Georgetown University Professor Says Pope Must Atone for the Sins of His Past
Sterotypical Georgetown Professor Pops Off at Pope
There will be so much hot air being blown in the Pope's direction this week that it will be difficult to pick and choose which ones to post. This professor, secure in the comfort of his cushy 21st century ivory tower feels he can judge the actions of an 18 year-old boy in Hitler's Nazi Germany who later became arguably the greatest Catholic theologian of our time.
It's not that astounding that such hubris comes from Georgetown. If you've never encountered a real Catholic moral leader, you might have trouble knowing what to think, say or write about one.
Further, if you can't be bothered to read the writings of such a man, you might be constrained to the fishbowl of dissent at Georgetown where group-think and attack have replaced theological discussion and examination.
Ratzinger was thankfully spared by Providence from the fate of a bullet in the back of his head and a mass grave in Auschwitz so that he could be a prophet of our times, one of the most challenging in Catholic history, a time when the Church's own institutions have turned on her.
But then, Providence, Church history and the papacy would be subjects not taught at Georgetown, as least not by faithful Catholics.
There will be so much hot air being blown in the Pope's direction this week that it will be difficult to pick and choose which ones to post. This professor, secure in the comfort of his cushy 21st century ivory tower feels he can judge the actions of an 18 year-old boy in Hitler's Nazi Germany who later became arguably the greatest Catholic theologian of our time.It's not that astounding that such hubris comes from Georgetown. If you've never encountered a real Catholic moral leader, you might have trouble knowing what to think, say or write about one.
Further, if you can't be bothered to read the writings of such a man, you might be constrained to the fishbowl of dissent at Georgetown where group-think and attack have replaced theological discussion and examination.
Ratzinger was thankfully spared by Providence from the fate of a bullet in the back of his head and a mass grave in Auschwitz so that he could be a prophet of our times, one of the most challenging in Catholic history, a time when the Church's own institutions have turned on her.
But then, Providence, Church history and the papacy would be subjects not taught at Georgetown, as least not by faithful Catholics.
Labels: Dissent, Georgetown, Pope
posted by Theophilis at
10:38 AM
5 Comments:
Thanks for this thoughtful, albeit anonymous response. No doubt you are far more intelligent and mature than I am.
Mark Lance
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Anonymous, At
April 15, 2008 5:16 PM
Correct.
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Theophilis, At
April 15, 2008 5:16 PM
Greatest theologian of our time? Surely you are joking? De Lubac? von Balthasar? Perhaps. But Ratzinger? (I'd even vote for Kung before Ratzinger just on originality.
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Anonymous, At
April 15, 2008 6:23 PM
But you don't get to vote. You don't even have credibility enough to comment. You either teach, attend or are commenting from a heretical institution and are so intent on dissent so your views are not worth mentioning.
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Theophilis, At
April 15, 2008 6:41 PM
I was about to sign on to American Life League’s petition to request HBO to fire Bill Mahar for his hateful remarks about the Pope and the Catholic Church when I realized that what he said wasn’t much different than what Professor Mark Lance wrote on The Hoya. I guess the difference is that a practicing Catholic would be more likely to see Mahar on HBO than to be attending Georgetown. Anyway, I shared my thoughts with Fr. Gioia. Seemed timely.
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Theophilis, At
April 18, 2008 6:31 PM
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