"But that's what it MEANS"

[Newsom Michael]

The point is that the article was referring to a dispute, if that be the
word, between Catholics.  That is rather different than a dispute
between Catholics and non-Catholics, for example.  (I do not buy into
the notion that the Culture Wars are quite what Hunter and others claim
that they are, but that is another discussion, one which I take up in an
article that will be out in a few months.)

 

I am a liberal, with only a few reservations, in politics, that is.  I
enjoy and feel a close bond with several of my fellow Catholics who may
fairly be described as deeply conservative in their political views.  We
recognize the powerful common bond that is our Catholic faith, and we
act upon it.  (It turns out that in theological terms I am really an
orthodox, if not conservative, Catholic.

 

So, with all due respect, I think that your suggestion overlooks the
nature of the dynamic that holds Catholics of different persuasions
together as Catholics.     

 

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From: religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu
[mailto:religionlaw-bounces at lists.ucla.edu] On Behalf Of Richard
Dougherty
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 6:24 PM
To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics
Subject: Re: "But that's what it MEANS"

 

Really?  I thought that was exactly how it was meant.  As Will suggests,
if he were a progressive (not stipulating now what that means) he would
probably be described as sharing the good news.

Richard J. Dougherty

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From: "Newsom Michael" <mnewsom at law.howard.edu>
Sent 9/10/2007 4:50:42 PM
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Subject: RE: "But that's what it MEANS"

I note with some interest that in a recent piece on the visit of Pope
Benedict XVI to Mariazell in Austria, includes a statement to the effect
that progressive Catholics might not like the Holy Father's
"proselytizing for the traditions of the faith." I seriously doubt that
the word as used can be fairly said to be pejorative.
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