Book Review: Papal Teaching on Private Property – 1891 to 1981
is this. Or this. “Equality” they say…
Here, I think the issue is being framed the wrong way. The Church (nor any other religion) should not have to do that which it sees as wrong or immoral, simply because the masses wish to enact a law that will force it to do so. The Institution simply does not work that way (Look at how the it survived in China or Japan in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries, for example). This defies the Jeffersonian tradition of “a wall between Church and State” like never before. It is clear now that the First Amendment means to many people, particularly on the left, that religion has no place believing anything that the government does not wish it to believe. The Church cannot therefore get involved in government issues, but the government can command the Church as it will…
The right road is not always the easy one to take. But I am proud the Church sees the world on a deontological plane and not the soft-headed utilitarian one that is seen by so many people these days. It is better for the Church to maintain its autonomy than to submit to that which it sees as wrong. Corrosion that happens from within is much more difficult to purge than the same on the surface. For the Church to sacrifice certain values for others will inevitably lead to corrosive leveling with sin from within.
[How do so many Catholics not understand this, you may wonder. I think the key lies in that utilitarian vs. deontological viewpoint by which the world is seen. People think avoiding the greater evil is the most important thing for us to do. However, the Church will not take up evil to achieve a good end. It will only do that evil which is necessarily required to avoid an even greater evil. Fr. Spitzer does a great job summing it up here… I wish more people saw the world this way. Sola Nobilitas Virtus, but alas, nobility is dead…]
I thought this article addressed the issue pretty well…
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