Kind of very late to the party, but I really like this concept!
As someone who had to navigate through the wild west of Christian apologetics to find Catholicism mostly on his own, I think this can be a great resource.
"One last note on this: we are not obliged to blindly obey any priest in every matter. When I tell you to obey the Church, I am speaking here broadly about the authentic teaching of the Church, not about the musings of this or that particular priest. Any given priest or even Bishop can become a heretic or give bad advice (just ask Judas), but in the end we owe our obedience to the Church. Nevertheless, we ought to do our best to obey even “bad” Bishops and priests, provided that they are not asking us to do anything contrary to the faith and the salvation of souls. We ought especially to pray for them."
Too many Catholics have left the faith because of "one bad apple."
Haha my wife will be glad to hear you liked this paragraph. I actually didn’t have it in my original draft, but when she read it she suggested I add something on this topic.
Kind of very late to the party, but I really like this concept!
As someone who had to navigate through the wild west of Christian apologetics to find Catholicism mostly on his own, I think this can be a great resource.
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Thanks so much, Sjaak! I really appreciate that feedback. It sounds like you and I had similar experiences in that regard.
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Great article, I especially liked this paragraph:
"One last note on this: we are not obliged to blindly obey any priest in every matter. When I tell you to obey the Church, I am speaking here broadly about the authentic teaching of the Church, not about the musings of this or that particular priest. Any given priest or even Bishop can become a heretic or give bad advice (just ask Judas), but in the end we owe our obedience to the Church. Nevertheless, we ought to do our best to obey even “bad” Bishops and priests, provided that they are not asking us to do anything contrary to the faith and the salvation of souls. We ought especially to pray for them."
Too many Catholics have left the faith because of "one bad apple."
Haha my wife will be glad to hear you liked this paragraph. I actually didn’t have it in my original draft, but when she read it she suggested I add something on this topic.
So glad you liked it, I appreciate hearing that!