Catholic word of the Day: ECKHARTISM, 12-29-09

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ECKHARTISM

General name for the spiritual teaching of Meister Eckhart (1260-1327), the German Dominican mystic and of his followers. In 1329, Pope John XXII condemned twenty-eight of Eckhart's sentences as heretical or dangerous, e.g.: "We are totally transformed into God and changed into Him . . . Though a person commits a thousand mortal sins, if he is rightly disposed, he should not wish not to have committed them . . . A good man is the only begotten Son of God." Investigation of his doctrine has since indicated Eckhart's personal orthodoxy, while admitting indiscretion in language and the fact that his writings have been used by persons unfavorable to the Church, as Kant to defend agnostic idealism, Hegel to defend pantheism, and Rosenberg to defend Nazism.

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**Kant to defend agnostic idealism, Hegel to defend pantheism, and Rosenberg to defend Nazism.**

I was aware of some of these (defending evil intentions), but didn't know the background information........very interesting.

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Casualism	Victim	Frustulum
Unity	Isaiah	Episcopal Curia
Wake	Canonical Age	Paschal Candle
Doctrinal Demythology	Pro Armenis	Lamb
Responsory	Dogma	Roman Martyrology
Greek Rites	Anglican Orders	Attritionism
Ciborium	Paenitemini	Amice
Feast of the Visitation	Our Lady Protectress of Rome (Salus Populi Romani)	Tosefta
Györ	Poverty of Sharing	Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarium
Penalty, Penitential	Intuition	Witness
Sanctuary of [Our] Sorrowful Mother	Basilians	Evil Habits
Orate Fratres	Codex Sinaiticus	Clothing of Religious
Unam Sanctam	Eckhartism

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So he was really a believing Catholic, but he expressed himself so poorly that he sounded like a raving heretic? Oops, hate when that happens ...

I’ve always thought “Meister Eckhart” sounded like a brand of German beer.

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Earlier Catholic Words of the Day

Casualism	Victim	Frustulum
Unity	Isaiah	Episcopal Curia
Wake	Canonical Age	Paschal Candle
Doctrinal Demythology	Pro Armenis	Lamb
Responsory	Dogma	Roman Martyrology
Greek Rites	Anglican Orders	Attritionism
Ciborium	Paenitemini	Amice
Feast of the Visitation	Our Lady Protectress of Rome (Salus Populi Romani)	Tosefta
Györ	Poverty of Sharing	Sollicitudo Omnium Ecclesiarium
Penalty, Penitential	Intuition	Witness
Sanctuary of [Our] Sorrowful Mother	Basilians	Evil Habits
Orate Fratres	Codex Sinaiticus	Codex Sinaiticus
Unam Sanctam	Eckhartism

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**“Meister Eckhart” sounded like a brand of German beer.**

LOL! Sounds like it might be good, but I’ll take wine, please.

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I don’t care for beer, myself. German wine can be good, but American varietals are excellent and cost less!