Monday 1 April 2013

Setting one Pope against another

The supertrads are busy creating division by suggesting a dichotomy between the teaching of Pope Benedict and that of his successor. Yet they ought to be the first to support and obey the successor of St Peter. Catholics are not called to believe what they think the Holy Father should teach, they are called to accept his authority even if they would have preferred someone who only washed the feet of men. That's not what the Holy Spirit gave them and they, of all people, should stop whinging and buckle down to it. The Faith remains constant, its presentation changes. Those who get hung up on the accidence of change miss the substance of continuity. Those who try to drive division substitute personal opinion for the teaching of the Church. It's surprising how close to Protestantism the supertrads get.

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