To Americans, Bethlehem Is Unfamiliar
And this is a big surprise... how?
In a recent survey, only 15% of the Americans surveyed realized that Bethlehem is a Palestinian town on the West Bank, with a mixed Muslim-Christian population.
Now I'm sure that no particular American demographic was targeted, but I'm curious what kind of responses they would have gotten from American Catholics if they would have asked them the following questions; (I'm not trying to be glib. Just ask these questions to some of your Catholic friends. You'll be shocked at some of the answers you get)
1. Do you know where The Tabernacle is in your home parish?
2. Do you know what's kept in a Tabernacle?
3. Do Catholics worship Mary?
4. Do you know why your priest sits down while a multitude of "Eucharistic Ministers" are the ones distributing Holy Communion? (this question doesn't pertain to all parishes, but to a rather sizable percentage, though)
5. Is it correct to take Holy Communion as long as you are a good person and have told God your sins?
6. Is The Eucharist a symbol of Jesus?
7. Do you know what mortal sin is?
8. Is Confession mandatory if you have committed a mortal sin?
9. Do you know where the Confessional is?
10. Do you know if your diocese has had to pay out lawsuit settlements because of homo-rapist "priests"?
And while I'm in the quiz mode, does anyone know who the right-wing crackpot dinosaur wrote the following (read this carefully... it's stunning);
The Church's language must be universal (and) immutable. Modern languages change, and no single one is superior to the others in authority. Thus if the truths of the Church were entrusted to an unspecified number of them, the meaning of these truths... would not be manifested to everyone with clarity and precision. There would be no language (to) serve as a common and constant norm. But Latin is such a language. It is set and unchanging.
Finally, the Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
In addition, the Latin language "can be called truly catholic." It has been consecrated through constant use by the Apostolic See, the mother and teacher of all Churches, and must be esteemed "a treasure ... of incomparable worth.". It is a general passport to the proper understanding of the Christian writers of antiquity and the documents of the Church's teaching. It is also a most effective bond, binding the Church of today with that of the past and of the future in wonderful continuity.
1. Pope St. Pius V during the Council of Trent.
2. Vir Speluncae Catholicus in one of his more lucid moments.
3. Archbishop Marcel Lefevbre, founder of the SSPX.
4. Blessed Pope John XXIII in his Apostolic Constitution Veterum Sapientia.
Yep... it was Pope John who wrote that. You know, I use to lean towards the notion that Pope John XXIII was big into the Protestantization of Catholicism with V2 being the catalyst. But the more I read about it, the more I'm leaning that after Pope John's death, Vatican II really was hijacked by the Modernists and Liberals.
And this is a big surprise... how?
In a recent survey, only 15% of the Americans surveyed realized that Bethlehem is a Palestinian town on the West Bank, with a mixed Muslim-Christian population.
Now I'm sure that no particular American demographic was targeted, but I'm curious what kind of responses they would have gotten from American Catholics if they would have asked them the following questions; (I'm not trying to be glib. Just ask these questions to some of your Catholic friends. You'll be shocked at some of the answers you get)
1. Do you know where The Tabernacle is in your home parish?
2. Do you know what's kept in a Tabernacle?
3. Do Catholics worship Mary?
4. Do you know why your priest sits down while a multitude of "Eucharistic Ministers" are the ones distributing Holy Communion? (this question doesn't pertain to all parishes, but to a rather sizable percentage, though)
5. Is it correct to take Holy Communion as long as you are a good person and have told God your sins?
6. Is The Eucharist a symbol of Jesus?
7. Do you know what mortal sin is?
8. Is Confession mandatory if you have committed a mortal sin?
9. Do you know where the Confessional is?
10. Do you know if your diocese has had to pay out lawsuit settlements because of homo-rapist "priests"?
And while I'm in the quiz mode, does anyone know who the right-wing crackpot dinosaur wrote the following (read this carefully... it's stunning);
The Church's language must be universal (and) immutable. Modern languages change, and no single one is superior to the others in authority. Thus if the truths of the Church were entrusted to an unspecified number of them, the meaning of these truths... would not be manifested to everyone with clarity and precision. There would be no language (to) serve as a common and constant norm. But Latin is such a language. It is set and unchanging.
Finally, the Catholic Church has a dignity far surpassing that of every merely human society, for it was founded by Christ the Lord. It is altogether fitting, therefore, that the language it uses should be noble, majestic, and non-vernacular.
In addition, the Latin language "can be called truly catholic." It has been consecrated through constant use by the Apostolic See, the mother and teacher of all Churches, and must be esteemed "a treasure ... of incomparable worth.". It is a general passport to the proper understanding of the Christian writers of antiquity and the documents of the Church's teaching. It is also a most effective bond, binding the Church of today with that of the past and of the future in wonderful continuity.
1. Pope St. Pius V during the Council of Trent.
2. Vir Speluncae Catholicus in one of his more lucid moments.
3. Archbishop Marcel Lefevbre, founder of the SSPX.
4. Blessed Pope John XXIII in his Apostolic Constitution Veterum Sapientia.
Yep... it was Pope John who wrote that. You know, I use to lean towards the notion that Pope John XXIII was big into the Protestantization of Catholicism with V2 being the catalyst. But the more I read about it, the more I'm leaning that after Pope John's death, Vatican II really was hijacked by the Modernists and Liberals.
posted by Kevin Whiteman at
9:02 AM
5 Comments:
VSC,
You are quite mad and that really was quite wonderful. Happy Christmas!
dúnadan
Vir,
If any quiz takers find their overall score embarrassing, I, being in the Christmas spirit, would suggest weighting to improve their raw scores.
Let the eternal questions of truth (faith and morals) be worth 10 times the ephemeral questions of taste (liturgy).
I categorize the questions as follows: Liturgical (1, 2, 4, 8, 9), theological (3,5,6), and moral (7,10?). I throw 10 in the moral batch, but I could see an argument that it’s in its own category.
Category 1: Theological –God’s relationship with man
Category 2: Moral – Man’s relationship with man
Category 3: Liturgical – How we worship God communally
Here are your sources for checking answers.
Answers for Category 1 and 2:
“Catechism of the Catholic Church”
http://www.vatican.va/archive/catechism/ccc_toc.htm
Answers for Category 3:
"Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium"
http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html
"General Instruction of the Roman Missal."
http://www.nccbuscc.org/liturgy/current/GIRM.pdf
The rationale for my weighting is that Category 1 and 2 are different in kind to Category 3. Category 1 and 2 are discovered truths that never change; Category 3 are invented and may change from time to time. Who wants to memorize stuff that changes?
Merry Christmas to all,
Pel
Hmm. I have just noticed that you aren't the only mad one here. My comment above should have gone into the combox for the post above 'More Caveman Christmas Stuff'! Oh well, the happy Christmas still stands!
d.
d,
Yeah, you're right. I was over the top with that comment. Citing Matthew 15:7-9 and Acts 18:13 would have been sufficient.
Pel
J.XXIII was most definitely a good guy. He inserted St Joseph into the Canon of the Mass---
Making those who 'protect and serve' a bit more important than before that insertion...
That would (of course) include the Armed Forces.
And yes, the Council was highjacked. Paul VI will be remembered as a very, very, very weak Pope, with his redemption hanging on the thread of his courageous upholding of the Church's teaching on artificial birth control.
But that WAS a singularly courageous act on his part.
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