tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post6870311031870614268..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: What has gone wrong. It can be summed up in a word: liberalismFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-70883320593908819902016-07-01T19:37:18.206+01:002016-07-01T19:37:18.206+01:00@Ray Blake
and nobody was after More's! That...@Ray Blake <br /><br />and nobody was after More's! That came later. He sought to avoid martyrdom through silence. He did not actively seek death.<br /><br />In no way am I likening my situation to his as that would be a foolish presumption. I "took my lead" from More's example as a way out of a conundrum. In good conscience, I therefore withheld my vote.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-48904402513199523012016-07-01T17:56:52.326+01:002016-07-01T17:56:52.326+01:00What a great article.What a great article.John Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705606458418222924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-44775025494194118322016-07-01T14:14:02.634+01:002016-07-01T14:14:02.634+01:00@Ursula Nusgen,
May I ask you to clarify who your...@Ursula Nusgen,<br /><br />May I ask you to clarify who your question is addressed to?Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-46480745459466709272016-07-01T12:28:58.388+01:002016-07-01T12:28:58.388+01:00Surely you are not talking about Muslim immigrants...Surely you are not talking about Muslim immigrants?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300227682366093881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-34456108525570331232016-07-01T11:39:01.039+01:002016-07-01T11:39:01.039+01:00@ Victoria,
Rather than my explaining the term, m...@ Victoria,<br /><br />Rather than my explaining the term, may I suggest that you would be better served (insofar as understanding its history, definition and nuances) by beginning with 'casuistry' found here:<br /><br />http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03415d.htm<br /><br />and then have a look at the Oxford definition of 'Jesuitical'<br /><br />http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/jesuitical <br /><br />Peace.Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-6952055004070130072016-07-01T11:19:34.119+01:002016-07-01T11:19:34.119+01:00Victoria: Casuistry is arguing that in a particula... Victoria: Casuistry is arguing that in a particular case a sin is not a sin. Thus Spanish Jesuits in the 17th century argued that whilst duelling was wrong it was okay if it was a case of defending one's honour. Blaise Pascal in his "Letters from a Provincial" gives chapter and verse for this in Chapter VII. It was often suggesting that because one might have had a good intention overriding the obvious intention then it was okay. Currently this seems to being applied to fornication.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-81584014643139457102016-07-01T09:11:15.911+01:002016-07-01T09:11:15.911+01:00Sadie,
So you have said previously, your situation...Sadie,<br />So you have said previously, your situation is somewhat different to More's in that no-one is after your life if you should speak, and certainly not if you should vote.Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-77244157100580525762016-07-01T07:53:27.789+01:002016-07-01T07:53:27.789+01:00I refused to vote in the referendum taking my lead...I refused to vote in the referendum taking my lead from St. Thomas More's own brand of silence on the issue at hand.<br /><br />What has characterized the post-Vatican II Church has been the noise. Be it liturgy, Liverpudlian pastoral congresses, mid-flight papal press conferences or synods. <br /><br />It's time to shut up.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-2638121793834863192016-07-01T06:54:45.434+01:002016-07-01T06:54:45.434+01:00That map can be interpreted in many ways from many...That map can be interpreted in many ways from many perspectives. It is also a map of the economic geography of the country. It is a graphic illustration of a long established economic principle, Ricardo's Law of Rent. (David Ricardo was a Brighton resident, by the way).<br /><br />It just so happens that the fiscal arrangements of the EU are precisely what anyone would put in place if they wanted to damage selectively the economies of places at the geographical margins. It would be difficult to think of anything worse than VAT, CAP, a tariff wall and an high-cost food policy, which were all brought to us by the EU.<br /><br />I put <a href="http://www.landvaluetax.org/theory/brexit-dividend.html" rel="nofollow">this piece</a> together earlier in the week as on what lay behind the map - catastrophic economic policies. They are damaging the economies of fringe locations in every country in Europe. The divisions are a major cause of social unrest, with immigrants getting blamed for a situation which the EU has partly created which makes it hard for immigrants to find their feet. The EU is a supertanker on course for wreckage on the rocks. Better not to be on board when it hits.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-61155989730663650912016-07-01T03:26:36.257+01:002016-07-01T03:26:36.257+01:00Liam, could you elaborate on your comment please; ...Liam, could you elaborate on your comment please; I don't understand the meaning and application of 'causitry.'Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16780292617648919766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-35346120920332428502016-06-30T18:22:19.658+01:002016-06-30T18:22:19.658+01:00Sounds spot on to me. I'm 57 now and what we e...Sounds spot on to me. I'm 57 now and what we endured as young people during the 80's was appalling. The 1980 pastoral congress in Liverpool came to embody, in my own mind, the complete contempt of self-appointed oligarchs towards the faithful.Sadie Vacantisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823532366874114366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-46457401201815820882016-06-30T14:48:24.374+01:002016-06-30T14:48:24.374+01:00MC.
What do you mean? Most Catholics are immigrant...MC.<br />What do you mean? Most Catholics are immigrants or descended from immigrants, aren't they?Fr Ray Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-16123924709224220872016-06-30T14:42:54.177+01:002016-06-30T14:42:54.177+01:00Ar immigrants not part of the Church's grassro...Ar immigrants not part of the Church's grassroots?Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-48808287677919700012016-06-30T14:27:38.413+01:002016-06-30T14:27:38.413+01:00Excellent analysis, Father. Food for thought amids...Excellent analysis, Father. Food for thought amidst the famine of our times.<br /><br />If I may, I would offer that what has gone wrong in Holy Mother Church may be summed up in another single word: 'Casuistry' and more specific Jesuitical Casuistry.<br /><br />Liam Ronanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01376666519733160167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-42174751334764878332016-06-30T11:03:04.977+01:002016-06-30T11:03:04.977+01:00All of the most viscious Fascists are Liberal soci...All of the most viscious Fascists are Liberal socialists.londonfraterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13141827377972722108noreply@blogger.com