Last night I was reading 1 Kings 15, and came across this (Knox translation, of course!):
Rebellion is sin as witchcraft is sin, all one with idolatory is the unsubmissive heart. (v23)
This set me thinking about those who rush to point out that 'of course, nobody is saying that attempting to ordain women is as serious as abusing children.'
Are we so sure? Abusing children is intolerably evil: for whoever scandalises one of these little ones... and so on.
However, to attempt to ordain women within the Catholic Church is knowingly and deliberately to abuse the Church: the mystical body of Christ.
Are we really so sure we can say that is less evil?
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3 comments:
Linking this post with your last, can you not feel that they are on the move? The forces of darkness have found the way to attack the Catholic faithful: persuade them that the values of (the Prince of) this world are theirs.
I'd had similar thoughts myself and not dared post them....
Ttony - the short answer is yes! The longer answer is that there's nothing new here: Satan has always attacked Truth, Life and Love (Faith Hope and Charity) and always will. Tactics and opportunities may change, but his malevolent objective remains constant.
Rita - I know just what you mean: I am well aware that many would jump up and down in righteous indignation at the enormity of what I have said - and many more misrepresent it as belittling the evil of child abuse, but so what... And by and large in the quieter corners of the Catholic blogosphere, we are among friends.
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