Posted on 03/08/2006 10:01:59 AM PST by NYer
Almost a decade ago, when I was on vacation, I watched EWTN and Mother Angelica for the first time. My local cable company didn't carry EWTN back then. Fellow Protestant friends of mine whose cable did have EWTN liked Mother Angelica a lot and recommended her to me.
That week of watching EWTN, especially Mother Angelica, was a factor in increasing my research and inquiry into the Catholic Church, and contributed to my eventual Tiber-crossing. So I figure I owe a debt of thanks to Mother Angelica and her network for my being a convert to the Church.
I only commented on what Mr. Ferrara himself chose to say in the interview. Since I do not plan to read his book, I also do not plan to comment on its content.
I think though that the enterprise on which Mr. Ferrara has embarked is foolish. He should direct his energy to creating his own network rather that bemoaning, with however much documentation, the fact that the EWTN is in agreement with Vatican II.
And, dear Rosary, the SSPX schism is still well outside that narrow gate unless and until B-XVI or any of his successors rules otherwise. [Which may God forbid unless the schismatics render unconditional surrender to papal authority of John Paul II (posthumously), of Benedict XVI and of all of their successors].
It was Father Corapi that helped me cross the Rubicon.
Why do say right away "its the SSPX society"????
Christopher Ferra is a Traditional Roman Catholic who attends the Latin Tridentine MAss--it states no where SSPX.
Tradition will always CLASH with the Novus Ordo as Vatican 2 changed the way it used to be, the Catholic Faith that the marytrs died for and what's on EWTN ...WHEW..modern!!1% ok on certain topics as "super Saints"..99% liberal ,new and non-or NewWAY catholic..
What would the martyrs say>>>> "convert"
I wish he'd go Traditional.....bet he will soon !
EWTN is no more modern then Rome itself is.
Hit the nail on the head..since Vatican 2 !
Now tell me if people can see this "why Can't Rome?"
Gee I wish he could and would < "More power for the Latin Tridentine Mass wanters who are shuts ins >
Get it on Ferra !!
What about the tradition of the Pope being the head of the Catholic Church?
The Catholic martyrs died for their faith and their church because it was better to die than to leave the tradition of faith and allegiance. May we all be willing to go so far.
I'm still waiting for a specific and factual statement about the heresies or errors that EWTN is engage in, rather than blanket accusations.
Ya'll knows what the good Bible says about those who scandalize? Well be Catholic ! Not semi sweet swaying, mondern,liberal-luke warm, "c-a-t-h-o-l-i-c" EWTN shame on ya!
No one ever said the Pope was not the Head of the Catholic Church--what is said-it that Rome has lost Tradition! has allowed the blessed altars to be torn out of their places and replaced with tables. That Vatican 2 has allowed the tabernacle to be shoved off somewhere in the "Catholic Churches" ..that the crucifix ,the main sign of being CAtholic has been tossed out for a plain, Protestant cross. ect. ect. Facing the people instead of Christ in the tabernacle is NOT Catholic.
and the Pope needs prayers, the martyrs died to defend the Catholic Faith unchanged, unmodernized,untouched by liberal thoughts.--- The Head of the Church needs prayers..the Faith is in trouble and has been for the last 40 yrs.
Watch the video" What we Lost and the Road to Restoration"
No one ever said the Pope was not the Head of the Catholic Church--what is said-it that Rome has lost Tradition! has allowed the blessed altars to be torn out of their places and replaced with tables. That Vatican 2 has allowed the tabernacle to be shoved off somewhere in the "Catholic Churches" ..that the crucifix ,the main sign of being CAtholic has been tossed out for a plain, Protestant cross. ect. ect. Facing the people instead of Christ in the tabernacle is NOT Catholic.
and the Pope needs prayers, the martyrs died to defend the Catholic Faith unchanged, unmodernized,untouched by liberal thoughts.--- The Head of the Church needs prayers..the Faith is in trouble and has been for the last 40 yrs.
Watch the video" What we Lost and the Road to Restoration"
Get the book--see what proofs it holds then state your opinion--not before
The purpose of the book is to discredit EWTN by pointing out that when seeing a choice between Vatican II and SSPX, EWTN chooses Vatican II. Since that is exactly the choices I make in my life, and I am familiar with SSPX's outlook already, I am not going to read it.
Moreover, the book is going to do some harm, as it will dampen the enthusiasm we all should feel by watching EWTN succeed while staying faithful to the Magisterium. Since I do not want to participate in this evil project, I will not buy the book, and I recommend that no one does. If the author wishes to debate how Vatican II got Tradition wrong, let him do so in a book that honestly addresses the controversy and leaves EWTN unmolested.
You haven't read it, but you know the intent of it? There's a choice "between Vatican II and the SSPX"? What does this choice consist of? Is the book about the SSPX or something other than the SSPX?
Moreover, the book is going to do some harm, as it will dampen the enthusiasm we all should feel by watching EWTN succeed while staying faithful to the Magisterium.
Are we required to have enthusiasm for EWTN in order to remain faithful Catholics? How do we know that EWTN has remained "faithful to the Magisterium"?
Since I do not want to participate in this evil project...
How is it that it is evil? Can one not criticize EWTN without also criticizing Catholicism itself? Is EWTN "the Magisterium" or is it the official agent of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church such that one cannot criticize it?
I will not buy the book,
Then how can you make such broad claims?
and I recommend that no one does. If the author wishes to debate how Vatican II got Tradition wrong, let him do so in a book that honestly addresses the controversy and leaves EWTN unmolested.
Would you read it? I don't ever watch EWTN, so I wouldn't know much about it. But I do wonder how one can make such broad claims without them amounting to much more than an ill formed opinion based more on a preexisting grudge than anything else.
Ferrara is a schismatic?
I have my intuition and the published words of Mr. Ferrara above.
What is it you want to know?
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