Atheism for Catholics?
Many orthodox Catholics wonder where the National Catholic Reporter is “coming from.” Well, consider the following revelation. The Editor of that paper said in its May 14 issue: “Ever since people first raised eyes to heaven, whether in fear or adulation, in culture after culture, a priesthood has emerged, women sometimes but usually men…. The world put the divine in their hands. The Catholic priesthood is perhaps the most organized expression…of this…” (italics added).
So the Catholic priesthood is manmade, not ordained by Heaven. And if the priesthood — the pivot of the sacramental system — is manmade, then Catholicism is a human invention, which is what the village atheist has been contending all along.
You May Also Enjoy
The baseline of professional behavior expounded and approved by professors in their trade journal is disturbingly low.
This view is the beginning of a true sexual revolution: That the person is basically spiritual and has a soul that receives physical causes and expresses itself physically.
Thinking Deeply about the Priesthood... Nobody but Ourselves to Blame... An Overlooked Story Brought to Life... Through the Looking Glass... Nazis & “Nazis”... Newman on “Conscience”... The Traditional Catholic Teaching on Creation... Consensus? What Consensus?