This
speaks to the need for Catholic Faith & Reason in today’s world about as
well as anything I’ve ever read.
“When
people say that in theology 2 + 2 can equal 5, or that we can’t rely on
Christ’s statements as they are recorded in the Gospels because no one followed
him about with a dicta-phone, we have a very foundational problem. If we can’t
trust scripture and tradition and we can’t trust reason, what have we left? The
subjective hunches or prejudices of the local ordinary?? Without the strong
foundations the whole system crumbles and we are left with a crude voluntarism.
Within such an order brutish power trumps reason and the sheep become confused
and scatter.”1
1. Tracy Rowland, The Catholic World
Report [Website], “Tracey Rowland’s
Guide Through the Catholic Academic 'Zoo'”, (11 May 2017), Site address: http://www.catholicworldreport.com/Item/5635/tracey_rowlands_guide_through_the_catholic_academic_zoo.aspx
There is wisdom in the 'Alice' books. In Wisdom, too.
ReplyDeleteAnd then there's “When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master—that’s all.” Lewis Carrol, Alice through the Looking Glass.
ReplyDeleteAnd nice quote and comment!
And all the king's horses and men could not put Humpty's soul together again. ;-)
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