Before I get to the main topic I want to share a tweet that presents some telling polling data. I found this at Red State, in an article that discussed the usual flaw in current polling—the use of registered voters rather than likely voters. Also as usual, as we approach the elections, that is changing. Follow the link for the full discussion:
Thank you for relaying this good and bracing counsel. I found Soloviev's short novel posted at Fr. Dave Nix's web site, https://padreperegrino.org/2021/05/soloviev/. Will add to my reading list.
I have also taken heart from Fr. Hunwicke's frequent posting,
"Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote: 'After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything ... especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council ... In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith ... The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.'
And this is what Vatican I had defined: 'The Holy Spirit was not promised to Peter's successors so that by its revelation they might disclose new doctrine, but, so that, by its assistance, they might devoutly guard and faithfully set forth the revelation handed down through the Apostles, i.e. the deposit of Faith'."
Thank you. The confusion was driving me nuts!
Thank you for relaying this good and bracing counsel. I found Soloviev's short novel posted at Fr. Dave Nix's web site, https://padreperegrino.org/2021/05/soloviev/. Will add to my reading list.
I have also taken heart from Fr. Hunwicke's frequent posting,
"Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote: 'After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything ... especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council ... In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith ... The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.'
And this is what Vatican I had defined: 'The Holy Spirit was not promised to Peter's successors so that by its revelation they might disclose new doctrine, but, so that, by its assistance, they might devoutly guard and faithfully set forth the revelation handed down through the Apostles, i.e. the deposit of Faith'."
https://liturgicalnotes.blogspot.com/2015/01/pope-or-tradition.html
Can I repost your great post at The Catholic Monitor: