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To: m4629
because you can't get "nihil obstat" for teaching Heresies.

Yes you can if you go bishop shopping (or fabricate one - who bothers to check?).

I think that Father Gobbi's book has one, and there was one years ago by a charismatic ministry who came up here from New Orleans that had an imprimatur by Cardinal Sin. And where would he be? Somewhere in SE Asia. Why would a group based out of New Orleans get one from a bishop in Asia?

Our local religious bookstore carried it for a time, and I apologize that I do not remember the title (new age grapes on the cover I think) nor can I come up with that ministry. It was a girl named Annie (I think) who travelled with a couple of priests, and their "charism" was knocking people flat on their backs in the sanctuary.

I don't know if there are any heresies per se in Father Gobbi's book, but one of his "meditations" consisted of a message confirming Medjugorje which was not approved by the church. A book with an imprimatur (maybe that isn't the same as nihil obstat) that references an apparition not approved by the church is heretical imo, but it all depends on what the meaning of heresy is. I almost typed hershey :-).

195 posted on 03/26/2004 7:04:11 PM PST by Aliska
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To: Aliska
Jaime Cardinal Sin was a Filipino. I think in his later years he was a bit dotty. Yours is not the first story I've seen which would indicate that was the case.
225 posted on 03/26/2004 7:49:36 PM PST by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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