Posted on 09/09/2013 7:30:51 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 9, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In his new book, Tea Party Catholic: The Catholic Case for Limited Government, a Free Economy, and Human Flourishing (The Crossroad Publishing Co., 2013), Samuel Gregg, director of research for the Acton Institute, draws on Catholic social teaching and the thought of Charles Carroll of colonial Maryland – the only Catholic Signer of America's Declaration of Independence – to make a powerful case for the enduring value of economic freedom and the role it plays in sustaining America's unique experiment in political and religious liberty.
In Tea Party Catholic, Gregg poses important questions about America's founding principles that are increasingly under threat. Can a believing Catholic support free markets? Does the Catholic social justice commitment translate directly into support for big government? And perhaps most importantly: Do Catholics understand how the loss of economic freedom in America is undermining the United States' robust commitment to religious liberty?
This First Amendment right – not simply to worship privately but to express one's faith in the fullness of civic life – is a principle integral not only to the American Founding but also to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacbee.com ...
Tea Party Catholic, with a publication date of Oct. 4, is now available for pre-order on Amazon.com. Link: http://www.amazon.com/Tea-Party-Catholic-Government-Flourishing/dp/0824549813?tag=acton04-20
To read an excerpt, see www.teapartycatholic.com
Sounds fascinating. Even though I live in formerly-Catholic Maryland, I had forgotten about Charles Carroll. I’ll check this out. Thanks for posting.
A Tea Party Thomist: Charles Carroll How The Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
America’s Catholic Colony [Ecumenical]
The Catholic Church in the United States of America [Ecumenical]
Catholic Founding Fathers - The Carroll Family [Ecumenical]
Charles Carroll, founding father and "an exemplar of Catholic and republican virtue" [Ecumenical]
The Left has seized on our economic troubles as an excuse to “blame the rich guy” and paint a picture of capitalism and the free market as selfish, greedy, and cruel.
Exactly the opposite is true, says Father Robert A. Sirico in his thought–provoking new book, Defending the Free Market: The Moral Case for a Free Economy. Father Sirico argues that a free economy actually promotes charity, selflessness, and kindness. And in Defending the Free Market, he shows why free-market capitalism is not only the best way to ensure individual success and national prosperity but is also the surest route to a moral and socially–just society. In Defending the Free Market, Father Sirico shows:
* Why we can’t have freedom without a free economy
* Why the best way to help the poor is to a start a business
* Why charity works—but welfare doesn't
* How Father Sirico himself converted from being a leftist colleague of Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden to recognizing the merits of a free economy.
Sounds like an excellent book. It's too bad that we don't see similar writings coming forth from the bishops.
Oh but they are positively cutting edge in their defense of human rights and liberty. While all of us are either leaving or threatening to leave the Republican party, one of them finally came to the conclusion that, doggone it, he just couldn't in good conscience remain a *Democrat* any more.
Seriously though, notwithstanding all the twaddle about Vatican II, I was not aware that this had ever been abrogated.
QUOD APOSTOLICI MUNERIS (On Socialism)
Encyclical of Pope Leo XIII promulgated on 28 December 1878.
This First Amendment right – not simply to worship privately but to express one's faith in the fullness of civic life – is a principle integral not only to the American Founding but also to the teaching of the Second Vatican Council.
No. Absolutely not. There is NO such thing as a right to error. The erring person can be tolerated and has rights (see the parable of the wheat and the tares), but a society that invents and protects a universal right to believe error is a society of the devil.
Are we not, in this day and age, aware of what "to express one's faith in the fullness of civic life" means in an Islamic context?? Do we not see this fundamental flaw that is built into our understanding of religious pluralism?
I'll want to read this book, but I suspect it may well be riddled with muddle-headed post-Vatican II theology.
There's much more on other topics from conservatives such as Chaput or Aquila. Most priests and bishops try to stay apolitical, but, as with secular populations, the Leftists are the most loud and obnoxious, as is the case with many from the USCCB.
True. Only a single-digit number of priests were found to be molesters. But IMO the wide majority of bishops are socialists.
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