tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post3245628553619483487..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Pope: The universal Church precedes the particular ChurchesFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-69891593050108742032010-05-24T14:43:38.383+01:002010-05-24T14:43:38.383+01:00Hmmm, I think the Holy Father has a few places in ...Hmmm, I think the Holy Father has a few places in mind in these comments...God bless our Holy FatherJoe of St. Thérèsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506671882770822003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-39091932409084642412010-05-24T12:38:52.743+01:002010-05-24T12:38:52.743+01:00Which is why she must have her own universal langu...Which is why she must have her own universal language.<br /><br />"A CHURCH that is universal must have a universal tongue, whilst a national church, or a church whose members speak one and the same language, and whose doctrines conveniently change to suit the times, can safely adopt the vernacular tongue in its liturgy." Cardinal GibbonsVolpius Leoniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273209983337706262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-89125933935766198702010-05-24T11:01:48.766+01:002010-05-24T11:01:48.766+01:00What does he mean exactly?
The matter is complica...What does he mean exactly?<br /><br />The matter is complicated by the fact that the universal Church exists in and through each of the particular Churches, namely wherever the Blessed Sacrament is present, but is an integrated part of the whole when in communion with the See of Peter.<br /><br />It reminds me of Aristotle's discussion of whether the individual is prior to society or society to the individual.<br /><br />In a sense the whole is prior to the parts in that the parts exist for the sake of the whole, save that the Christian correction of Aristotle is that the individual does not belong to society in respect of all that he is.<br /><br />But the parts are prior to the whole in the sense that they must exist first and then be unified into a composite whole. That is why we say God is simple - not composed of parts - because there is nothing prior to Him in terms of components.Michael Petekhttp://www.crownofdavid.comnoreply@blogger.com