</i> to believe that it is the latter, but I am afraid it is the former.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200045196217644013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719785905284272861.post-71652013814012008812011-07-06T18:29:02.986-05:002011-07-06T18:29:02.986-05:00A Catholic version of a Temple Recommend: I love i...A Catholic version of a Temple Recommend: I love it, TheraP! And you're absolutely right: this is where the restorationist version of the Roman church seems to be heading. Whether it formalizes the practice or not . . . .William D. Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07246026074693891965noreply@blogger.com