Archbishop Sheen’s Warning of a Crisis in Christendom

National Catholic Register ^ | July 29, 2018 | Joseph Pronechen

[ebb tide]

“First of all, we are at the end of Christendom,” Bishop Fulton Sheen solemnly said during a television show in 1974. “Now not Christianity, not the Church. Remember what I am saying.”

Then he defined what he meant. “Christendom is economic, political, social life as inspired by Christian principles. That is ending — we’ve seen it die. Look at the symptoms: the breakup of the family, divorce, abortion, immorality, general dishonesty.”

That was 1974. Today we know it’s even worse with the definition of marriage and gender drawn into the picture. And the crisis within the Church.

He reminded that of 22 civilizations that have decayed since the beginning of the world, 19 rotted and perished from within.

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[budj]

Born in El Paso, IL, Sheen was the first world figure to see and speak about the danger of Castro. He didn’t trust him from the beginning.

[Nifster]

That’s all well and good. Why do we listen to Sheen but totally ignore Father Martin?

[cherry]

thankyou for posting that...

[cherry]

Father Martin?...as in Malachi Martin?...I’ve got two of his books yet to read...

[Nifster]

Yes the very same

[granada]

The de-Christianisation of France during the Revolution.

The de-Christianisation of Europe in 20th century

The de-Christianisation of North America in 21th century

[Fiji Hill]

Sheen lost a lot of support from conservatives when he came out against the Vietnam War in 1967.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

And authoritarian states like China and Russia on the upswing as a result of a weakened West. A weakened Christendom.

[faithhopecharity]

Sheen did a lot of people a lot of good.

[Jacquerie]

<>Sheen explained it was easy to be Christian in the three decades before his (1974) talk.<>

Scotus began banning religiosity in the public square in the 1950s. No institution has done more harm to the civil society on which our republic rests than the Supreme Court of the United States.

[Biggirl]

Yet those two countries have seen an upswing in Christianity.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Sheen lost a lot of support from conservatives when he came out against the Vietnam War in 1967.

Since our strategy in Vietnam, under three presidents, turned out to be "kill a whole bunch of Vietnamese and Americans without actually winning", I have to concede that the good Archbishop was correct before a lot of others were.

[heterosupremacist]

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Free mp3 audio of “Life is worth living”. (48 selections)

[Poison Pill]

Christendom is economic, political, social life as inspired by Christian principles.

Christians got those principles from the Greeks, they didn't invent them.

[ealgeone]

I’d argue LBJ’s actions were of no help either and helped pave the way for SCOTUS to make some if their rulings. LBJ was opposed by conservative minded churches in his senate re-election bid. As a result, after winning, he added the Johnson Amendment to a senate spending bill that effectively gutted any political opposition by churches due to their tax exempt status. Prior to that churches could and did engage in the public square.

That was done in 1954.

[ealgeone]

While that may be happening in those places the Gospel is growing in South America and Africa.