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Meet the ‘evangelical’ Catholics who are remaking the GOP
The Washington Post ^
| June 16, 2014
| Sarah Pulliam Bailey
Posted on 06/16/2014 6:46:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This article is all over the place and makes no sense especially in relation to the headline.
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posted on
06/16/2014 6:59:58 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
More than 50 years after John F. Kennedys Catholicism stirred fears that he would be more loyal to the pope than to the people, Catholicism isnt nearly the political liability it once was. Being Catholic is what won him the election.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:06:51 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
both a Catholic and Calvinist
Is that even possible?
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:12:35 PM PDT
by
posterchild
(It takes a politician to declare a settled science.)
To: posterchild
Is that even possible?
No.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:18:22 PM PDT
by
cothrige
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Virginia’s GOP US Senate candidate, Ed Gillespie, might fall into this category.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:19:00 PM PDT
by
HokieMom
(Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
To: posterchild; NYer; Salvation
I would say not. I think they are saying he attended Calvinist institutions of higher learning but is now a Catholic.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Running in a conservative district in the Richmond suburbs, Brat is described as both a Catholic and Calvinist, labels that would be considered incompatible in almost any realm. Hes a champion of a resurgent movement among Catholic intellectuals that seeks to marry Catholic social teaching with free-market economic libertarianism.This is not far-fetched. I haven't vetted the following quote, but it is attributed, in describing the Catholic social teaching principle of subsidiarity, to Pope Pius XI: "It is a fundamental principle of social philosophy, fixed and unchangeable, that one should not withdraw from individuals and commit to the community what they can accomplish by their own enterprise and/or industry."
To: 2ndDivisionVet
It is those Unreformed Southern Catholics you need to keep your eyes on. But it has been my personal observation that if a group will play softball or eat with you at a picnic they for the most part aren’t too crazy.
But in politics a persons declared church group often have little to do with reality.
Jimmy Carter claimed Southern Baptist
Nancy Polosi claimed Catholic
Both groups agree that neither represents their views.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:33:09 PM PDT
by
ThomasThomas
(Them there voices may not be real but they sure have some fun Ideas.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This article is dumb and divisive.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:33:34 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This article is dumb and divisive.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:33:34 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: ThomasThomas
Jimmy Carter claimed Southern Baptist
Nancy Polosi claimed Catholic
Both groups agree that neither represents their views. Nancy Pelosi, IS a Roman Catholic and in good standing, she took communion at the Vatican in the last year and does so at her church.
Jimmy Carter very publicly left the Southern Baptists many years ago, and has periodically written against them.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:42:45 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: ansel12
People who champion abortion, infanticide and sodomy are in a state of mortal sin, regardless of where they take communion.
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posted on
06/16/2014 7:57:54 PM PDT
by
MSF BU
(n)
To: posterchild
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posted on
06/16/2014 8:11:12 PM PDT
by
freedomfiter2
(Brutal acts of commission and yawning acts of omission both strengthen the hand of the devil.)
To: posterchild
both a Catholic and CalvinistIs that even possible?
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NO, it's not.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
**More importantly, does it matter?**
Yes, it matters.
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posted on
06/16/2014 8:54:30 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
These prominent Republicans are emblematic of the new religious amalgam that, in many instances, has helped refashion denominational differences that were once almost insurmountable. Look no further than the stunning Virginia primary victory of Dave Brat, a Catholic with degrees from a Reformed Protestant college in Michigan and Princeton Theological Seminary, who took down House Majority Leader Eric Cantor last week. Running in a conservative district in the Richmond suburbs, Brat is described as both a Catholic and Calvinist, labels that would be considered incompatible in almost any realm. Hes a champion of a resurgent movement among Catholic intellectuals that seeks to marry Catholic social teaching with free-market economic libertarianism....
D.J. Conner: [confronted about why he has been sneaking off to church] Mom, I wanted to tell you. I just had some questions about God and stuff.
Roseanne Conner: Well, so why didn't you come to us if you had questions? You know, there's no two better people to answer your questions than me and your Dad.
D.J. Conner: Okay. What religion are we?
Roseanne Conner: I have no idea. Dan?
Dan Conner: Well... my family's Pentecostal on Mom's side, Baptist on my Dad's. Your Mom's Mom was Lutheran and her Dad was Jewish.
D.J. Conner: So what do we believe?
Roseanne Conner: Well... we believe in, ah, being good. So basically we're good people.
Dan Conner: Yeah, but we're not practicing.
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posted on
06/16/2014 9:13:23 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
**Dave Brat, a Catholic **
BTTT!
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posted on
06/16/2014 9:29:57 PM PDT
by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: MSF BU
someone should tell their Bishops and Priests and Popes, rather than allow them to serve as examples to the millions of Catholic immigrants flooding the nation over the years.
Treating them like American royalty sends a strong message to Catholic voters.
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posted on
06/16/2014 10:19:55 PM PDT
by
ansel12
((Ted Cruz and Mike Lee-both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Comm as Ginsberg's importance fades)
To: aposiopetic
I think that is the gist of Tom Woods' book The Church and the Market , which I have had forever but not yet read, well, because...zzzzzz.
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posted on
06/16/2014 11:17:49 PM PDT
by
To Hell With Poverty
(Ephesians 6:12 becomes more real to me with each news cycle.)
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