tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post6697677800041461294..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Psychology and UnityFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1932545220572964812008-12-22T11:45:00.000-05:002008-12-22T11:45:00.000-05:00And, Father John, is it not equally true of some "...And, Father John, is it not equally true of some "Catholics" of those so like themselves, but possibly lacking some of their faults?<BR/><BR/>I had an architect friend who used to say: "First we design and build the building, but after that the building shapes us." It is for thiis reason that I have always tried to find out just what a certain interpretation of Christian faith, especially the faith of the one Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church has done to those whose culture it has shaped. Why are Russsian and Greek Orthodox Christians different from Romans and Romans different from Anglicans?<BR/><BR/>I am sure that I am no where near the answers, but when I look at the history of Europe over the past century I begin to believe I see something of their shadows. But answer the question of what we think and why we think it is much deeper than its surface appearance. I had a Russian Intellectual History professor who reported in class that he could not break the arguments of one of the chief of the Slavophiles and I asked him why, if he could find no fault in the man's argument, he had not adoped his views? I don't think I have ever seen anyone become so incoherrent so quickly or so completely? It was like watching an emotional as well as a mental breakdown at the same time. I was never forgiven for the question. <BR/><BR/>But I am sure that Ed is very much on to something here. And the more so, when I watch new converts to Romanism become completely devoted to the celebration of the mass in Latin when they have absolutely no understanding of the language and don't even want to follow it in the missal. I would very much like to understand what is happening and why, but also very sure that this is a path which I will never follow.<BR/><BR/>Was it even thus when the tower of Babel was destroyed and we could no longer understand each other's speech?Canon Tallishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05182884929479435751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-48620416565763287692008-12-21T17:06:00.000-05:002008-12-21T17:06:00.000-05:00This the challenge of our times. Anglicanism was ...This the challenge of our times. Anglicanism was supposed to be a possible answer to the scandal of our division, and look what happened to it.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me that in many ways some branches of Christianity are more hostile to other Christians than to other religions. I find this especially prevalent in some protestant groups towards "Catholics."Fr. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097549748468739701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-38060637958571970682008-12-20T22:32:00.000-05:002008-12-20T22:32:00.000-05:00That is why it important to me to try and see a di...That is why it important to me to try and see a disputed issue from the other's perspective.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes when I do that I see that we are both looking at and stating the same thing, but from a different perspective.<BR/><BR/>ChipBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com