How many winds of doctrine we have known in recent decades, how many ideological currents, how many ways of thinking... The small boat of thought of many Christians has often been tossed about by these waves - thrown from one extreme to the other: from Marxism to liberalism, even to libertinism; from collectivism to radical individualism; from atheism to a vague religious mysticism; from agnosticism to syncretism, and so forth. Every day new sects are created and what Saint Paul says about human trickery comes true, with cunning which tries to draw those into error (cf Eph 4, 14)...
being an Adult means having a faith which does not follow the waves of today's fashions or the latest novelties.
Tuesday, April 19, 2005
Cardinal Ratzinger on Trendiness
Via this transcript at Hugh Hewitt, Cardinal Ratzinger has some good quotes:
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I hope that Ratzinger lives another hundred years.
I think he is going to make a very excellent pope. :)
Amen! The Anchoress has tons of stuff on PBXVI, that's his name in shorthand. I love the fact that being unfashionable is the height of fashion. I'm finally coming into my own :D
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