Catholic theology, on the other hand, tries to see past the apparent differences to a common source. So, grace perfects nature in Catholic ethics, Scripture and Tradition both flow from the same font of revelation, and faith and works must go hand-in-hand...
...friends, cool down your laptops. Obama is not going to be received into the Catholic Church anytime soon. I know that. You know that. Most importantly, he knows it. That is not the point. The point is that a fundamental intellectual disposition that has served Catholic theology well through the years seems to have found its way into this man’s head, and the reason is probably similar...After eight years in which George W. Bush has channeled that strange mixture of humility and ferocity that is at the heart of orthodox Calvinism, Obama’s pursuit of "Both-And" common ground, even when it is a little fuzzy, is a welcome tonic for a nation that has never been as divided as the political class would have you think it is.
“Both - And” has it’s foundation in the hypostatic union of Divinity and Humanity.
At this point, we’ve seen no evidence Obama has applied it in his policies. He supports killing pre-born children, and that pretty much sums up where he stands.
I pray this citizenship issue comes to light; Seems to be the only way to stop him.
yes, I can see where thinking like a Catholic could lead one to conclude infanticide just might not be such a bad thing after all. Or perhaps not.
IMNSHO, he’s a *&*&% nothing (Black Liberation Theology is NOT a religion - it is a political philosophy that is marxist - thinks like one, acts like one, talks like one...is one...
As a serious PS. I do with the author would delve more into the post reformation Protestant theology that has shaped so much of modern Protestanism. This theology has its roots more in the philosophy of Kant than the theology of Calvin.
The media will do anything to make the big Zero look good. If he had learned anything from Catholicism then he would not be in favor of killing babies.
so glad I wasted 5 minutes reading that. should have stopped when I saw the title.
I’m sorry, the piece is incoherent. You can’t lay Obama at the feet of Catholic theology.
If Biden and Obama were believing church-going catholics, we’d have a lot less to worry about. They’d probably still be statists, but statists with a moral sense.
Biden is essentially a secular catholic, catholic in name only, and Obama claims to be a fellow evangelical though he’s been outed now by his Reverend.
The point isn’t the flavor of their Christianity but rather that what faith they may possess has been displaced by a greater faith in the State.
More likely like the muslim he is.
"America" is a liberal Catholic screed that isn't fit to be turned into toilet paper. It hardly speaks for orthodox Catholicism, or even for Catholics outside of the Kumbaya fringe. This whole piece is an exercise in wishful thinking on their part, and hardly borne-out either by Obama's religious past or his present mindset. He's about as "Catholic" as the Dalai Lama, and far less principled. And for this magazine to invoke the American Catholic mindset of days long ago, and couple that with wholesome appeals to folks like St. Robert Bellarmine (!!!) is just a laughably disingenuous bait-and-switch to get the gullible to think this monster is a throwback to the good old days.
As opposed to slavery-only, womens-sufferage-only and other throw away one issue voters...-sarc This person is clueless.
Maybe he should get together with Jack Cashill and prove that Cardinal George ghosted Obama's book.
After all, they've use some of the same words, haven't they?
And anyway, aren't the Episcopalians/Anglicans the "Both-And" folks par excellence?
Heck, they even have two names for their church ...
Definitely deserves a barf alert.
More like Catholics think like The Messiah, The Obama, The One (piss be upon him).
The more I see dribble like this the more I realize a lot of protestants are just plain stupid. To take this garbage hook, line, and sinker is so typical of those lacking in intellect.
Hell, Biden isn’t even Catholic.....
He’s closer to Judas.....
Just ask the bishops.....
They have talked a lot about the poor, and not much about life. SO while this article is a bit odd, it is reflecting a true view out there.