Day's Links - 2015-02-27

There really is never good news whenever one of the prince-of-heresy Cardinal Mars opens his rather evil mouth, or so it seems. I am not the only one to have discovered this, obviously:

The assertion that we must “always adapt our doctrine to the Gospel” is baffling, given that the Church already teaches the truths of the Gospel distilled into clear and understandable propositions. Marx calls for us to “find in a new way the sense of what Jesus said.” What could this possibly be, after almost 2000 years: “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.” (Mk 10:11)

The plain sense is incontrovertible. The only new approach possible is to claim that the words do not mean what they mean, i.e., adultery is no longer always adultery, and cohabitation with someone to whom you are not married is not a mortal sin. The principle of non-contradiction is thrown out here, and with it the entire structure of rational thought and discourse.

 

 For more heresy from Germany, we have the following:

The basic question was, are only Scripture or Tradition sources for theological understanding, or are [such sources] also "the reality of men and of the world." [Bode,] The chairman of the pastoral commission of the bishops' conference reminded his audience of the "dialogical structure" of reality, which had already been mentioned in the pastoral constitution "Gaudium et Spes" of Vatican II, and quotes this conciliar document: "there is nothing truly human, that has no resonance in their hearts." Thus Bode concludes: "Not only does the Christian message have to find resonance with men, but also men must find resonance with us." Bode stated that it was important for him that the Sacrament [of the Eucharist] was not only a sign of unity, but also a means to unity, and could contribute to healing.