Posted on 07/13/2017 7:55:30 PM PDT by marshmallow
Two close advisers to Pope Francis have published an article in Civilta Cattolica in which they decry a “Manichean” strain in American conservativism and a political alliance between Catholics and Evangelical Protestants.
The essay in Civilta Cattolica argues that American conservative leaders, including Presidents Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush and Donald Trump, have been heavily influenced by fundamentalist Protestant thought. This influence, the authors claim, shows itself in a tendency that “divides reality between Good and absolute Evil” and encourages confrontation.
Many Americans “who profess themselves to be Catholic” have been drawn into the same way of thought, the authors argue. The essay expresses concern about the alliance of Catholics and Evangelical Protestants in the bloc identified as “values voters.”
“Clearly there is an enormous difference between these concepts and the ecumenism employed by Pope Francis with various Christian bodies and other religious confessions,” the authors write. “Francis wants to break the organic link between culture, politics, institution and Church.”
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“Francis wants to break the institution of the Church.”
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Corrected for accuracy.
The Impopester has a mission to eliminate the Church as a force against evil.
False pope.
“Francis wants to break the organic link between culture, politics, institution and Church.”
LOL! Then he should shut up about all secular subjects, including climate change.
He must get his idea of American Christianity from the movies. In reality in 2017 it is almost impossible to discern a denomination's theology merely by its name. Half or more of American Christians of whatever denominatin are soft and squishy and let evil slide. Even an old dependable like the SBC has fallen into the devil's snares.
Someone can tell you they are Methodist, or Baptist, or Espicopalian, or Catholic, and who really knows what theology is preached in their local church.
Isn’t the clam that Reagan, Bush and Trump (who the hell could ever lump Bush and Trump together?) are bad because they are influenced by Protestant Manichaeism... itself Manichean as all Hell?
He’s just upset that we are still free people who don’t subscribe to his flavor of Euro-socialist/Marxist control and global redistributionism.
As Flo would say, “Kiss my grits!”
Seems their argument is based on the false idea that there's no such thing as absolute truth.
Wow! We have a “ Debbie Downer “ here.
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