Fr. Erich+ That was a fine rant. Well said. I'm glad someone else grumbles on Monday morning. Good to know I'm not the only grumpy old bear in the den. Charles+ ---------------------------------------- --- "St. Mary's Church, Delray Beach" <stmary@...> wrote: > Brothers, > > Its getting a bit tiring to constantly have the > "Stool" attacked. (The > modernists added a 4th leg, experience, decades ago > and see where it got > us.) Normally when it is attacked (on the so-called > conservative side) it > eventually leads someone to throwing out Tradition > and/or Reason, which is > really what Mrs. Newton has done in her article. > When Blessed Hooker set > forward the idea, the whole purpose was to show that > we needed all 3. It was > never meant to show that Tradition and Reason were > "co-equal" with > Scripture. What is important is that we cannot > separate ANY of these things > from each other. Mrs. Newton's article likened > Tradition to the color > padding on a bar stool and that anyone can pick > whichever they want (which > makes it adiaphora). Poppycock! Tradition, at its > bare minimum, is the > consensus of the Church and keeps us from going off > half-cocked on personal > interpretation of Scripture and the like. > > Mrs. Newton goes on to say that she slides off a 3 > legged stool because it > is wobbly (the stool being meant for uneven floors) > [What in the world was > she doing to slide off?! :-)]. She wants to stand > firm on the Rock of Jesus. > Okay, fine...that is good tent meeting stuff but it > misses the point. > Scripture, Tradition, and Reason were given us by > God precisely to help us > to be stable in this oh so uneven and sinful world > in which we live. They > become the stepping stool to climb onto the Rock, if > you will. > > AAAAhhhhhh. Now that I've slammed modernists and > conservatives and got to > use the word Poppycock, I feel better now. (Its the > morning after the Annual > Meeting, after all....grumble, grumble). > > Erich+ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/