Spiritual/Political/Philosophical Blog on the Nature of Truth and Falsehood and Heaven
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Friday, August 02, 2002 Leon Podles at Touchstone (scroll down) makes some interesting observations about the Bishops' Charter and what's not likely to come of it, concluding: Is clericalism such a mind-set in the church that no offense by a priest against laymen is serious? I remember from medieval history class that the first sentence of the bull Clerici laicos was something like: Clerics and laity always hate each other. Do the clergy still see the laity (or at least the laity that protests clerical malfeasance) as the enemy? If so, the procedures set forth at Dallas will do no good. Human beings who are intelligent, prudent, alert to dangers, and of good will are the key and missing foundation for a church that is not the prey of pedophiles and con men. Clerics and laity always hate each other? Who says the Church isn't as realistic as Machiavelli when it comes to human relations? Sadly, this is really quite true in so many respects. Priests have to deal with enormous numbers of childish, emotional, stubborn, and mean people everyday who make demands that would make Jesus flee from any large parish rectory proclaiming - Generation of vipers! But the laity has to put up with indifferent, autocratic priests (and add every negative adjective you like in spades). The people have no real say in anything which only breeds resentment and anger. But isn't it remarkable that the Church would actually admit to this reality without seeming shame? There's an honesty in that which is sorely lacking today as all centers of power learn to play at PR to obscure reality. posted by Mark Butterworth | 11:44 PM | |
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