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To: saradippity
Thanks,reading the Catechism of the Catholic Church is always enlightening and serves to preserve and clarify the teachings of the Church through time. It's really quite remarkable. But I didn't find the statement I had asked you about anywhere in the Catechism. I did find one paragraph under Justice that captured part of it.

Of course,I did know that obedience is part of justice,in terms of a right relationship with God as well as legitimate authority/ies. However,I still do not know the context or the source document of the statement in your post #23,wherein you commented under the title OBEDIENCE in the FAITH

It is the teaching of the Church that obedience is a part of justice,one of the cardinal virtues,which is subordinate to the theological virtues of faith,hope and charity. Faith is greater than obedience. Therefore,if obedience acts to harm the faith,then a Catholic has a duty not to obey his superiors.

So to go back to square one,where did that statement come from or did you weave it together from diverse sources? In either case,it seems to me that it is wrong and can lead to total anarchy. I just wish there were more we could do to get the imposters out of the Church and ensure that it will be here for our children and theirs,like it has been there for me through some awful times. I guess I'll just keep praying and writing letters and trust that the Triune God will see us through the storms.

76 posted on 01/31/2005 12:40:47 AM PST by saradippity
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To: Canticle_of_Deborah

Post #76 is to you, I must have looked back to what I had said to you in an earlier post and beamed back from there rather than from your post to me. Sorry.


77 posted on 01/31/2005 12:49:33 AM PST by saradippity
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To: saradippity

I did not weave it together. The statement is a direct summary of what is contained in the Catechism. What part of the statement do you find erroneous?


78 posted on 01/31/2005 1:17:41 AM PST by Canticle_of_Deborah
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