Posted on 10/26/2015 12:05:58 PM PDT by markomalley
Cardinal Raymond Burke, patron of the Knights of Malta and former prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, has shared with the Register his initial reaction to the final report of the Synod on the Family.
He focuses on paragraphs 84-86 on divorce and remarriage, saying this section is of "immediate concern because of its lack of clarity in a fundamental matter of the faith: the indissolubility of the marriage bond which both reason and faith teach all men." He also says the way the quotation from Familaris Consortio is used is "misleading."
Here below is the cardinal's comment, followed by an English translation of paragraphs 84-86.
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"The entire document requires a careful study, in order to understand exactly what counsel it is offering to the Roman Pontiff, in accord with the nature of the Synod of Bishops, “in the preservation and growth of faith and morals and in the observance and strengthening of ecclesiastical discipline” (can. 342). The section entitled “Discernment and Integration” (paragraphs 84-86) is, however, of immediate concern, because of its lack of clarity in a fundamental matter of the faith: the indissolubility of the marriage bond which both reason and faith teach all men.
First of all, the term, integration, is a mundane term which is theologically ambiguous. I do not see how it can be “the key of pastoral accompaniment of those in irregular matrimonial unions.” The interpretative key of their pastoral care must be the communion founded on the truth of marriage in Christ which must be honored and practiced, even if one of parties of the marriage has been abandoned through the sin of the other party. The grace…
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Intentional ambiguity is a hallmark of “progressives”.
With all due respect to the Pope and members of the Synod, this issue brings Jesus' teaching of Matthew 5:37 to mind.
We’ll see just how much Burke will push back.
Is he based on (er confined to) Malta ? Where this society is now located ?
Is he based on (er confined to) Malta ? Where this society is now located ?
The Knights of Malta are worldwide.
In a way, I understand the insufferability of the sin of sodomy...or divorce. For the Catholic church it originated in a King’s sin which the church rightfully renounced as sin. It resulted in the king making his own separate religion of Christianity - the Anglican church. It was the first split from the Catholic church as the religion of Christ. For sin, this king unseated the Catholic church.
But from a Christian point of view...via Jesus, divorce and even causing a divorce through adultery is forgivable for anyone who confesses and repents of the terrible sin. And it is a terrible sin - adultery.
However, given history, Catholics have more skin in the game and I understand that, too. I was a Catholic.
I think Catholics who have sinned and wrecked their marriages should be forgiven if they repent and change, like any other sin. Adultery is one of the worst sins; it is a sin against love...a love that is the closest we can have with God on earth. That is hard to explain.
At the same time, I understand the meaning of this Pope canceling all that history out and naming divorce just another sin, if done in good faith, which it is not. He’s doing it in service social/religious globalism and that, in itself, is a terrible sin against humanity. Worse than Hitler ever dreamed of in it’s outcome and surely worse than a king’s sin.
I’m lost here, Jesus. HELP!
Jesus was very clear and unambiguous with what he said:
Mark 10:11-12 And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if the wife shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Luke 16:18 Every one that putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery.
St Paul validates this when he wrote:
1 Cor 7:10-11 But to them that are married, not I but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband. And if she depart, that she remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband. And let not the husband put away his wife.
I agree that Catholics who have sinned and wrecked their marriages should be forgiven if they repent and change, just like any other sin.
The way in which you do that is either:
As it stands, you can't claim that you're sorry for living in an adulterous relationship and then immediately turn around and continue to have adulterous conjugal relations.
That would be the same as a thief apologizing to a store owner and the night after the apology burglarizing the same store again. Or an abortionist who goes to confession on Saturday (expressing deep contrition for taking innocent human lives), knowing full well that he has 10 "procedures" on his calendar the following Monday that he has no intention of canceling.
God bless you, markomalley.
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